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Imagine being a hero who saves our planet. Just like any other superhero who rescues Earth, but without any superpowers. Ender Wiggin is the savior of the Earth. Therefore, he is a hero who was born as a third in his family. He was selected by the International Military Forces to save the world from the buggers at the age of six. Ender is a genius so he made it through the Battle School and to the Command School. He commanded his fleet in the simulations and won most of the battles. In his final battle, he destroyed them all for good, but the simulations turned out to be real battles with the buggers. Ender became the hero who saved humanity, but simultaneously he wiped out an entire species of the buggers as it is mentioned in both the book and the movie. The movie and the book, Ender’s Game share the same plot, yet they also have several differences.The movie fails to show some of the important facts that the book discloses; therefore, the book is way better than the movie. …show more content…
One of the major differences is that in the book, Ender kills two children who started to fight with him as listed above. One of them was a bully named Stilson, and the other one was from the Battle School named Bonzo, who hated Ender the moment he first met him. Because of that situation, he was valuable to the International Military Force. They chose him because he doesn’t defeat his enemy, he destroys them so they don’t attack him in future. Nevertheless he was a little empathetic too, just like his sister Valentine. In the movie, Ender doesn’t kill anybody, whereas he puts Stilson in the hospital and Bonzo in a coma. It is important to show this in the movie since he ends his enemy just like he destroyed the home planet of the buggers. Also, the movie doesn’t mention anything about Demosthenes and Locke. Furthermore, there is nothing about Peter taking over the world disclosed in the

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...the exciting movie Ender’s Game (2013), but have they read the book? Although, the movie is an awesome science fiction action film, the book is much better. The movie is easier to follow. The book has far more detail and captures your attention. The book talks more about Ender’s relationship with his family which helps you to understand him better. The movie has scenes that entertain using special effects which are exciting to watch. Both the book and the movie have their strengths and their weaknesses. If you really want to be a part of the story, you should read the book. The most compelling reason to read the book is that the book puts more detail and story into its characters. There are differences in the characters in the way they are represented in the movie and the book. In the book, Bean is small but in the movie Bean is a lot bigger. During one of their battles Bean uses one of the biggest kids as a shield to take out the enemy forces. It is hard to see this in the movie, but the book explains it very well. In the book, Bean spends most of his time hiding in the air vents. This is evidence that Bean must have been small. But, in the movie Bean is nearly the size of Ender. The book also describes how Ender was rather mean to Bean. Eventually, they became great friends. The movie shows them as friends from the start, but never really shows much of how Ender treated Bean or shows why. They just one day become friends. Another thing is in the...

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