Before you do any group work, I want you to share a one paragraph comment on this post about any academic observation of Ender's Game from the second half of the novel. What was shocking, surprising, intriguing, etc?
Next, you can work on your final Ender's Game projects if you need the class time. If you are not working on the project, I want you to be replying to the other comments on this post.
When we return from break (1/6) we are going to spend time discussing the novel together and presenting our final projects. You have all of break to make sure you have all of your work done.
What is very surprising is that Ender did end up fighting the buggers without him knowing of it. Ender was infuriated when he learned of what he had done. He had momentarily made himself a vegetable. He was angry that he sent real people to battle when he did not know of it.
ReplyDeleteTo add on to this, the simulation game that Ender used to play actually was not a game. He had found that out when he was governor of the new world that people were living in now. I found that surprising and that was something I really did not see that coming. I found that extremely interesting and the fact that he is carrying the cocoon of the next bugger queen is leaving many questions to be answered.
DeleteGood points, I was also surprised at this point of the book. I too feel that in order for the book to achieve full closure there are loose ends that must be tied up.
DeletePLOT TWIST right?! it was so surprising.
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DeleteI think it is very interesting that Ender's sister was able to convince him to continue with battle school. I feel like she was a huge reason for why he wanted to leave. She was his best friend in a sense and he was away from her for a long time. I think it was slightly unfair of her to convince Ender to stay because he was so unhappy and she placed a lot of responsibility on him to basically save the planet. If I were Ender's sister I would have encouraged him to quit. I think I am biased though since I know how ridiculous it is to have preteens saving the world.
ReplyDeleteThink of it like this, if you were used to tell a younger sibling to continue in this ungrateful school, how would you feel?
Deletein the seconds half of the novel Ender feels he is being used and controled by the people in battle school.so ender stops playing the games. i found it surprising that the people from battle school let ender go back to earth and let him see his sister. i thought she would want him to stop playing the games but she wanted him to countinue because they realized that he is the only one that can save earth.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think they let him go and see his sister?
DeleteSome academic observation of Ender's Game that I found was the use of transition between broad themes, to narrowing them down. For example, we started the book off with Ender being a child, innocent and unaware of the world around him. Later in the book, he's incharge of an army, full 360 spin from where he started out. Another example would be war in general, and it progresses into man vs. man and man vs. society.
ReplyDeleteOne intriguing thing I found towards the end of the book was how when valentine went to visit ender at the house by the lake, she thought that he had turned more into peter and that peter was more like ender. This was interesting, how valentine saw that battle school changed ender into a rough, crude man and not having ender around softened peter into a little boy. This was an interesting character development and growth within the story that card portrayed quite well.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Since Ender had to veil his true self from the other people in Battle School, Ender grew onto this habit and might have even used it on Valentine.
DeleteI think that they ending of the novel was surprising. Learning that as Ender was taken to space in order to protect humans and the Earth itself, there was really a personal war that would be waged within his own family. I thought that Peter would become a more involved character by the end of the book, but I didn't know it would be in this way. In the beginning of the book I didn't know how to interpret the conflicting actions and emotions that Peter experienced. I wanted to think that he was just trying to cover up his emotions with his hard exterior and harsh treatment, but I knew that something would go wrong with him. I really liked that in Ender deciding to try and raise up the Buggers again, his personality is really captured. Through out the entire novel we are shown that he is compassionate and only makes sacrafices due to his circumstances, I think his direct rebellion against everything he was taught shows that he is good at heart. This decision was a nice way to him to redeem himself for the death of the many Buggers that he had killed. I think that the deception by the military leaders was a hard choice for them to make, but overall was the only way for them to achieve their goals of wiping out the undesired race. They couldnt be sure that Ender would follow through and eliminate all of the Buggers especially with his new dreams, so they had to keep him unaware of the reality in order for the mission to be successful.
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DeleteIt seems that, in order to win the war, disguising it as a game was the only way. The buggers could see inside Ender's mind and try to understand him. But since even he didn't know of the final battle tactics, there wasn't any important information to be infiltrated.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, I think that even if the kids were totally confident in their fighting abilities the leaders wouldnt be able to convince them for a total destruction of the Bugger race. Although it is questionable, it was incrediably effective.
DeleteI found the fact that they moved Ender through the system so quickly very shocking. He was still just a little kid and they put so much pressure on him and his peers. The end, of course, was the most shocking part. They had Ender commit complete genocide without his knowledge. Not only was it shocking, but it was complete Machiavellism. They placed all of the guit and blame on Ender with only the thought that if they destroy this enemy they would be securing the future of the human race. However, they didn't think about how by corrupting an entire generation they were partially ruining their future.
