This also shows conflict with the severity of the war and how desperate the human race can be. In real life adults are the wiser and more intelligent, but in Ender’s Game children are smarter. This backed up on the book showing the military specifically choosing…
Most referred to as Ender instead of his first name, he learns that in order to survive according to the government, he needs to sacrifice his life and family for Battle School. Throughout the book, Ender considers himself a ruthless killer that will turn into his older brother, Peter. In Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Andrew Ender Wiggin fulfills the apocalyptical hero archetype because he faces the possibility of Earth going to war unless he sacrifices his innocence. When Colonel Graff goes down to Earth to recruit Ender Wiggin he didn’t tell him the full truth about what they wished him to do.…
He says “Even when authority figures know about this abuse, they do not intervene. In most cases they are manipulating the situation in order to foster the abuse of Ender.” This shows how the adults in charge of Ender have manipulated him, time and time again to provoke violence and death. They knew Stilson would attack Ender after they took his monitor out, and did nothing about it, but instead, they interpreted it as his “final exam” before battle school.…
In both versions of the story, Ender constantly has a battle with himself, he tends to regret certain situations as they happen. His regretfullness always gravitates toward bad situations. Starting in grade school, Ender is constantly bullied, harassed and abused. Ender gets in an altercation with a boy at his school, Stillson, he beats Stillson to the ground and continually kicks him down on the ground, ensuring he will leave him alone. Similarly while he is at battle school, another kid, Bonzo, tries to fight him and in requisition Ender fights back and kills Bonzo.…
In the book Ender’s Game, the author, Orson Scott Card, had some special meaning by using Ender Wiggin as the protagonist. In the book, it said, “He’s such a very little boy” (255). Using a kid that is only 6 years old as a protagonist while the whole book is about humanity facing a huge trouble of almost being wiped out by the formics. This shows that kids, though being smaller, his thoughts and emotions are just as complex as a grown up. Ender is said to be a mix of Peter and Valentine, his intelligence incredible.…
“They love you. The question is whether they want you here. Your presence in this house is a constant disruption.” (page 23) Ender is convinced that since he is a third his brother resents him and his parents are ashamed of him. Graff continues to persuade him into going, claiming that he will not be missed.…
Ender has been manipulated multiple times throughout the book by adults, but never to this extreme as doing it right in front of him. The ending of the book shows that Ender has a lot of self evaluating to do and if it will affect him or not. The mirror makes him realize his true colors and now he has to face them. How he handles this will be up to…
At first Graff set him up for failure, he purposely wanted for the other boys to despise Ender. That led to jealousy, and kids picking on him as he “cried out softly with the pain” (Card 60). Ever since the beginning of the novel, Ender wanted to finish Battle School as soon as possible just for the benefit of others. His past life may have caused him pain, but now he still has so much to learn. As soon as Ender made the final move, the strangers that were surrounding him started to cheer.…
Such as, “Wiggin, I finally traded you. I was able to persuade Rat Army that your incredible place on the efficiency list is more than an accident. You go over there tomorrow(168).” With Ender being "Isolated", it causes him to feel uncomfortable and upset forcing him to move on and overcome these obstacles in order to be the best soldier capable of possessing. Graff and Anderson purposely do this in order to see how Ender can adapt to the obstacles that are presented to him day by day.…
Ender’s mother was shocked that an officer was proud of the decision Ender made that got him invited to the battle school because Graff was basically promoting violence to Ender, saying it is ok to use which made the novel disturbing. Also, the violence while in battle school made the children being in the characters more disturbing because of the actions they took. Ender and Bonzo were fighting in the bathroom because Bonzo wanted to kill him, “Ender whirled in time to see Bonzo stagger backward, his nose bleeding, gasping from surprise and pain”(211). The quote shows how Ender was defending himself from Bonzo, who wanted to kill him. The character should not have been a child and shown that violence was the problem solver.…
Ender didn’t have to be paying attention to understand what was happening. “[Ender] always knew the answer, even when [the teacher] thought he wasn’t listening” (Card 5). This shows that Ender is so deft that he doesn’t have to pay attention to understand what’s happening. Ender needs intelligence helps him to be able to be a good leader and end the war. Other characters in…
No book or movie is ever alike. This is shown in the book “Enders Game” by Orson Scott Card and the Enders Game movie by Gaven Hood, where the book and movie had many similarities but as well had many differences. In the novel Ender is portrayed as a very different kid after he gets to battle school; however this is not shown in the movie. Another difference would be how Lock and Demosthenes were not mentioned at all in the movie, yet had a huge role in the book, and the final would be the endings for both the movie and book as well as Enders reaction to what’s going on in the end. These three reasons show how the movie is very different from the book.…
What does Ender learn at battle school about himself, leadership, and friendship? When Ender Wiggin came to battle school he becomes a completely different person. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is about a young boy named Ender Wiggin who is the best and brightest student at battle school who must save the planet from the evil buggers. Ender does not only learn about the war but also that he is aggressive, true friends are always there for you, and that it takes hard work and determination to become a leader.…
When Ender and the other students in the fleet were first boarding the ship, Graff praised Ender first and set him apart from the others, sparking jealousy and shunning Ender from their miniature society. “There’s only one boy on this launch with any brains at all, and that’s Ender Wiggin. Take a good look at him, little boys. He’s going to be a commander when you’re still in diapers up there.” (31-32) Being friendless forced Ender to learn to be alone and live in isolation like Graff wanted. When Ender proves to be the best student the battle school has ever received, more and more people turn against him, and the commanders keep pushing him past his limit.…
He always bullied him and feared that he was actually like him when he didn’t want to. He also had a conversation with Graff where he found out that there was a reason that he was born a third. As it turned out, Peter and Valentine weren’t good enough, so Ender was supposed to be the perfect one. There are a number of real life meanings that could be taken out of the statement is that family is one of the most important aspects of life that drive your decisions. In real life, when someone decides to join the army, they do it not only to serve the country, but also to protect their families from outside harm.…