In Ender’s Game‚ written by Orson Scott Card‚ the main character‚ Ender Wiggin eventually becomes the hero of the human race. The story starts with Ender‚ a third child‚ living with his sister Valentine and his brother Peter. Ender constantly lives in fear with his brother because he is not only rough on Ender‚ but borderline abusive. Valentine‚ on the other hand‚ is filled with kindness and cares for Ender. One day‚ a man who belongs to the “ International Fleet” comes to his house and asks to
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Book Report for The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card PLOT SUMMARY: Danny North grew up in a family of gods—or at least the poor remnants of the mages who once went by names like Odin‚ Thor‚ and Freya. When the gates that led to their home world of Westil were closed by Loki in 632 a.d.‚ the Families lost much of their power. Despite this loss of power‚ the Families still consider themselves far superior to drowthers‚ the name they use for humans. Drekka—mages that possess no magical talent—are considered
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fighting up against‚ and know their strategies to find way to defeat them‚ so he could be more prepared. Also‚ about not fighting alone. Ender also learned that he train the people in his toon‚ to strategize ways to defeat the buggers. Yes‚ in Orson Scott Card’s Book “Ender’s Game”‚ Ender did learn from the “enemies” in many ways‚ that it took practice to defeat your enemy‚ and to have backup‚ and to know the enemy and closely watch for their strategies to help you defeat them.
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this week. It’s not your fault that the new kid at school is shy and distant. They’re weird ‚ not you--right? Well that’s not always the case‚ and your misperceptions could cause you to become enemies. The same concept applies in Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card‚ but the outcome is devastating. Ender Wiggin‚ a six year old genius‚ battled everyday with the conflict brought on by his hateful brother‚ Peter‚ who did everything in his power to weaken Ender. The tension heightened when Ender remained the
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Wesley Bolton Samuel Good Jake Jones JonMichael Lopez Honors English 9-1 January 28‚ 2013 WORK CITED INFORMATION: Card‚ Orson. Ender’s Game. New York: Tom Doherty Associates‚ 1977. PLOT SUMMARY AND THEME OF THE NOVEL: Ender’s Game‚ by Orson Scott Card‚ is the story of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin‚ a third born child in a prejudiced‚ futuristic world‚ as he is recruited to train at battle school to fight the “buggers”‚ an alien species that previously
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In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Ender was treated in a bad way he was bullied by kids and school and by his big brother. In chapter 1 Ender had gotten into a fight with a boy in his school. The boys name was Stilson Ender had kicked the boy in the groin‚ also in the face and ribs. He had broken the little boys ribs. In chapter 4 Ender had gotten into another fight with a boy during the launch. He had gotten into this fight because Graff had been talking good about him in front of the
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forget the enormous suffering of the Holocaust” – Bob Beauprez. In 1939 a mass murder of people occurred called the Holocaust (Collier 197). Another xenocide similar to the Holocaust‚ the Buggers‚ which transpired in a book called Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. While the differences between the Holocaust and the bugger’s xenocide are noticeable the similarities are striking. The Holocaust was a mass murder of approximately 6 million Jews; it also included Gypsies‚ and political descendants (Collier
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Through his observations‚ Joseph Campbell discovered a pattern called the Hero’s Cycle‚ in which no matter the culture all heroes follow. In the book‚ Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card‚ the main character Ender follows the typical Hero’s Cycle. In Ender’s world the humans are planning to destroy their alien enemy the Buggers. When Ender was six years old the government sent him off to Battle School‚ the first step in making him into a someone that could command the human army against the Buggers
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Enders Game Enders Game‚ written by Orson Scott Card is a “classic novel of one boy’s destiny among the stars”. The representation of Ender as the typical hero partaking on a hero’s journey is shown through the language devices and the characterisation of Ender. Card presents the conventions of a traditional hero‚ namely qualities of bravery and wisdom‚ leadership‚ responsibility and the tragic or traditional weakness. Card explores the idea of a traditional hero’s weakness‚ through the
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killed a whole race of buggers be considered a morally righteous hero? John Kessel answered this question by writing Creating the Innocent Killer: Ender’s Game‚ Intention‚ and Morality‚ which was published in 2004. In this essay‚ Kessel states how Orson Scott Card‚ the author of the novel Ender’s Game‚ set Ender up as the victim from the very beginning of the story to create sympathy for him‚ so when Ender commits genocide‚ we don’t feel like he did anything wrong‚ even though Ender did‚ and doesn’t deserve
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