“Thud! Thud! Thud!” One by one the military boots thudding on the grated metal spread throughout the battle school for all to hear. The novel, Ender’s Game portrays a military society united with a common enemy that therefore, the protagonist has a predetermined destiny of which he is to join the army and become a commander. However, along the way the protagonist, Ender, comes into many conflicts and complications as a result of the setting of the novel. The importance of setting in a novel is unexplainable; for example, the time, place, and customs could change the story from being Sci-fi to ancient history. Without setting the novel, could be completely different. In this novel, the battle school is a futuristic space station located in the asteroid belt near Earth where young children are forced to forget their past and become great military commanders.
In the story, Ender’s Game, the battle school is in an extremely futuristic space station that is in the Age of Peace and War. To begin with, the novel must be placed in the future. For example, the knowledge of the people in this story is incredible. Evidence of alien life, space stations creating its own gravity, and children at the age …show more content…
For instance, the futuristic setting makes a huge difference in how the plot works, because otherwise all of the knowledge needed to control gravity and the battle school wouldn’t have been found. Also the shape and properties of the location, the battle school, change how the children live and their lifestyles. Lastly, the change in customs creates another environment far from Earth’s with many differences relating to a extermination of birthday celebrations, thinking of their original home, and crying. Therefore, the gleaming metal battle school from a futuristic time near Earth that changes the children’s lives and customs to that of adults, has a colossal impact on the