The Strength of Emotional Pain in Diary of a Madman by Ozzy Osbourne and the book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Many people look up to Ender. He's sort of like the hero of the lonely kids who may not fit in. When he

A huge part of the theme of Ender's Game is saying that life is just a game. This is proved by the concept that Ender has to succeed through different 'levels' of life in order to achieve what the battle school has set out for him-killing the buggers. This is proved by the quote,”-Because most boys in this school think the game is important for itself, but it isn't. Its only important, because it helps them find kids who might grow up to be real commanders.” This is the real point of the book in which Ender fully realizes that The Battle School is really just a game. The symbols of this main idea is the armies, friends, enemies, and leaders that Ender comes in contact with in the Battle School. All of the friends, enemies, armies, and leaders that Ender meet are all part of Ender

Ender has been through many ups and downs and in this story; Ender descends into darkness mostly figuratively. For example, when Ender defeated the Formics without even knowing, he had a meltdown. “Ender grabbed Mazer’s uniform and hung onto it, pulling him down so they were face to face. ‘I didn’t want to kill them all. I didn’t want to kill anybody! I’m not a killer! You didn’t want me, you bastards, you wanted Peter, but you made me do it, you tricked me into it!’ He was crying. He was out of control” (298). This exemplifies how much this situation had constrained Ender, making it the hardest and most downfall moment of his life. In the quote it also mentioned Peter, the person he despises the most. Ender does not like the fact that the I.F.

Ender has endured a great deal of isolation to be shaped into an elite soldier but it has unfortunately overwhelmed him with despair and loneliness. Struggling

In this novel, Ender goes through a four-part narrative process which are exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution. The exposition explains the world around him, the rising action shows the start of a conflict, the climax shows how the climax develops and shows its worst, and the resolution solves the conflict introduced. Ender develops through this novel from the exposition to the resolution about his potential for

These people wanted to manipulate Ender’s natural character by taking him from those he loves, Forcing him to depend only on himself and not need assistance from anyone. While this learned self-reliance looks good for the I.F, Ender will break after being detached from everyone he grew close to during this book. My point is the fact that it changes the way a person behaves, this passage explains how after they completed what they wanted to do (isolate him)he became depressed. I feel that a message the author was trying to send was that no compassion for the way someone else is feeling leads to ruthlessness. The people that were talking about Ender did not care for the fact that they were making a six year old depressed, this ruthlessness changed a shy boy into a sad, lonely

Ender’s mental development has been tracked by an electronic monitor on his neck since birth. When the monitor used to track Ender’s progress in school comes off, he is immediately deemed to be a waste of time to his classmates, and thus is easily susceptible to bullying. Stilson, Ender’s schoolmate, tries to take advantage of the situation by confronting him after school. Ender is rightly afraid; his monitor is gone, so he is alone, and cannot be saved by the adults that used to watch over him. However, by observing his enemy and acting intelligently, he is able to “forestall vengeance and keep them from taking him in down” (Card, 37). This scene is a perfect archetype for the author’s theme. Ender is forced to think for himself, rather than relying on grownups as he accustomed to and instead use his own guts to survive. Card distinctly reveals in this scene his interpretation on isolation; that innovation can flourish when a person thinks for themselves, and that one does not need another person to be by their side to earn his respect. The theme is made clear as Card presents how a person can control what actions he or she may take by being one’s own defender and learn from these

Ender believes that he is a brutal person and sees his actions as nothing but pure destruction. He is ashamed of his inability to control his actions and believes that deep down he wants to cause pain of that immensity; his belief convinces himself that there is no hope for him. Above all, the overwhelming guilt Ender experiences causes him to struggle with believing that he possesses his

Orson Scott Card uses imagery to focus the reader’s attention to details and exhaustion that Ender feels. In this scene, Ender is explaining negative points, about leading an army, not sleeping much and having to bear losses. Orson Scott Card

Ender Wiggin was unlike most of the children in his school. He was known as a "third", the third child in his family. He, like both his brother and sister, had a monitor in the back of his neck, so the military could see what they did. Ender had his longer than his siblings and because of this, Peter, his brother, hated him. He constantly threatened him and picked on him and at school, the kids verbally harassed him. He got so fed up with it that one day, he beat up the main bully, not stopping until he was lying on the floor, weeping and in his own blood. Ender didn't want to do it but in his mind, it needed to be done. Valentine, his sister, loved him, despite everyone else's opinions. She was constantly sticking up for him and

Ender’s theme: Always making a good choice for others to benefit even though it may not be the correct one. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, shows on numerous occasions that some of the choices characters in the book have to make can be very difficult including Ender. Throughout Ender’s early life, he was constantly bullied by his brother and classmates They would be waiting, though, the bad ones. It was Stilson, of course. He wasn’t bigger than most other kids, but he was bigger than Ender.

Ender’s rocky journey to becoming a great commander can be broken into three specific periods; separation from everything he was familiar with as a child, initiation into his new life to school in space, and the life he lives after the final battle.

After a few years, Ender gains control of the Phoenix Army. his army excels and he holds daily practice sessions for the whole school. Even though things are better, he still feels depressed. Back on earth they make Valentine write a letter to cheer him up. It works and he stays in the game.

After finishing the book and getting to Know Ender you see him show a lot of compassion. It is what makes him play the games so well, and be such a good leader. Without it, he would be just like all the other kids, and commanders. He thinks about other people, thinks about good strategies to beat them, while everyone

When Ender is at the battle school, it is evident that the training and harsh atmosphere is taking a toll on him, “Since becoming commander, he never slept more than five hours a night…Sometimes he worked at his desk…straining his eyes to use the dim display. Usually, though, he stared at the invisible ceiling and thought” (Card 174). Later, he is not even able to get a joke, “therefore Dr. Device. It was a joke.’ Ender didn’t see what was funny about it” (Card 273). When Ender discovered he was tricked into destroying the entirety of the buggers, he became depressed thinking about the genocide that he had just committed, “Real. Not a game. Ender’s mid was too tired to cope with it all. They weren’t just points of light in the air, they were real ships that he had fought with and real ships he had destroyed. And a real world he had blasted to oblivion” (Card 297).