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“I could kill you like this.”(page 12) This quote is taken from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. In this one quote, it sums up the relationship between Ender and his brother Peter. Peter is one of the greatest influences in Ender's life, even if Ender refuses to admit it. Because Peter was so cruel and violent towards Ender, often physically abusing him(page 12). Due to this End began to imitate Peter's actions when he played the war games ruthlessly. This led to Ender being a remarkable…

From slavery to child labor to peer pressure, there’s always a time period where someone is forced to perform an action against their moral will, and this dreadful event occurs in novels too. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, may be a science fiction novel, but it doesn’t lack the unethical elements of the real world. For instance, page 35 of the novel describes an unnerving, stomach churning idea. “‘...if humankind survives, then we were good tools.’ ‘Is that all? Just tools?’ ‘Individual human…

In the book Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card, Andrew Wiggin (Ender) was chosen to save the entire human race from the Formics, most commonly known as the Buggers, who were coming back to invade humans again. Ender was recruited into the International Fleet (I.F.) where he met Colonel Graff, Director of Primary Training at Battle School. After Ender graduated from Battle School, he went off to Command School with Colonel Graff. He and the other Command School authorities did what they…

multitude of traditions is Dia de los Muertos, Spanish for Day of the Dead; its celebration date is on the 1st and 2nd of November. Day of the Dead is the Mexican holiday where families and friends honor their departed loved ones with festivities, particularly with foods, drinks, and other activities that the dead enjoyed from life. Day of the Dead first originated in the 16th century from Aztec traditions in honoring the dead, but later the tradition merged with elements of Christianity by…

Ender’s Game Comparison Essay Have you ever felt the weight of the world on your shoulders? Have you felt that the fate of billions of lives depends on you? This is the pressure that young Ender Wiggin faces in the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Ender’s Game begins with young Ender Wiggin getting his “monitor” taken out, and being recruited by Colonel Graff to join the Battle School for the International Fleet, because he is the human’s last chance to defeat the bugger species. He grows…

Dias de los Muertoes (Days of the Dead) is a two to three-day annual festival honoring the spirits of loved ones who have passed on. Although Dias de los Muertoes ceremonies are steeped in ritual and history, not all villages celebrate the festival on the same day. I spent a week in the Oaxaca, Mexico region to participate in the annual celebrations of the area. PARAGRAPHS A little history Dias de los Muertos are two or more days of celebrations honoring the dead. While celebrated in most Latin…

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…

56.General Pace comes to the Battle School because he is concerned about Ender’s conflict with the other students. He wants Graff to do something about Ender’s conflict with Bonzo and the other kids. But Graff does not want to help Ender because he wants Ender to take care of his own problems. An evidence quote from the text is “If we transfer Bonzo ahead of schedule, he’ll know that we saved him,” (Scott, Card202). This shows that Graff does not want to help Ender he wants Ender to learn how to…

Most referred to as Ender instead of his first name, he learns that in order to survive according to the government, he needs to sacrifice his life and family for Battle School. Throughout the book, Ender considers himself a ruthless killer that will turn into his older brother, Peter. In Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Andrew Ender Wiggin fulfills the apocalyptical hero archetype because he faces the possibility of Earth going to war unless he sacrifices his innocence. When Colonel Graff…

A traditional ofrenda has three tiers that represent the three forms of death, “...the death of the body, the burial, and being forgotten by those left behind.” (Vigil, 2000, pg. 16). Dia de los Muertos makes an effort to offset the dead being forgotten by the living by having the holiday celebrated every year. The latin phrase “Memento Mori” reminds, “...one of mortality and impending death,” (Nozedar, 2016, pg. 237) and perfectly encompasses a major theme in Dia de los Muertos…