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Personal Narrative: Ender's Game

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Directly after robotics club and procrastination, my favorite pastime is reading. Starting in elementary school I would pick up a book that intrigued me and read it through without ever setting it down. My reading habits got worse(or better depending on how you look at it) once my parents bought me a Kindle and gave me the means to purchase a book whenever I wanted to. Ultimately, my kindle led to some problems at school because I stopped paying attention in class in order to read. For instance, during 7th grade I never once paid attention in Texas History because I was too busy reading through whatever series of books I was interested in at the time. However, it has become crucial in English due to my lack of memory for when I forget to buy an assigned book. …show more content…

My copy of the book is one of my favorite possessions because it is one of the few hard copies that I still have. It was passed down to me from my father and spurred my love of science fiction novels. Ender’s Game is the go to for whenever I am in a situation where I will be unable to use my Kindle to read and has survived the dreariness of many tests and many read throughs. Who I am as a reader and a person is continually molded through Ender’s questioning of authority and the love of his siblings who he will never seem to

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