Reflection Of Ender's Game

“Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.” This quote from Ender Andrew Wiggin, the protagonist of the book and movie Ender’s Game sums up his life’s story. He was only allowed to be born by the government, because they needed someone to lead The International Fleet against the Buggers, an alien Species the attacked earth years ago. They send Ender off to Battle
School at a young age, where he will be groomed to become commander. After, Battle School Ender is sent of to command school to “finish his training” but, simulations him and his team take on were real. Ender is told that to graduate he must pass a final simulation against the enemy at the Bugger’s home planet. During this final test Ender ends up destroying the entire planet, only after is he told that the simulation were not simulation and that he was controlling the Fleet. The story ends with Ender fining a queen bugger egg and setting off on a quest to make up for the genocide he caused. Ender’s Game follows Ender Andrew Wiggin through his journey with the international flight and their mission to destroy the buggers. Ender is a third child in the story. This may not seem like a big deal in the time we live in but when Ender is born …show more content…
One of the big ones would be the use of Petra. She was used more as a teacher, friend, and later a rival in the book, while in the movie her role was more constant as a companion. This hurts the movie by making the characters less dynamic. This in turn weakened the tension and story. Another continuity error was that the movie completely left out Valentine and Peter’s roles of Demosthenes and Locke respectively. This two personas added an insight to the urgency of Ender’s mission and the state that the Earth was in, Divided and preparing for