Ender's Game

Question: What was the climax?



Answer: The climax of the book is when Ender goes to Command School and begins the "game" with all his other friends. Ender is the commander among his peers, and they are commanding star ships, battling against holographic enemies. What they don't realize is that they are really fighting a real war against the buggers themselves. I think I mentioned this before. Anyways, after Ender plays the final "game", he notices that several peopleare either crying or praying. Then his teacher comes up to him and tells him that all this wasn't a game, but it was real, and that he destroyed the buggers.
You could say that Ender is a pacifist. After realizing that he had been tricked and had been used as someone else's pawn taught him a lesson in life. No one is their own master.

Ender's Game

Question: Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the univeral human experience?

Answer: There are several main characters in the book Ender's Game. However, the main MAIN character is Andrew Wiggin, a.k.a. Ender. Before I start, you have to know somethings. Ender has an older sister named Valentine and an older brother named Peter. Earth was already attacked two times by an alien race called "Buggers". Therefore, the government is now looking for child prodigies to send to Battleschool, where they can become military commanders. Previously, there was a commander who had ended the Second Invasion, so they were looking for someone exactly like him. Peter is apathetic, Valentine is empathetic and Ender is somewhat in between, but is more like Valentine. However, when Ender gets to Battleschool, he believes that he is becoming more and more like Peter, as Ender begins to hurt people by accident. He wonders why people can't leave him alone.
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Towards the end of the book, Ender, along with his friends, believes that they are playing a game, where the enimies are the "Buggers". In reality, they are really commanding forces, and there is a war right now. When Ender found out, he was overcome with grief and believes that he is a killer. It wasn't until his sister came for him did Ender change.

Anyways, that's the story of Ender Wiggin. I like Ender. It shows that we, human beings, always have a kind side. Deep down, we care for someone or something. Even in the book, Peter has a good side in him. However, there are some times in our lives when our darkness shows. We then become mean, hateful and harm others.

Ender's Game

Question:

Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?

Answer:

For anyone in Miss Simpson's class, and to those who have read the book, this book deals with child soldiers. I'll just give away the beginning a bit so I can prove my point. At age 6, Ender is taken to Battle School, where kids are trained to be military commanders. Get the picture? Little children and military commanders do not go well with each other. Child soldiering is going on in parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. Children (like me) are being used to fight the "enemies". The book doesn't exactly state how to stop this situation. What I mean is, the book doesn't show that they are letting up Battle or the other types of Schools they have.