...Science-Fiction novel, Ender’s Game was written by Orson Scott Card and published by Tor Books. This novel follows six-year-old Andrew(Ender) Wiggins’s entrance into a world of war, friendship, and buggers. Go ahead, try to imagine an anti-social boy-genius from Greensboro save the planet. Orson Scott Card seamlessly wove complexity with human nature to create a literary masterpiece. Ender’s Game is a suspenseful novel which entices readers with space travel, mind-boggling truths, and underlying philosophies of youth and life. Primarily, “suspenseful” is used to describe Ender’s Game, because many memorable moments were cliffhangers. For example, Ender’s removal of his neck piece left me wondering whether he joined Battle-School or not. Ender...
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...Imagine a situation as if you were put in a small dark box and you are trying to escape, but no one is willing to help you. This was the exact situation that Ender was placed in. The book and the movie, Ender's Game, are about a boy named Ender who was “born” to save the world. Ender was isolated throughout his life to make him mentally stronger. At the end of the story, he destroys the whole alien race and saves the world. While the book and the movie have a similar story, the book is much better than the movie because the book conveys the story with more depth. There are many crucial elements in Ender’s Game that are needed for the story to be good. One theme that is important in the story is that the end justifies the means. This is...
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...“‘I’ll carry you,’ said Ender, ‘I’ll go from world to world until I find a time and a place where you can come awake in safety. And I’ll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps in time, they can forgive you, too. The way that you’ve forgiven me’” (Card 321). Ender’s words encompass the themes that are shown throughout Ender’s Game. Ender’s Game is a story centered around a child by the name of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, and his ability to command the Earth’s Military and defeat the aliens that once attacked the Earth, the Buggers. Through redemption and strength, Ender trains and fights to become their leader, and perhaps the Earth’s only savior. There are two forms of the Ender’s Game story, the original novel, Written by Orson Scott Card,...
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...Ruthlessness in Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card wrote, “It was forbidden to strike the opponent who lay helpless on the ground; only an animal would do that. So Ender walked to Stilson’s supine body and kicked him, again, viciously, in the ribs,” (Card 7). Right and wrong in the eyes of a child can become mixed and almost indistinguishable at times. Ruthlessness tends to be classified “wrong” and plays into Ender’s story as a theme. It can be considered necessary in situations; however, Ender often participates in instances in which it cannot be justified. Ruthlessness, necessary or unnecessary, causes major decisions to be made which influence the overall plot, character behavior, and character development. Graff, Peter, and Ender have proven...
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...are multiple occurrences of compassion throughout the book. In the novel Ender’s Game the author Orson Scott Card uses foreshadowing to strongly support the theme of compassion that is portrayed by Ender. In this novel there are multiple occasions where the theme compassion is expressed by Ender. The game tends to mess with Ender’s mind and memories. Ender’s most precious memories are of his sister, Valentine, and they know that so it is used to Ender’s disadvantage when expressed in the book, “As always the serpent waited in the tower room, unraveling itself from the rug on the floor. But this time Ender didn’t grind it underfoot. This time he caught it in his hands, knelt before it, and gently, so gently, brought the snake’s gaping mouth to his lips. And kissed. . . . And the snake in his hand thickened and bent into...
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...Picture this: a game that you have been playing for one year has just been revealed to you as being real. Everything that you did in that “game” has also happened in real life. That is exactly what happened to Ender in Chapter 14 of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. In Ender’s “simulator”, he had destroyed an entire species, known in the book as “buggers”. Immediately after this revelation, Ender felt regret that he had killed the buggers, and also anger that he was manipulated into doing something against his will by his superiors, the adults. The way that Command School authorities handled Ender’s situation was wrong because they had manipulated Ender into fighting their battle against his own free will. Moreover, Colonel Graff and the IF hurt other, innocent and uninvolved students to achieve their ends....
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...Compassion is what makes us human. It is a main theme in Ender’s Game and what separates Ender from his psychotic, power hungry brother Peter. Ender Wiggin’s purpose in life as determined by the controlling government is to become the ultimate military commander who will destroy the Buggers, an alien race that the humans have engaged in war with two times before. The movie Ender's Game excludes crucial details from the novel by Orson Scott Card making the book a more thrilling work of science fiction. The plot of Ender's Game keeps the reader interested with important details and subplots. One of the most crucial details in the book are the internet personas that Peter and Valentine take on to capture the eye of the world. “Demosthenes and Locke” write political articles from two different perspectives that are read worldwide by everyone from the Wiggin children’s father to the President of the United States. This angle is incredibly important to the story as Peter uses his global power gained through Locke to take over Earth at the end of the book. Just as important is the intentional isolation of Ender in Battle School by the controlling adults of the...
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...One major similarity would have to be that both the book and movie displayed the final bugger battle beautifully. This is one of Ender’s most significant battles, specifically, this could be considered Ender’s Dragon Battle from the Hero’s Journey. It was an extremely important part of the movie and book that could not have been left out. Also, the isolation aspect from the story was included into both the movie and the book. Colonel Graff pointed out Ender’s intelligence to all of the people on the shuttle on their way to Battle School in both movie and book in order to purposefully make people dislike him and isolate Ender. This theme was particularly important because it set up Ender to be able to rely on himself and his peers instead of waiting for an adult to help him, just like how he will have to in the bugger battle, which is emphasized in both the book and movie. Finally, Ender finding the bugger pupa was an important part of the overall story and shows how Ender felt obligated to travel the universe searching for a new home for the pupa, and how he felt that he had to after destroying the whole race and their planet. This is Ender’s Ultimate Boon, basically his end goal, to find a home for the buggers and atone for what he had done to them. Now there are not only similarities between the book and movie, but there are also...
