Ender’s Game is a 1985 military sci-fi novel written by Orson Scott Card, and like other novels, is accommodated by various themes and motifs. In this essay, I will cover one of the motifs that have been sited in the novel—games. In the novel, there are five games in total (excluding the one in the novel’s title): the Mind Game (also known as the Fantasy Game, or the Giant’s Drink), the Game and Battle Room, the simulator in Eros, and the game of “Astronauts and Buggers” that Peter and Ender play practically at the opening of the novel. These games have one thing in common—they are all played by Ender, and are all won by Ender (except for “Astronauts and Buggers”).
Although this is true, there is one game Ender plays that seems to stand out—the
Although this is true, there is one game Ender plays that seems to stand out—the