Envision sharing a universe with strange insect-like creatures, called “buggers,” who are trying colonize your home - Earth. Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card, is about a boy, Ender Wiggin, who gets sent to Battle School - in space! - and soon becomes commander of Dragon Army. Battle School is designed to turn young children into military leaders. At Battle School, groups of students fight mock battles, in null gravity, and are split into different toons. Because of Ender’s brilliance, the Dragon Army soon became invincible. After continuously winning, Ender’s Army is split apart and the toon leaders turn into commanders, while Ender is sent to Command School. While in command school, Ender is mentored by Maezr Rakham and then is reunited
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The story was filled with many conflicts, whether they were external or internal. An example of an external conflict, was when Ender fought Stilson in the beginning of the book. "Ender kicked out high and hard, catching Stilson square in the breastbone. He dropped" (Page 7). The example shows that when Ender is put in a difficult situation, he is able to react in a well-calculated way. This battle, along with many other external conflicts, is very important in Ender’s Game because it prepares Ender for the big battle with the buggers. Not only did Ender have outward conflicts, but he also had many internal struggles. When Ender killed Bonzo, "Ender began to cry,” and he said, “I didn't want to hurt him!” At this point, Ender fights himself inside because is very angry that he had killed Bonzo. This is significant because it emphasizes how Ender dislikes hurting others, but in the end he needs to defend himself. Also during this time, Ender has come to the highest point of stress, thus, making it even more difficult for him to keep himself under control. For these reasons, these external and internal conflicts are crucial elements that make up Ender’s …show more content…
In the book and the movie age is never used to define a character’s capabilities. In the movie no age is mentioned because it has no significance. When reading the book, I was very surprised and disappointed to find out that the characters were merely children. If the movie portrayed adults rather than children, then the idea of age being useless couldn’t apply. Ender’s Game is trying show to the reader/ audience that age is not the deciding factor of individual capability. That is why the similarity of adolescent characters works brilliantly. In the book and the movie, the main characters remain in the story, such as, Ender, Maezr Rackham, Bean, Petra, Valentine, Peter, and Colonel Graff. This worked very well because it was easy for the audience to pick out the main characters that were in the movie, after reading the descriptions of the characters in the
The story was filled with many conflicts, whether they were external or internal. An example of an external conflict, was when Ender fought Stilson in the beginning of the book. "Ender kicked out high and hard, catching Stilson square in the breastbone. He dropped" (Page 7). The example shows that when Ender is put in a difficult situation, he is able to react in a well-calculated way. This battle, along with many other external conflicts, is very important in Ender’s Game because it prepares Ender for the big battle with the buggers. Not only did Ender have outward conflicts, but he also had many internal struggles. When Ender killed Bonzo, "Ender began to cry,” and he said, “I didn't want to hurt him!” At this point, Ender fights himself inside because is very angry that he had killed Bonzo. This is significant because it emphasizes how Ender dislikes hurting others, but in the end he needs to defend himself. Also during this time, Ender has come to the highest point of stress, thus, making it even more difficult for him to keep himself under control. For these reasons, these external and internal conflicts are crucial elements that make up Ender’s …show more content…
In the book and the movie age is never used to define a character’s capabilities. In the movie no age is mentioned because it has no significance. When reading the book, I was very surprised and disappointed to find out that the characters were merely children. If the movie portrayed adults rather than children, then the idea of age being useless couldn’t apply. Ender’s Game is trying show to the reader/ audience that age is not the deciding factor of individual capability. That is why the similarity of adolescent characters works brilliantly. In the book and the movie, the main characters remain in the story, such as, Ender, Maezr Rackham, Bean, Petra, Valentine, Peter, and Colonel Graff. This worked very well because it was easy for the audience to pick out the main characters that were in the movie, after reading the descriptions of the characters in the