ReplyDeleteOn page 211, Ender says "the only way to end things completely was to hurt Bonzo enough that his fear was stronger than his hate". This relates to the beginning of the novel directly. It shows that there is a common theme throughout the book of instilling fear in your enemies to rise above them.
ReplyDeleteThis is indeed true. Ender ends up killing Bonzo.
Deleteim glad they didnt tell ender that he killed those two boys he got in a fight with because i think it would make him even more deppressed
DeleteI THOUGHT THE SAME THING! OMG! WE ARE THE BEST =D!!!!!!! TYBG THAT WE ARE IN THE SAME CLASS LOLOLOL
DeleteI think that the ending was incredibly shocking, that Ender was actually killing buggers and he wasn't prepping to do so later. Then, I actually thought about it. While it was originally shocking, it does make sense because they probably wanted to wrap up the war but they didn't want Ender to be against the idea of using real soldiers. Which is why they didn't tell him, so he would use his strategy in the moment without thinking about the lives it cost.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is true, but look at what ended up happening to Ender. He almost made himself a complete vegetable when he found out what he ended up doing.
DeleteYou have an excellent point :/. Although Ender does save them it does make him very close to going into a vegetable state of mind. And that was horrible but I suppose the Military would deem it a "necessary evil". They probably wouldn't have really cared if he had turned into a vegetable, except maybe a few people.
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DeleteThat might be true but think of it like this: Everyone was happy that Ender had won the war. If Ender were to die, everyone would be very sad. Victory would turn into defeat.
DeleteI think that the people who run battle school are really selfish and don't care about what happens to the soldiers, as long as the adults are safe nothing else matters.
DeleteIt really wasn't all that schocking. If you read the same book as the rest of us, it becomes evident in "Dragon" that Ender realizes that he can't feel remorse for his actions or the actions of those around him
DeleteThe second half of Ender's Game was a very enjoyable read; it was full of action and adventure. It amazed me how Ender actually broke down and still got reappoined as a commander in Command School and how he met Mazer Rackham. I was surprised at how the colonels disguised the invasion of the Bugger planet and made Ender into a murderer and it left me a bit sad and disappointed at how they didn't really consider Ender's feelings or thoughts and used him. Additionally, the part where Ender realized that the buggers created a planet that looks like his video game with the giant in it made me feel very touched and emotional. I really enjoyed reading the part where Ender became the Speaker of the Dead and how he spoke for both the buggers and Peter. Overall, it was an amazing novel and I really enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteI think that Card could have had a better ending. I feel that Peter ruling the world was in a way predictable. From the begining of the novel I saw him as a dictator like Stalin or Hitler. Once he got Valentine to be apart of his little scheme of Locke and Demosthe I found it very suspicious that she got the harsh character and he got the sensible one. He started a revolution over the internet. He was a force to be reckoned with from the begining. Peter symbolizes the bad in all of us. He is the dark side of everyone put into one person. We mask it, like Peter did, but its there. Ender, Peter, and Valentine all really symbolize traits we have as human beings. Everyone has the dark side and the sweet side. Ender just represents the struggles that everyone goes through. The struggle just happened to be his life.
ReplyDeleteI was actuallt surprised that Ender didn't figure ou that he was actually fighting the buggers. With that much left of the book many readers could have guessed that the "simulation" wasn't actually a simulation. I get that the military leaders would want new young fresh minds to lead their soliders to battle but why not tell them? Ender was angry with what he did after the fact but anyone else would have been happy. So did the adults not tell them because they knew Ender and that he wouldn't approve or to just take the pressure off from some of the kids? Either way I still think that they should have told them.
ReplyDeleteI think the adults knew to hide it because their 'soldiers' are so innocent and young. When you're that young you don't really want to be responsible for actual death or destruction. While it seemed harmless in the simulations, it would have been insane for the kids to be able to kill anything in real life.
DeleteWell, Ender didn't know how much was "left in the book". He thought that they still had time to work everything out. They didn't want the Buggers to know what was going on, which is why they didn't tell him what was going on. They made a good tactical decision, but not the right moral one.
DeleteThe adults did it so that Ender can command without any bias for human life so it would not affect his play,
Deletei think it was a smart idea on their side to not tell ender. if they did ender would be to foucsed on not loseing people and feeling bad that people are dieing. he probaly would of not took part in the war to
DeleteI think it was the right thing to do, if they would have told him he would have to deal with the guilt of sending men and women to die. He still thought it was a game, just some lights, all of his brilliant decisions would have changed if he knew.
DeleteAs proved in "Bonzo" when Ender has to fight Bonzo, he hasn't changed his style of dealing with enemies since the beginning of the book. When Bonzo tries to gang up on him, he finds a way to single his opponent out from the rest. He then waits for Bonzo to make a mistake. He exploits it and then continues to do so until Bonzo could never bother him again. He did this to Stilson in the opening chapter of the book. Despite what he has gone through and been taught in battle school, Ender is still the same personality as he was when he began.
