Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card was an excellent book. It starts from Ender's point of view then shifts quickly to 3rd person. His entire reason for being born was to save the planet from the buggers, insect looking aliens. On a usual morning he is eating breakfast with his family (Mom, Dad, Peter, Valentine) when Colonel Graff shows up and tells him he has made it. At age six he is taken to battle school in outer space and trained to fight. At the age of six years and nine months he is promoted to an "army", the normal age of promotion is nine years. He proves to be the best soldier in anyone's "army" and is soon promoted to commander of a jinxed "army" at age nine. The youngest commander ever before this was eleven. His army is full of newbies and losers and he teaches them until he is exhausted and then teaches them more. He never loses a battle; he makes them great. In one year he is promoted directly to command school skipping the required three years at pre-command.
Ender's Game uses exobiology, physics, medicine, physiology, and chemistry. My personal favorite is all of them but since I have to choose I'll go with exobiology. They use it when they cut open the buggers dead bodies and discover what is on the inside. The asteroid in which the command school is located was once a sentry point from the buggers" first invasion so they learn about them there. It is again used when Ender himself encounters an unhatched bugger queen and meets them on a more personal basis.
This is a New Wave as well as an Alien Beings book. It shows people expanding their knowledge and their living space by colonizing new worlds. The alien beings part is obvious, the buggers are alien beings and even though they are friendly, they can't easily communicate with us so they are considered the enemy.
I think the most creative idea was how the buggers lived and worked. The queen has conscious thought and the workers are like various arms and legs of a body.
Orson Scott Card weaves an intricate tale of a boy who is born to save the Earth in the novel, Ender's Game. ... Both Peter and Ender kill throughout the novel. ... He thought he was simply playing a simulator, or a game. So in Ender's mind, he was no hero. The two brothers in Ender's Game who seem to be so similar are shown to in fact be very different. ...
Analytical Essay Orson Scott Card tells an intriguing anecdote about a boy who saves humanity from buggers in Ender's Game. ... At age six, Ender is taken to Battleschool where adults control him. ... Ender's Game contains many epic aspects. ... Near the end, Ender even communicates with a bugger, which no human has done before. Although Ender's Game is not a tragedy, it still includes some aspects of a tragedy. ...
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a science fiction novel about a young intellectual genius. Ender's Game is set in the future when a war brakes out between the humans and an alien race known on earth as buggers. ... Ender transforms many times before he finally fulfills his quest. ... In conclusion, Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is a perfect example of a novel that revolves around a central archetypal hero. ... When these elements are combined, a brave and daring archetypal hero, like young Ender Wiggin, is created. ...
In the book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Ender's philosophy is that he gives 100 percent effort in all aspects of his life. ... While in his time at battle school, Ender plays a video game which is very popular with all the students. But unlike other students, Ender is very good at this difficult game. ... Ender did not look at this game as just any other video game; instead he looked at this for practice in real life situations. He ends up putting so much time and effort into this game that there is nothing left for Ender to beat. ...
Enders GAME Ender . ... Enders life is almost devoted to the games. ... He cannot help but to play the game it is like he is transformed into the game as if it is his real life and he cannot escape it. Enders life is a game As you know games are more than just created by man. Everywhere around you, you can find a game. ...
The first chapter of Ender's Game begins with a conversation between two unnamed people, discussing a boy and his two siblings. ... When Ender returns to class he is teased by a boy named Stilson, but Ender just seems bored by school. ... Peter decides that he and Ender should play buggers and astronauts, a common children's game. However, Peter actually hurts Ender during the game, as he has in the past, treating his brother like a hated enemy. ... After Ender's parents talk to the man for a moment they call Ender into the parlor. ...
Ender was bred to Destroy, the government allowed him to be born, which was a disgrace, because he was a third. ... Later, after only being in his new army and training for a year and a bit, he is given his own army, with mostly Launchies, no veterans, and they are all younger than Ender. ... All in all, Ender lasts longer than anyone could expect, most people would be to burned out to do the right thing. He is misled by his commanders, and is told he is playing a game, when he is really facing the enemy in real combat situations light years away. ... Vidi vedi vici, Ender does just that, ...
Just like in the novel by Orson Scott Card Ender's Game, Ender has one of the weirdest childhoods because of growing up as a third but the Earth gives him one of the greatest missions he will ever have. ... A few days after Ender beat up Stiltson, Ender was asked to go to battle school by Colonel Graff. ... Unfortunately Ender ended up killing Bonzo unknowingly. ... One day when Ender was in the tower Ender wraps the queen's cocoon in his jacket and carried her from the tower. ... "The answer," said Ender. ...
In the book Ender's game, by Orson Scott Card, we are told the story of a boy named Andrew Wiggins. ... With the removal of the monitor, Ender was no longer protected. ... Ender passed these tests, and was chosen. The government came that night to take Ender to battle school, but they needed Ender to go willingly. ... Ender is upset that he is responsible for the death of the buggers. ...
