Demosthenes

Peter wanted her to do this to help him change some world views and take control of the world, but without Valentine, he couldn’t have done that. Thus, the world views would have probably stayed the same. She writes under the pseudonym of Demosthenes. She was the motivation for Ender, and he was occasionally the motivation for her. For example, after she wrote the letter for Ender, she published a “scathing denunciation of the population laws”, which restricted most families to only two children…

which allowed Peter to rise to power after the final invasion in the novel. Solely focusing on Ender’s training experience pushed Valentine’s and Peter’s manipulative activities out of the movie spotlight and ultimately disposed of the fascinating Demosthenes and Locke side plot. Although the movie adaptation excluded crucial sections of the storyline, it included Ender’s fights with Stilson and Bonzo. In both the book and film adaptation, Ender decided to repetitively hit his bullies to win all…

You are six years old and are forced to fight your countries enemy and were taken away from your family and could possibly not see them for years; Ender Wiggin was six and was taken away from his family to fight the buggers in space and both the movie and book shows his struggles along the way. The book is better compared to the movie because it allows the reader to better understand Enders thoughts and feelings while he is on his journey and allows the reader to paint a mental picture of…

The book “Ender’s Game” has been a classic for a long time. It has a lot of action going on in the plot, but there is a deeper meaning. The primary theme of this book is to have compassion towards others, no matter how you feel about them. The book “Ender’s Game” starts with Ender having a normal life on earth, but then he gets his monitor, a device which allows government officials to see and hear what he does, removed. After that he was approached by Colonel Graff and went out to the battle…

I I chose this book because and this historical area because I personally really like Ancient Greece. I have lived in 3 different continents and have traveled the world which consequently gave me a very broad perspective on different cultures and styles and Greek architecture is by far my favorite. It is very unique and has definitely carried over from ancient time to this day. This book by K.J. Dover is on homosexuality which also is a very big part of todays society and culture. We have come…

Morals are standards that are chosen by individuals governing what they think is right and overseeing what they think is wrong, often putting them on the line in order to protect someone else. In the story, Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card puts to the test Ender Wiggin, Valentine Wiggin, and Colonel Graff in a futuristic world as they deny what they believe is right in order to save Earth from the buggers. On the way to saving humanity, Valentine compromises her morals to save others from Peter,…

Through the course of history, slavery’s roots have dug deep into the soil of Western Civilization’s culture and economy. The first records of slavery lie in the history of Babylon, specifically in the laws of Hammurabi’s Code. Initially, slavery was not viewed as immoral or unjust, but rather as an economic necessity. Since that point, slavery evolved as it expanded; first it divided societies through class systems, then it began to make slaves out of prisoners of war and debt bondage. This…

important to look at who would attend the assemblies, as obviously, one would not be able to propose a motion without first gaining to right to attend. From reading speeches by Demosthenes, we can see that there was a process you had to go through in order to gain permission to attend. As part of his speech Against Leochares, Demosthenes comments that ‘he had the audacity to go and enrol himself on the assembly list. ’ This is evidence of there being a list of specific people who were allowed to…

Each day, every one of us wakes up and goes to our average, everyday high school. The normal day for Ender Wiggin was Battle school, hours of learning, and action packed encounters. The plot of Ender’s Game is about a boy who is placed in battle school at age 6 to train in the ways of a commander and lead an army in the war against the Buggers. After showing superior skill and knowledge, Ender is sent to command school where he defeats the Bugger race into extinction… Or so it is initially…

Prof. Dr. Henry Guntur Tarigan, a linguist, author and a professor at University of Indonesia, defines speaking as a language skill that is developed in child life; it is produced by listening skill, and in that period speaking is learned. (i) What is speaking? Speaking is a skill that one can learn to perfection with ease like swimming, cooking, driving a car, etc. One has to work at it continuously to improve speaking. Speech is the tool used to manifest our creative thoughts, feelings,…