Valentine Essay

A Mix of Both “Peter Wiggin is the most potent person in his life, except maybe his sister Valentine” (121). A main idea that drives the plot of Ender’s Game by Scott Orson Card is the connection of the three siblings. There’s Valentine who is empathetic and kind, Peter who is a violent sadistic person, and then there’s the middle of the spectrum, Ender. They all share a dominant characteristic: a high level of intelligence that can act the other’s role and all of them share the power of persuasion

In the story A Retrieved Reform by O. Henry Jimmy, Valentine has gone from a bank robber to a hero. Jimmy Valentine was a safe cracker and a bank robber, but after he finds a girl he likes he has to change his name and change his ways. He opens a shoe store and starts a new life. The girl he wanted to marry had a niece that got stuck in a bank vault so Jimmy breaks her out. Jimmy Valentine was a changed man, because he did not rob any safes for a year, he started a business and made a honest living

student of Battle and Command School and the Commander of the International Fleet that destroyed and beat all the buggers; young, tiny, clever, brilliant, genius, lonely, victim, does not want power, never loses, compassionate Valentine Wiggin (name allusion to Saint Valentine to show compassion and love): protagonist; Ender’s older sister, uses the penname of Demosthenes to have political influence; young, protective of Ender, very persuasive with words, powerful, kind, partially controlling, smart

was familiar. Throughout the book Bean, Valentine Wiggin and Ender Wiggin are characters who stood out when it came to being courageous and showing bravery. In the book, Bean is introduced as being almost a replica of Ender Wiggin himself; he portrays the same qualities relating to intelligence and courageousness. Beans age puts him at a slight disadvantage though; he is smaller than the other soldiers,

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy,Not on fighting the old,but on building the new.”- Socrates. Jimmy Valentine a fictional character was a robber who served four months in prison and was released early because he was bailed out. He moved to a small town and saw a beautiful girl across the street entering the bank her name was Miss.Annabel Adams and Mr valentine instantly fell in love with her when they made eye contact. Later on they meet up and talk and sooner or later get married

In the novel "Ender in Exile", by Orson Scott Card, the two characters I am comparing are Andrew "Ender" Wiggin and Valentine Wiggin, his sister. One similarity is that they are both very intelligent but in different things. Valentine is more aware of people's emotions and how to manipulate them as shown in the quote, "Valentine's brilliantly perverse talent for demagoguery". She is able to manipulate people however she wants without them realizing they had been manipulated. Ender possesses a more

the dentist?” Valentine nodded, looking at his daughter very seriously. “Yeah, you definitely shouldn’t do that again. Anything else?” “I won’t run around and play with the coffee machine?” “Of course. What else did you do that I didn’t like?” Anne played with the straw in her cup of milk. “I won’t…kick your leg.” “Yes,” Valentine nodded again. “Now, what do you say?” Anne’s eyes welled up with tears. “I’m sorry, Papa!” she put her head down on the table and began to whimper. Valentine reached across

A Valentine's Day I Will Never Forget When you think of sweethearts exchanging candy, cards, and other sweet nothings, what day immediately develops in your mind? Would this be Valentine’s Day? Probably. I have had a special Valentine’s Day occur every year for the past 5 years, my wedding anniversary. It makes me recall the most memorable Valentine's Day I have ever had, which was the day of my wedding, along with the night preceding the nuptials. All brides are nervous before their wedding.

Andrew (Ender), Valentine and Peter Wiggin are three sibling who were all raised in the same household, but all have varying personalities. Peter is the oldest of all three siblings, Valentine came second, and Ender is the third and last child of the Wiggin's family. Ender is looked down upon by everyone around him because he lives in a society where the government plays an immense role in family planning decisions. Each family is only allowed to have two children, unless the family has government/military

about a man named Ralph D. Spencer or known as Jimmy Valentine. The story is about a safe cracking man who goes to jail. The man who wrote this book was actually in jail while writing this. He published his stories under the name “O’Henry”. Most of his stories have unexpected endings. By looking at O’Henry’s “ A Retrieved Reformation” one can see that the truth about Jimmy Valentine a safe cracker is really not that bad at heart. Jimmy Valentine, a very smart criminal, who cracks safes for a living