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...initial box office sales shows that, this movie was not successful and the book was revolutionary everyone can agree to that. Ender’s Game revolutionized the way we viewed the future and made us realize the true problems or enemies of society may not be what you think they are. Throughout the book you are entertained by Ender’s trials & tribulations and will eventually end content with his conquest. Ender’s Game has many staple ideas throughout the story and many of them are important for us to know. Ender learns that you never know the truth behind a situation, there are always other people in control manipulating the final outcome. The Buggers were known to be the enemy worldwide eventually you will find out that everything is not as it seems. The main goal of Ender and the International Fleet is to completely destroy the Bugger civilization so they never will be able to retaliate again, Ender does not know the whole story and never will until the end of it all. Ender Wiggen does not stand alone, Valentine his beloved sister will always be there for him through the ups and downs created by the adults to form their “perfect world”, his family is very important to him but...
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...Independent Reading Project Analysis Paper: Manipulation and Deception in Ender’s Game 2 major and reoccurring themes throughout Ender’s Game is manipulation and deception. Much of this novel is about how adults manipulate Ender into fulfilling their needs. They trick him, lie to him, and tell him just enough so that he can defeat the buggers. Ender pretty much sums this up when he says, “I've spent my life as someone's pawn" (Pg. 97). On one hand, it seems wrong to lie to and cheat a kid. On the other hand, the adults manipulate him to ensure the survival of the human race. Besides the manipulative relationship between the adults and Ender, there are a number of other relationships full of manipulation: Peter manipulates Valentine, Peter and Valentine manipulate the world, and Ender manipulates many other kids throughout the book. Manipulation may sounds negative, but it gets the job done. Deception can involve being tricked by others, or tricking one's self. In Ender’s Game, trickery and false promises are parts of both games and deadly conflicts. Deception can be used to hurt or protect, depending on the intention of the deceptor. In Ender's Game, deception plays many roles. The main use of deception is the adults versus the children. Early on in the novel, it is clear that Ender already realizes adults lie when the subject of the monitor being removed is discussed. The adults are also deceptive when they remove the monitor and allow Ender to think he was not accepted into...
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...getting hurt. 3) Inwardly (adv.) – a particular thought, feeling, or action registered or existing in the mind but not expressed to others Pg 196 “Bean sighed inwardly.” John was smiling inwardly at the grade he got on his math test. 4) Extricated (v.) – free from a constraint or difficulty Pg 45 “Every time, though, he extricated himself and went back, perhaps to a different spot, to get a different angle on the game.” It feels good to finally be extricated from all of my classes. 5) Ambition (n.) – a strong...
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...Imagine a world where the only salvation for the human race is a six year old boy. Ender’s Game is a book, written by Orson Scott Card, about that six year old boy named Andrew (Ender) Wiggin. When he was six years old, he left his family to join the International Fleet’s Battle School so he can learn to command or even fight against the buggers, an alien race that invaded earth 50 years prior. He defeats them by putting everything on the line and destroying their planet. The book portrayed the story much better than the movie had and was a more enjoyable experience because it had many suspenseful moments that were taken out of the movie. Ender’s Game had many key elements that would not have made the story as great if they were not included....
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...Ender's Game vs A series of Unfortunate Events Ender's Game and Unfortunate Events, both seem as if they are so far away that there cannot possibly be similarities between the two, right? Incorrect, the two pieces of writing actually have more in common than meets the eye. Ender’s Game comes from the perspective and life of a young boy who gets chosen to go to a space academy to enlist in a kind of war. In Unfortunate Events it follows three orphans on a journey of miscommunication, confusion, death, and depression. Those descriptions may sound vividly and wildly diverse and could be far from similar, but if we go deeper into the stories, they will prove to be very similar. In Ender’s Game, Ender is taken away from his family, and his...
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...How could an individual possibly find a comparison between an adolescent responsible for the mass genocide of an entire enemy race, to a messiah whom came to save the world through peace? It is not difficult, as one might assume upon being asked this question. Knowledge of the intentions, circumstances, and the background of a certain figure would help determine the differences and similarities between two people who would appear to be complete opposites. Ender Wiggins from the book Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card, displays a parallel to following Christ-like way through his journey, which can be confirmed through The Monomyth, Joseph Campbell’s 17 stages of “The Hero’s Journey”. Not only is Ender proved to be a Christ-like figure through a heroic journey in the novel; however, Ender’s demonstrates sacrifice; by...
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...Manipulation was a major theme in the book, Ender's Game. All of the adults in the book manipulated the children in battle school and told them lies that forced them to do dangerous things. Dink Meeker said that the adults were the real enemies, which was true because they had everything planned out and the kids were just a piece of their puzzle and had no idea what the international fleet was planning. The idea of the adults manipulating the children's lives is also seen throughout the book. The adults took children from their homes and pushed their bodies to the extreme just to train them into becoming of great use to the military. The adults manipulate Ender in order to fulfill their needs. They trick, lie and tell him just enough so that he can defeat the buggers. Basically, manipulation in Ender’s Game is a gray area. On one hand, it seems wrong to lie to and cheat a kid. On the other hand, the adults manipulate him...
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