ReplyDeleteAre you saying that Ender is a terrible person for his way of dealing with people in fights? That's a little biased, don't you think?
DeleteI feel that ender's way of dealing with fighting was the correct way. The expolitation and the singling out are tactics that helped him in battle school
DeleteWhat surprised me was when Mazer Rackham, Ender's teacher in Chapter 14, told him outright that he was Ender's enemy, not a teacher. Mazer's roughness against Ender made me believe he was teaching in a brutal manner in order to toughen up Ender. I believe Mazer played his part as a teacher, but Ender took his threats seriously in order to save himself from harm. The exposure of a teacher being an enemy of a student surprised me a lot, although this action of brutality reminded me of several cases where teachers maintained a vendetta against their students.I am intrigued by the fact that teachers must neglect their moral behaviors in order to teach their students in Battle School. Colonel Graff must act unfriendly toward Ender so Ender can learn to deal with isolation and his enemies in the bugger war, even though Colonel Graff saw Ender as a friend.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Mazer did give off the sense of a very strict and brutal teacher, I wouldn't have thought him to be an enemy to Ender.
DeleteI feel like that was expected. Ender was an enemy of Mazer becaouse he was always a threat to him. Ender was this boy who was chosen and rose up in the ranks. This would be a threat to any young male commamder.
DeleteThe most surprising aspect of the second half of the book in my opinion was the return of Mazar. I never once suspected that the old man that was staying in Enders room was Mazar himself, ready to train Ender for the war. They never properly explained how he survived, but I still found it to be interisting. Another surprisng aspect was how painfuly obvious the endig of the book was. The final battle between Ender and the Buggers on the simulation was obvious that it would be the real deal. Between the amount of people gathered to watch, and the fact that the ships where downgraded (as those flying to the Buggers home world would obviously be older), it was hard to be surprised.)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing about the book by far was the ending, where Ender found the last living hive queen. I love how they simulated the events that had happened in Enders desk game, and how it lead him to the queen. I love how the buggers had forgiven ender the his Xenocidem and trusted him to revive them. I love how he was given a chance at redemption.
(Spoiler Alert) When Graff told Ender he was fighting the buggers the whole time, I was shocked and re-read it again to make sure I read right. I understood why they did not tell him. The burden of it all would have been to much and Ender's mind was not thinking of all the horrible things that came with the war. Ender was not thinking of all the men he had sent to die or all of the buggers that he killed because to him it was all a game. That is why he won, that is why he needed to be a child, so he could be a commander who could think like an adult, make war changing decisions but still young enough to be tricked, blinded by a game without the real war problems like the death of friends.
ReplyDeleteI also did not like the ending, I wanted Ender to go back home and help Peter and Valentine lead humans to a peaceful and amazing future. Showing that the ones who saved the world were children. Ender of course had it hard, but it seemed wrong because no respect was paid to the soldiers who died far away from home, who traveled years and who in all reality did not have anyone to fight for. Sure they fought for their race but becuase of their travel all their loved ones were dead, dads and moms that outlived their lovers and children. Still when Ender ordered they dropped to an alien planet knowing they would not make it back to a world that would not remember their names. Ender had to live with the guilt but he did not experience war, he won a game, he did not see friends die horrible deaths, he only saw lights in a simulator. Then for Ender to throw all that away to bring the race that so many sacrificed themselves to stop back seemed like a horrible way to end a book.
DeleteI was alright with the ending but I can fully comprehend where you were coming from. Perhaps your ending might have better complemented the story, but the one we have now adds the idea of how every can't turn out perfectly and I love that element stories.
DeleteWow who knew that Ender would actual "destory an enire race". I mean even though Rackham was probably using him as well as Graff he wasn't really mad at the matter but rather that at the fact the Ender didn't want to cause others harm. He just wanted to pratice and take as enjoyment. Even though at the beginning of military school he was sort of ruthless it now shows his caring side. It shows his sensitvie side and his sympathy for these buggers even though they were considered as enemies. Ender does kind of show his morals and sorrow, he can't help to think that even though they (the bggers) were enemies they deserved to porve themselves and win fairly againist them.
ReplyDeleteEnder killing all the Buggers caught me off gaurd as well. I didnt think he would have the ablility to actually slaughter a race. I think it really shows the transformation that he has undergone.
DeleteI always thought that Enders's decision at the end of the novel of how to handle what he found was both surprising and somewhat moronic based on his own experiences throughout the book.
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DeleteYup, thats your problem right there. Looks like someone has got a case of the thoughts
That bugger egg is going to go all metroid and him and kill him, but then not kill him. Maybe.
