years old but in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card there is a much different approach on that topic. This novel follows the life of Ender Wiggin. Ender has a special ability and is very advanced for his young age. Ender grew up being the 3rd child, which is not very normal for a family in this time period, and his brother bullies him for it. Ender is chosen by the government to join the military. They chose him because they plant chips into the back of everyone’s neck to gather information
reader comes across a character who is very smart for his age. Ender is only six years old when the reader first meets him. This young boy often refers himself to his aggressive older brother Peter. After hurting some kids that bullied him, Ender thinks to himself, “I am just like Peter. Take my monitor away, and I am just like Peter” (38). This is interesting because later in the book we find out that Peter sometimes threatens to kill Ender and their little sister, Valentine. As the siblings play a
depicts the being this definition conveys, a being considerably similar to Ender Wiggin. To the lionizing eyes of Earth, he is a child deity who possessed power abundant enough to exterminate an entire extraterrestrial race, but in truth, he is a boy, rupturing from his plethora of errors. In Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card To be vague, Ender’s usage of power is persistent, him not ceasing until the annihilation is complete. “Ender…kicked him again…Stilson could not make a sound...tears streamed out of
type of revelation occurs for the character Ender Wiggin in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. The author uses conflict and characterization to convey the theme that all people have the capacity for ruthlessness. In the novel, Ender’s Game the author uses conflict the theme. For example, Ender faces an external conflict with his commander Bonzo, who is “full of hate” toward him (Card 209). Bonzo creates a conflict because he is angry that Ender is winning many of the battles that occur at
“Ender’s Game,” written by Orson Scott Card. Ender Wiggin is just a young boy when he is expected to save all of mankind. Through constant fear of becoming like his abusive brother, Peter, Ender unknowingly executes an entire species, known as buggers. After enduring immense self-conflict, Ender is finally able to restore his compassion, and identity. As shown through Peter, Ender’s treacherous brother, the buggers, who suffer from extinction, and Ender, the destroyer of the buggers, this novel reveals
Ender's Game Rough Draft Ender’s Game is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card. In the novel, a boy named Ender is sent to battle school to learn how to fight the buggers. Ender quickly climbs to the top of his class, and the better he gets, the more of a threat he becomes to the other students. During Ender’s journey, he makes a few friends and many enemies. Throughout the journey, he become more skilled in combat. He ultimately achieves the army’s goal of defeating the buggers. At the end
Game were Andrew Wiggin (Ender Wiggin), Colonel Graff, Peter Wiggin and the Buggers. Ender’s experience going to battle school transforms his personality because he becomes mature at a very young age and becomes aggressive. Ender’s personality has changed; he becomes mature for his age. Ender understands that the reason he goes to battle school is to defeat the Buggers. “Because they need somebody to beat the Buggers. That’s the only thing they care about” (196). Ender is mature because he realizes
the whole entire world. One six year old kid must save us all, his name is Ender Wiggin. A race of aliens known as the Buggers seek to destroy earth and make it their colony, they are defeated due to a single commander, Mazer Rackham. By the threat of a third invasion occurs the international fleet finds that children can handle information the best, they start on training these kids to be the best combat specialists. Ender is chosen and trained, and surprisingly to the IF he is there best chance
Enders Game Ender overcomes his situation but he goes through many obstacles before he can get where his right now. In the beginning of the story Ender gets his monitor removed and when he goes back to class, a kid named Stilson teases him, and Ender seems bored with school because he knows all the answer. After school, he beats up his bully Stilson and it makes him feel like he has become a bully like Peter which makes him cry. Peter is one of his siblings that has a hate love relationship
“Ender’s Game” Orson Scott Card places a young man named Ender in a program designed to train children for battle, the group (a.k.a dragon unit) he is put into is known to be the group of boys who are the weakest and are not the best soldiers, in fact the leaders of the program are forced to shut down that unit seeing that young men who are put into the unit would fall victim of stereotypes and fail to perform to the best of their abilities. Ender is the leader of the dragon unit, so he is in charge
