Orson Scott Card

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 defending himself. Ender experiences a boy who hits him…

world. For example, think of the Nazi’s - there have been several stories of Nazi’s helping Jewish people escape from torture, which is sympathy from some of the worst people in the world. In the Science Fiction novel The Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card, the main character Ender Wiggins perfectly portrays this because of his mix of violence that he gets from his brother and his innocence that he gets from his sister.. One important theme from the novel is that everyone shows sympathy…

The book that I am reading is called ENDER’S GAME from Orson Scott Card. This book is about an alien species attacking earth many years ago and the human race is trying to stop them from attacking again. There is something called battle camp where they recruit intelligent kids. They use them for training by controlling fleets of spaceships (in the game) and army into war to wipe out the aliens planet. There are different armies ranked on level of how many wins did they have in the arena. There…

The Unjustifiable Acts In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, six year olds are trained to become soldiers. They are manipulated into fighting and killing in order to save humanity. Meanwhile, the adults in the novel do not protest to such behavior and consider it better for humanity. The characters Colonel Graff and Mazer Rackham’s actions towards Ender are clearly unjustifiable. Graff’s actions are inexcusable because he manipulates and isolates Ender from the group. Mazer…

and ruthlessness Power is something many people try to obtain, whether it be an election or competition some people want to be in control. Power can be obtained by using by using compassion, ruthlessness, and manipulation. In Ender’s Game By Orson Scott Card the story is about children getting put into training camps to fight in the war, as they are awaiting the third invasion from “The Buggers”. There is boy named Ender, who is a mixture between his compassionate sister Valentine and his…

Thanks to the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, I can now say I have been blessed to have read the magic that is Orson Scott Card’s writing. As I continued to read my fiction based independent study unit, the book has only become more enveloping due to the flourishing relationship between the reader and the characters, along with the expansion in the books world since the last section. It has gotten to the point where it seems as though every time I flip a page in this section of the book…

What would happen if an alien species attacked Earth 50 years ago, and we managed to fight them off temporarily? The book “Ender’s Game,” by Orson Scott Card, describes exactly that. The story is about a boy named Ender in those times, and one of the most significant decisions that he makes throughout the book is agreeing to train in battle school because he would protect Valentine, get away from Peter, and he was literally born for it. The book starts out when Ender is 6 years old, and he…

In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, a young boy named Andrew, Ender for short, faces the challenge of adult control. As a soldier in Battle School, Ender is forced to rely on adults’ commands , which is both good and bad. As a result of this, Ender begins to see through the adults’ words to their true intent. This leads Ender to try to make his own choices, which shows him how tough the words and actions of adults’ truly are.Throughout the story, the theme- Never underestimate the…

are writing in and it is easily seen in their book. With much analysis of Ender’s Game, it is clear that many events, actions, and characters represent something much bigger than themselves. Orson Scott Card published Ender’s Game in 1985, which was near the end of the Cold War. Due to this historical event, Card incorporated many details regarding the Cold War into his book. While reading Ender’s Game, it is easy to notice the impact that the Cold War has on the characters and setting of the…

In Orson Scott Card’s book Ender's Game gives his characters complex and in depth personalities to convey a variety of themes. Facts on File defines theme as a, “topic, as of a speech, discussion, book, etc.; subject.”. Card expresses many themes throughout his book such as games, isolation yields individual strength, the line between good and evil, individual needs versus the common good, individual initiative versus central planning, children versus adults. The Merriam-Webster dictionary…