Citations

Info/Picture for Athena and info for for Cerberus



http://www.wikipedia.org/



Picture for Cerberus/Wings



http://www.amosink.com/Publication/Cerberus.jpg
http://www.gifttrap.com/images/Wings_05.jpg

A New God in Olympus

Let's start with my appearance. Obviously, I don't want one eye or a head full of snakes. Just a normal teenage human being with wings. One of my abilities would be flight. I think that everyone born on Earth had dreamt about flight some time or another. Just to be alone in the sky, alone with all your thoughts and dreams...
Anyways, my powers. I would like to have the power of omnipotence, and would like to be known as the god of mischief. Omnipotence means all-knowing, btw. So by knowing everything, no secret would be safe from me. I could, let's say, slip some info to the right people in order for me to earn my title. If I had to take a test(Greek god and test?), all I have to do is excersize my power.

Greek Monster

You are probably looking at that picture and wondering what that is. This is Cerberus, the three-headed demonic dog who guards that gate to Hades, or Hell, your pick. Because he is the watch dog, Cerberus doesn't go out much to wreck havoc in human race. Possibly, the only time he went out was when Hercules had to get him out for his Twelve Tasks. Hades keeps Cerberus to keep the living out, to keep the dead in and to permit more dead from Charon, the ferryman. Hey if you don't know, look it up for yourself.
Cerberus is supposedly the offspring of two Titans, Echidna and Typhon, both monsters. Some of Cerberus's siblings are the Nemean Lion, Chimera, the Lernaean Hydra and the Scylla.
There are several times when mortal living humans passed by Cerberus in order to get into Hades for various reasons. For example, Orpheus put Cerberus to sleep with his music, and Psyche used honeycakes(...) go get by. And there is Hercules, as mentioned before.

Greek God(dess)

Who is Athena? Athena, or Minerva in the Roman myths, is the goddess of wisdom and war. She was born, fully armed, in the head of Zeus. Because Athena was born out of Zeus' head, she shares some of his things, like his thunderbolts or the Aegis.
The way she was born is very interesting. Athena is the daughter of Metis, the Titan of wisdom. After Zeus impregnated her, he worried about the consequences(that the offspring would be greater [from Zeus] and smarter [from Metis]) and swallowed Metis. Soon afterwards, Zeus began to sufferfrom headaches, so another god (usually Hephaestus from most myths) split his head open with an axe. Out comes Athena.
Gods and godesses have favorites, so you could say the Athena favored Hercules, not to mention that they were sort of siblings. However, Hercules had been mortal in his life, and according to the myths (not the movie) Hercules only became a god after he died, while Athena was 100% goddess, plus, she was smarter.
There aren't many myths about Athena, however, she does play roles in other hero stories, such as the Battle of Troy, and the story of Perseus.

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Ender's Game is a good book to read if you're not looking for a complex plot and into sci-fi. In my opinion, there isn't much of a dystopian theme in this book. According to Wikipedia, a dystopian society means "a state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad, characterized by human misery, poverty, oppression, violence, disease, and/or pollution."
In Ender's Game, people aren't unhappy. There are birth control laws, and some children are taken to become soldiers, but apart from that, no dystopia. In my opinion, Ender's Game is more towards psychology. It shows the mental aspects of a hero, and the strains it puts on the brain. In fact, some schools use this as a textbook of psychology on leadership, while others use this book for the sci-fi parts...

Setting

The lake was still; there was no breeze. The two men sat together in the chairson the floating dock; Graff hooked his foot in the rope and pulled the raft in, then let it drift out, then pulled it in again. - Pg. 305

To me, this discription is very peaceful. Two people on a deck next to a calm lake with no breeze. Considering the circumstances, this situation is pretty ironic. Ender had destroyed the buggers and these two men are now relaxing. To me, this scene says that there are places of peace even during turmoil.

Significant Passage

We are like you; the thought pressed into his mind. We did not mean to murder, and when we understood, we never came again. We thought we were the only thinking beings in the universe, until we met you, but never did we dream that thought could arise from the lonely animals who cannot dream each other's dreams. How were we to know? We could live with you in peace. Believe us, believe us, believe us. - Pg. 321

This quote come near the back of the book. Ender didn't destroy all the buggers as he thought. While playing the "game", the buggers read his mind to communicate with him. Just before they were destroyed, the buggers left behind a queen egg, so that when Ender found it, they could talk. Right now, the egg is telling Ender their reasons for attacking Earth in the first place. There are times when we mistake another person's intentions. We fight with them, and when we want to stop it, they want revenge. And so the cycle continues till one wears out.