faith in this boy they hope Ender is the one to rid them from the race they call the buggers. It shows how Ender evolves through story how as he gets older his thoughts change and he changes with them. How the teachers keep him in isolation so he can become a leader in the battle against the buggers. How Ender has problems just like everyone else no matter what he tries he is scared of becoming his very insane brother Peter. Will Ender win the battle for mankind? Ender changes and evolves in the
a boy who is born to save the Earth, (Andrew) Ender Widgeon is born as a “Third” in the future where only two children are allowed per family. His siblings are Valentine and Peter. Ender’s Game, provides a unique, interesting view on post-invaded Earth. Logic is vital, in social survival. In every situation its not how large the problem is, its the technique you use to solve it. Compassion is the key to understanding other peoples perspectives. Ender uses logic, technique and compassion to face challenges
name Ender. At age six he is sent to Battle School. There he trains in battle and strategies and quickly rises to the top. As he ages, he gets better and better. He becomes the top soldier and commands his own army by the age of 11. Political exploitation of children is a big theme in these books. In Ender’s Game, they use kids as soldiers. The use of children for political advantage in this book is the most noticeable part of the book. They raise kids so they can go kill other people. Ender doesn’t
was 324 pages long, published by Tom Doherty Associates, and copyrighted by Orson Scott Card on 1977. The book begins by introducing Ender, his relations to his siblings, and the way the military monitors them. The military is attempting to find another hero who can help defeat the aliens called buggers, who had only been defeated by pure luck the first time. Ender the technological monitor in the back of his neck taken out, but the military is still watching, and sees him beat a bully badly. The
Card is about Ender Wiggins a child genius. Ender is the third in the family. He wears a monitor that allows the head of the military to see what Ender does. At the age of six Ender beats Stillson a bully to death even though he didn't know at the time. He was chosen to help save the world from buggers. Although Ender is a strong player he is also weak because he is easily manipulated. Adults in the novel are always manipulating Ender so that he can fill in their requirements. Ender Didn't want to
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is about Ender Wiggin who has a chance to save the entire world with his smarts and good decisions. This means Ender has to give up his life and train for the day the buggers come again. That may be what the Story is about, but what it’s really about is that not everything is as it seems. Battle school was the place everyone wanted to go especially Ender, he wanted to get away from earth to escape all of his problems. When Ender got that chance he left home, and at the
Ender Wiggin is the main character and the protagonist in the book. Throughout the book he is having an identity crisis and does not truly know who he is. He knows his name and his age (most of the time) but he doesn’t know what type of person he is. He has two siblings, Valentine and Peter, who have played a big roll on what type of person he is. * Peter Wiggin is Ender 's older brother. He is a sociopath and takes pleasure in manipulating and brutalizing other children, especially Ender. He was
Is Ender Wiggin a Murderer? Have you ever done something but you weren’t sure whether it was ethical or not? Or have you ever wondered why some things are ethical and some things are not in society? Who decides what is ethical or not? In the book Ender’s Game, the author Orson Scott Card uses Ender as a metaphor for the choices that people have to make every day. They want to benefit themselves, but they must also choose what is ethical. The IF uses Ender to their advantage and they will do whatever
In Ender’s Game, Colonel Graff states, “With Ender, we have to strike a delicate balance. Isolate him enough that he remains creative-otherwise he’ll adopt the system here and we’ll lose him. At the same time, we need to make sure he keeps a strong ability to lead.”Graff is talking about his plans for Ender and how to make the perfect commander. This was the major story line throughout the novel. Ender’s Game takes place during a time of war with an alien species called the Buggers. Mankind’s only
Ender’s Game is the story of a young boy named Andrew Wiggin (Ender). Since his birth he is an outcast. The government has set a law that only allows couples to have a max of two children. Ender was the third child of his parents. At the same time the government is monitoring children, with a chip in their heads, for potential warriors and leaders who they could use in a war against extraterrestrials (Buggers). His siblings, Peter and Valentine, had fallen just short of what the government was in