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    In the twenty-second century as set in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, children are recruited for Battle School. They suffer through unimaginable trials for children of their age and still survive. This unlikely feat is explained by Diane Coutu in her article “How Resilience Works,” a study of resilience in modern people and businesses, in which she discusses the three key characteristics of resilience that help people through hardship. In Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card displays children’s…

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    Ender's Game exercised many different aspects of a child's life. Orson Scott Card does a phenomenal way of showing how Colonel Graff exploited his power in Ender's Game because he sees a lack of maturity in the children, and because of his mindset, he left a negative impact on the children's lives. Taking the youth and brainwashing them to be soldiers was a horrible act that they could get away with. The International Fleet had not been scrupulous when it came to the course materials.…

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    The Differences Between Enders Game Book and Movie If you like death and science fiction, then Ender's game is right up your alley..Before you decide if you want to read it or watch the movie. The movie is a more condensed version of the book.As we all know movies are usually totaly different than the books. If you want the full blast of Ender's game You might want to read the book. But if you don't have the time, The movie is probably more suited to you.. Some of the differences between…

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    Imagine being born an outcast and forced to end a war. That’s what life is like for Ender Wiggin, the protagonist in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender is a third child in a world where having more than two children is obscure. The only reason he was ever born was to become a commander and defeat the alien threat known as the buggers. To do this Ender is conscripted to Battle School, a place where kids are put against each other in null gravity to learn about the tactics of war.…

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    existence alone, his whole purpose is to become the savior of the human race. There is no real choice for him and despite his selflessness, he is not rewarded. His is given challenge after challenge to prove his worth. Then, to defeat the buggers. Ender’s Game, wrote by Orson Scott Card, is a book about leadership, trials, and overcoming said trials. Ender is chosen by the military to become the next human to save the world from an extraterrestrial species. Ender is constantly tormented for…

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    In Orson Scott Card’s surprising novel and film Ender’s Game, Ender Wiggin is burdened with the responsibility of saving the world from their alien enemy, the Buggers. Though every person on the Earth has their own responsibilities some aren’t as important as saving the Earth. In the novel and film Ender faces many obstacles but will soon overcome them. While watching the film there were two differences from the novel that stood out, Ender’s age and when all of the characters were introduced.…

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    Leaders possess many great qualities such as good communication, natural intuition, and confidence. Ender Wiggin combines those qualities throughout both the movie and the book. Ender’s game starts off with an attack on earth from buggers which are aliens of another planet. Once attacked on, Mazer Rackham conquers and destroys the buggers, but that wasn't the last attack from these aliens. Colonel Graff believes that somewhere out there is the next Mazer Rackham, which leads him to starting a…

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    In the book Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card shows that isolation can control an individual. Even today, when a person is isolated stress and anxiety can affect your thought process. The main character Ender Wiggin is presented with different conflicts throughout the book. He realizes all through the story that he must take things into his own hands. In the novel, Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card leads the reader on a journey to demonstrate the effects of internal isolation, external isolation and…

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    Walking in Circles – Talking in Socratic Circles (1-Pager #3) In class today, we were put in a large Socratic Circles for Ender’s Game. This was done to encourage critical thinking. It was comprised of approximately fifteen students. We discussed the chapters that were assigned. We were encouraged to use sagacious discussion to develop strategic questions. Specifically, we used figurative language such as e=mc2 and connected the purpose of the author. Ender was promoted to a Commander.…

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    opposed to obtaining help, they are more probable to revealing their strengths. As an outcome, the forms of strength that are likely to be used are intellectual and physical. These abilities are evidently established through Ender’s interference with his bullies in the novel Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card. To begin with, when Ender confronts his opponents independently facing the constant bullying from them, he then is more likely to attack his opponents harshly with the purpose of…

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