Blade Taylor February 16, 2014 ENGL 112 Makamson Winning at the Cost of Morality Winning always comes at a cost. Sometimes the damages come in the form of materialistic objects. Other times the cost is one’s own soul. In the book Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, the main character, Andrew “Ender” Wiggin learns very quickly the detriments of his decisions. The choices he makes affect not only his own life, but the lives of his family, his friends, his adversaries, and the countless lives of
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Enders Game Isolation is the feeling of being alone. That’s all Ender felt while he was in battle school and that’s how the I.F. wanted him to feel. In Enders Game, Ender is brought to battle school because the I.F. believes he will be the commander to stop the buggers from attacking again. Through battle school Ender realized he was alone, but being isolated helped Ender to focus on winning, a trait that helped him beat the bugger army. The book Enders Game was better that the movie because it
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h Have you ever wondered what it's like to be separated from your family, and being a world hero at the age of 12 Jesus to some and Hitler to others? In the book The Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card ,Ender Wiggen, the protagonist of the book, a six year young boy who was separated from his family, taken away to battle school out in space in order to be trained to become a military commander to thwart the enemies, the Buggers, from destroying the human kind. He is betrayed, manipulated and tricked
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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.
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out when he was chosen but Ender thought that the military didn’t want him anymore just like his siblings. Ender’s older siblings also wore the same monitor but neither of them was chosen and that made one of his siblings mad and the name of that sibling was Peter and when the monitor was taken out of Ender Peter’s anger didn’t even decrease by a bit. But it’s also the same with Ender’s schoolmates because they tried to beat him up, but Ender stood up for
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Ender is a monster because he killed the bugger planet without completely understanding them. He also killed other kids unknowingly but still should’ve stopped fighting them once they were on the ground. Ender should have listened to his voice inside that told him to stop fighting his opponent once they are in the ground. A six year old should not be killing other six year olds. One reason why Ender is a monster because he killed one of his piers, Stilson. After Peter stops Ender from breathing,
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Colonel Graff is a good mentor in Ender’s Game only because he was trying to prepare Ender to save the world for a greater good. According to the text, Graff told Ender, “Maybe you’ll break down under the pressure, maybe it’ll ruin your life, maybe you’ll hate me for coming here to your house today. But if there’s a chance that because you’re with the fleet, mankind might survive and the buggers might leave us alone forever---then I’m going to ask you to do it. To come with me” (Card 25). This
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In Ender's Game, Ender Wiggins, the main character, faces many challenges in his journey through the Battle School. Ender is different than most other kids; he is a savant, he is small, and he is a third. Wiggins possesses tremendous knowledge and mental capabilities. He is able to process and think faster and more accurately than most other children in the world. Ender is smaller than most other children, he is supposedly defenseless, which makes him lesser than most of the other children who supposedly
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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
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A lot of people have seen 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
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