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Noah Lawrence

Ender’s game

Orson Scott Card

Si-fi

Holiday

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1.       Ender, the third child to be born in his family, is a young boy that is made fun of because he is the third child to be born and there is a limit on how many children a family can have. The limit a family can have is two children. One day Ender is made fun of by a group of boys. Ender kicks one of the boy in the chest and the boy falls. Ender the continues to beat him to teach him a lesson. Even though Ender is small he prevails in this battle. Ender is often beaten by his brother. Ender’s brother hates him and he says that one day he will murder ender and his little sister. Ender is offered to go to the military if he does this he will not be able to return in many years. Ender accepts this offer from Graff, a military officer. On the zero gravity space ship that is traveling towards the battle school, Ender is not quick to make many friends. First he breaks a kid’s arm trying to defend himself . Then Graff gives Ender some advise. Graff says  "There’s only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can’t ignore you."  The reader first experiences Ender’s intelligence during a game session.  Ender is so talented he beats the older boys at their own games.  In addition, the other boys have begun to follow Bernard, the boy with the broken arm.  Ender decides to win over his friends by sending a mean e-mail about Bernard to make him look bad. His plan works. In the game room Ender and his new friend Alia find out that the guns shoot light and it freezes their suits. Ender, Alia, Bernard, and Shen shoot everyone else. Alia becomes the group leader. Ender finds his abilty to solve various problems. He comes up with creative ideas and beats a level of a game. In the game he kills a giant and afterwards he feels bad. This shows that Ender may not be a good warrior and has a lot to overcome.

2. I feel that the author does a very good job writing this book. He explains the book with very descriptive details. This is showed when he describes the scene in the spaceship before he breaks Bernard’s arm. Also the author does a good job of keeping the reader on the edge of his or her seat like when he writes the scene about Ender beating up one of his bullies. Another thing that the author is excellent at, is telling the story. He does this by adding action packed scenes that are creative and easy to follow. He develops the characters in a way that makes them so interesting. The way he tells the story is like no other author I have read.

　

　

3. The theme of this book is courage. Ender shows courage by standing up to his bullies. He also shows courage when he has to fight his brother. Ender stands up to Bernard by using physical aggression. Don’t be mistaken by Enders size he will take you on. Another way Ender experiences courage is when he decides to leave his home at six years old. This must be very hard for him as his family is the only world he knows.  Although he is not overly attached to his parents, he is very close to his sister Valentine. 

4. My favorite character is Ender because he is a rebel. He is confident and courageous. Those traits inspire me to get out of my house and stand up. Ender is a great kid. If I had Ender as my younger brother I would be jealous of him. I love how Ender is very independent. He is close with his sister but not many other people like him. It must be a very lonely world for him.

5. My least favorite character is Peter. Peter is Ender’s brother. Peter tends to beat Ender. I think Peter hurts Ender is because he is jealous of Ender, or Peter just hates Ender for being a third. Peter threatened to kill valentine and Ender and that is not ok. Peter is an abusive spoiled brat. He is the worst big brother ever.

6. I predict that Ender will dominate the battle school winning all the games. Ender will become a general and he will lead his army into a great battle. I think this will happen because Ender shows signs of talent already. Also this is destined because the book would be boring without a giant battle scene. If Ender is just a soldier and not a general the book wouldn’t be as interesting. The thing that would be most interesting is if you could hear both sides of the battle. One side would be the general and the other would be the soldier.