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    Literary Analysis : Ender’s Game Ender’s Game is a book that was published January 15, 1985. The author was Orson Scott Card. Ender’s Game is a science fiction book and shows themes of friendship and loyalty. It explores through the courageous young characters, as they are in space.In the near future, a alien race has attacked Earth. If not for the heroic of commander Rackham, all would had been lost. In preparation for the next attack Colonel Graff and the military are training only the best…

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    goes through certain steps and accomplishes great feats to become who they are. The hero’s journey is used in drama, myths, storytelling, etc. In fact it has been used long before Joseph Campbell gave it a name. In the novel Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, the main character Ender proves through his story that he is indeed a hero, by experiencing Joseph Campbell's monomyth. Four specific sections of the hero journey Ender's Game hits are, the ROAD OF TRIALS, the BELLY OF THE WHALE, MASTERY…

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    Enders Game, a novel writer by Orson Scott Card, is a look into the experience of a great young mind in a time of peril. Andrew “Ender” Wiggins is chosen as a candidate to become a warrior trained to lead an Army in a time of need. He is chosen at the age of 6, but he is believed to have what it takes to grow and breed into becoming a significantly great leader in his society. This novel takes place in a futuristic world where the civilization and human race is in danger. At the beginning of the…

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    poker games or the non-stop chorus of “amen” from Sadie’s Bible study. Except this particular cool Sunday evening. James had the house to himself and he was spending it the only way any introverted teenage boy would, reading Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. He was still in early in the novel but was engrossed in it. James had just reached the scene where Ender was leaving home to go to military school in space. Ender’s sister Valentine shouted that he shouldn’t leave and that she would love…

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    look at figures and groups that exemplify effective leadership, such as the Roman Empire, Alexander the Great, and even the British in their prime, do we always see them concerned with ethics? No, in fact, we rarely do. This essay will prove how Orson Scott Card’s sci-fi novel “Ender’s Game” reveals that effective leadership is not always ethical or even concerned with ethics. Throughout the beginning of each of the chapters, we read about two people talking. They remain unnamed, though it’s…

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    In Ender’s Game, I would like to be friends with Ender. Ender is the main character in the story, and I would want to be friends with him because he is strong, bright, decisive, and also independent. In the story, I read many times where Ender faced challenges, but even though it seemed impossible to do, he still managed to do his best and win. One example was when he was eight years old Ender transferred armies to a new army and became the commander for them. There were many challenges to…

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    Ender’s Game is a fascinating story of a boy, Ender Wiggin, facing a multitude of mesmerizing dilemmas, which he brilliantly solves with his own unique and genius mind. In the story, Ender encounters many different characters with different characteristics. Most of those in which Ender encounters can be seen as a good or bad character. The author reveals these “good or bad” character traits through their thoughts, words, and actions throughout the story. There is a vast contrast between Ender…

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    Ender’s Game so far is more diverse and different than any other book I’ve read, which is a very good thing and one of the many reasons why I am enjoying this novel so far. The book is set in a school in space made for kids that have the potential to become great commanders and soldiers, anybody sent there will stay there until they finish their training which may be until they’re eighteen or until they iced/booted off. This give me the sense of urgency, like they don’t have much time to waste…

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    Ender’s Game is a science fiction action major motion picture based on the best selling novel of the same name. This futurist film follows the protagonist, an eleven year old named Ender Wiggin, through his battle training. Ender believes he is training to fight the alien race called the buggers. Colonel Graff is the head of the battle school and manipulates Ender’s training. There are also many of Ender’s friends sprinkled throughout the story that help him on his journey. Ender’s Game is set…

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    Many people have different personalities, but Ender and Ellie have some very different qualities but a few similar ones. Ender's Game is about kids who are very smart who get taken up to a place called battle school ams they get trained to fight and alien race which humans call “Buggers”. Night is a true story about a boy who is in the middle of World War 2 as a jew and gets taken to Auschwitz to work until The Allies free them. Ender and Ellie are very different personality wise, some can be…

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