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    Math In Ender's Game

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    small boy named Ender Wiggins who travels into outer space to fight alien invaders known as “buggers.” Ender is unlike any other boy in the universe, however; he is outstandingly brilliant. He has mastered the art of mathematics before he has turned ten years old, and he uses this to survive and excel in Battle School. The Battle School, a training school for small boys to learn how to fight the buggers, host several “games” where two armies fight…

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    Ender’s Game has several gripping characters that largely contribute to the story. The three Wiggin siblings are like the three bears from Goldilocks and The Three Bears. Peter is like the father bear; his personality is too hard, just like the father bear’s bed. Valentine is like the mother bear; her personality is too soft, just like the mother bear’s bed. Then there was Ender. He is like the baby bear; having everything be just right. However, you couldn’t have a respectable story without any…

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    Symbolism In Ender's Game

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    legendary hero Mazer Rackham managed to fight them back. In order to prepare for the next attack, Colonel Graff and many of I.F. people started a search of the world’s smartest children and train them to be the next Mazer Rackham. One of them, Ender Wiggin, was especially successful; he passed the trainings effortlessly and unknowing wiped out the entire formics. He then seeked absolution and tried to study them, while he found out that there is only one cocoon left; he traveled the universe and…

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    According to the article, is Ender Wiggins a good leader? Why or why not? What are his leadership strengths? What are his weaknesses? Be sure to give specific examples from the article AND the novel to support your opinion. (200-250 words) Ender Wiggins was undoubtedly a genius, he performed like no other student, and presented many prime factors of a good leader. He was an inspiration to…

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    Orson Scott Card, Ender endures an education based primarily on quick thinking. From this, it seems that General Graff was Ender’s most effective teacher. Throughout Ender’s experiences, Graff always seems to be ready to teach Ender something new. Without General Graff, Ender would not have turned out to be the great soldier he did. Graff's first lesson to Ender was not given to Ender in the form of a standard lesson. but taught Ender to depend upon himself. While in launch, Ender was called out…

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    Katniss Everdeen, Ender Wiggin, and Thomas who each find themselves in an exciting post-apocalyptic…

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    horribly wrong decision on what they were teaching. Graff has a tough decision to make. He needs to decide if Ender Wiggin is worthy to go to battle school. Colonel Graff had used the monitor to watch Ender for quite a while, and selecting Ender was the right choice, instead of his power hungry brother, Peter.…

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    logical than their elders. In Orson Scott Card’s, Ender’s Game, adults attempt to sway the mind of the child genius and protagonist, Ender Wiggin. One important theme in Ender’s Game is that adults will go to any measure to get children to do what they want, even if they ruin their childhoods along the way. One adult who manipulates Ender is Graff. Graff isolated Ender by saying he is more intelligent than other boys and putting him in army's that consist of older boys, which gives him no…

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    Ender's Game Fear Essay

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    with fear. Ender expresses his contained fear overwhelming him when…

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    Ender's Game Symbolism

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    Graff and Anderson continuously test Enders skill and expertise through various unfair challenges on Earth and in Battle School, emphasizing the motif of ends justify the means. With the Buggers on the brink of returning, Graff and Anderson are to ensure Ender can be the best soldier possible, regardless of what they do to get there. Ender encounters a challenge when Stilson attempts to beat up Ender, although Enders skill and wit overcome Stilson for good. “Ender walked to Stilson’s supine body…

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