Andres G. Camacho Bonet Literary Luminary Andrea Pecinkas INGL3104 Sec 011 1 March 2015 Literary Analysis: Chapter 5- Games Quotes "I told you. His isolation can ’t be broken. He can never come to believe that anybody will ever help him out. Ever. If he once thinks there ’s an easy way out‚ he ’s wrecked." (30) As a great leader-to-be‚ Ender Wiggins has to learn how to be a troubleshooter. If by any chance he thinks he could take a “shortcut” or he is helped him by someone else; his trouble shooting
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that he is getting rewarded for committing horrific acts‚ such as (unknowingly) killing Stilson and being accepted at the battle school‚ and killing the Giant and being allowed access to Fairyland. It is possible that he sees the Giant as an image of Graff – a looming figure watching his every move‚ offering rewards if Ender can meet their secretly gruesome demands‚ and offering more chances if he cannot. Ender’s morals – while helping him to stay true to himself and what he believes is right – prevent
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like his father was saying he’s worthless‚ waste of space‚ and a disappointment. Chapter 3 “Graff” 11. The pretense the I.F. officer comes to his home is that the I.F. found out what he did to that kid at school. A textual evidence that says why the officer came to his home is‚ “They found out what you did to that kid at school‚ now they’re gonna make you do time out in the Belt‚” (Scott‚ card17). 12. Graff concludes Ender is the one because they wanted to see what would he do if they took his monitor
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Peter talks about how Ender is now normal. The boys play the Buggers and Astronauts game. Peter wins. Peter talks about how he will kill Ender one day but no one will know it was him. Chapter 3: Graff Characters: * Ender * Mother * Peter * Father * Valentine * Colonel Hyrum Graff Society Things * The I.F. (International Fleet) * Noncomplying Families Act * Battle Room * Battle school * Buggers Descriptions: * War games- all the boys are organize
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minds of all time‚ every individual has the capacity to be an intellectual‚ but the way society currently measures intellect purely based off of one’s “book smarts” not everyone’s genius is fully realized. As stated by Gerald Graff In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Graff states that our current system of teaching does by no means try to foster the intelligence of street smart people who account for many in our society. In Graff’s experience he thinks that a style of teaching incorporating street
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beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you’re good for. We might both do despicable things‚ Ender‚ but if humankind survives‚ then we were good tools." Graff is explaining to Ender the philosophy behind everything they are doing. Although Ender does not know it at the time‚ this is the same reasoning that the adults will use to manipulate the children time and time again. Ender objects to this idea‚ because
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Intellectualism." SYMPOSIUM: PART I: PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS THEN AND NOW (2009): 29-47. Graff‚ Gerald. "Hidden Intellectualism." Graff‚ Birkenstein‚ Durst. TheySay‚ I Say. Norton & Company‚ n.d. 380-389. Johnson‚ Steve. "Watching TV makes you smarter." Graff‚ Birkenstein‚ Durst. They Say I Say. Norton and Company‚ n.d. 277-294. OECD. Education Today 2013 The OECD Perspective. 2012. Ungar‚ Sanford J. "The New Liberal Arts." Graff‚ Birkenstein‚ Durst. They Say‚ I Say. Norton & Company‚ n.d.
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You didn’t want me‚ you bastards‚ you wanted Peter‚ but you made me do it‚ you tricked me into it!’ He was crying. He was out of control.” (Card 391) This quote explains the fact that he was deceived. He didn’t want to kill all the buggers‚ Colonel Graff told him it was a simulator and that no damage would be caused by this. He is a person who is kind hearted and does things for the right
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he was embarrassed at his parent of lack of education. The schools want him become a machine that memorize textbooks and spits out word for word. That causes students become smarter‚ but they are not able to come up with their own thoughts. Gerald Graff‚ author of “Disliking books at an early age”‚ talks about a little boy who does not read for school and dislike reading. The author uses an excuse as a fear of bullied in school and a fact that he got raised
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Gage would agree with this because he had his teacher‚ Miss Hurd‚ try to help him improve with his writing skills. The next author was Malcolm X. His writing was also about his life. He wrote about how he was illiterate while he was in prison‚ but to pass his time he decided to learn how to become literate. He started this by reading the dictionary. While he read the dictionary‚ he would copy each word down so‚ with time he would memorize the words in the dictionary. Eventually‚ he learned better
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