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.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Ender's Game
Posted by Kangaroo at 1:30 AM
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3 comments:
Umm... there is no such thing as child soldiering I believe, just child soldiers and although it may be a bit inhuman, I believe the people in the book is actually very effective, just giving a genius a head start in the game :).
well I think it's ok to give away the plot since six whol entries are gonna be about the book
but the other stuff i changed :P
happy now?
I like your tone of this blog;the way of writing like spoken language actually made me feel like listening to you. The idea of comparing your novel with child soldiers was brilliant. Although I knew the story line, I coudln't think about relating the novel to lectures like you :) It would have been better if you noted more information about both child soldiers and the novel. But after all, I think you worked hard and your work is well done! (sorry about criticizing you XD)
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