One of the most memorable parts of the book for me was the conversation between Ender and Valentine. They said things to each other that were simply beautiful. It was unfortunate that Valentine had to be the one to play with both his and her emotions in order to convince him to keep fighting. She was the one person that Ender thought would support him no matter what and for her to tell him what he least wanted to hear, definitely crushed him a little. Valentine admitted at the end that she knew that Ender would never forgive her, at least not for a long time. That must have been extremely hurtful for the both of them. I like this part because it is kind of an envelopment of human emotions.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this part of the book too. It was a nice contrast to the heavier, battle school scenes.
DeleteThis was a great part to the book. Gave some nice insight into their dynamic and character growth
DeleteThis shows how strong a sibling's relationhsip is even though they are going through painful circumstances, no matter what they will there for each other even if it means to hurt someone but at the same time they're helping each other out.
DeleteI think this shows how strong the realtionship between Valentine and Ender is. This reminds me of me and my brother and i couldnt imagine being in the same situation.
DeleteI think its interesting how Ender acted at the end of the novel. After Eneder realized he had been tricked into killing the buggers, Ender felt guilty. He wanted to make it up to the buggers therefore he wanted to make up a new bugger civilization.Ender felt that was the right thing to do since he was the one who wiped them out. Ender first refuses to start colonization in the Buggers world because he didnt want to be apart of the colonization plan anymore.Later, he ends up going because he wants to learn more about the buggers. I think Enders response to the colinization plan was very different from everyone else. When he realized he had killed the buggers he didn't want to play a part in it anymore.This reminds me of Martian Chronicles and the whole idea of taking over Mars. I think that everyone going to colonize it, didn't care about the buggers and Ender was the only one that did.
ReplyDeleteThe second half of Ender's game was very enjoyable to me. I was surprised at how fast they moved Ender up through the ranks considering his young age. I was angry about the way they made Ender commit genocide without his knowledge. They then put all the blame on him and made him feel guilty for his actions. The whole operation was disguised and Ender didn't know what he was getting himself into.
ReplyDeletevery good response phil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteAfter seeing what happens to Ender in the beginning and into the I felt a connection and i wanted to see what Ender did in the end. Go into the war and fight the buggers or not take part. Yet it was a surprise when i found out that he was tricked into genocide. Over all i wasn't expecting that ending it was a interesting way to end it all.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the second half of the novel. But what really suprised me was that Ender didnt know that he was fighting the bugger civilization. I mean he went through all of that training and he should have known at some point that he was going to have to fight them. He was flying throughout the ranks in Battle School and he should have known that he would have fought the buggers. But then it was bogus that he had to find out after he had destoryed the entiere civilization.
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DeleteThe final half of Ender's game was quite sad/exciting. I found it sad because they took Ender's childhood and pushed him to physical/mental limits that would break a grown man. Despite that i think it was necessary and actually would have been wrong of them to not do it because it would have destroyed all of man kind and taken away many childhoods. Also, i don't find the genocide of the buggers to be to bad because 1. they attacked first 2. they aren't intelligent in the same sense as humans and would have destroyed us otherwise.
ReplyDeleteI found it very shocking how the war games simulation against the buggers were actually real. It must of have been very psychologically damaging as soon as Ender found out since he never wanted to intentionally hurt anybody. The buggers communicating to Ender at the end of the book was also intrigueing since we finally found out how they felt about all of this. Apperantly the buggers didn't even really want to fight us anymore but humans destroyed them anyways. This proves that humans don't really belive in forgiveness since they didnt even question destroying the buggers and they also dont believe that any other creature can have compassion and a soul like they do. The buggers turned out to have a thinking process just like us except humans didnt give them a chance since they thouht they were naturally violent. The buggers probably thought the same of the humans when they first attacked.
ReplyDeleteThe most surprising thing about the end of the book is that Peter becomes Hegemon and seems level headed towards the end of his life. I'm kind of disappointed with the ending because it was cliched and maps out the path of the sequel and ruins the end of this awesome book.
ReplyDeleteI like that Ender becomes a sort of hero and it inadvertently repents for his involuntary genocide. He was put in a horrible position at such a young age and forced to kill and so that he choses to fly off and save worlds was nice. Also the Speaker For The Dead thing was a nice cinch to the world building in the novel to have something of Ender affect people individually and personally within their world.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found very shocking was when it was discovered that Bonzo and Stilson died after Ender had beaten them up. I was upset that the teachers let it happen in the case of Bonzo, but understood why they didn't tell him. Ender couldn't believe that he was like Peter, otherwise he would never continue with Battle School and would be convinced that he was a monster. The teachers let Ender handle the situation with Bonzo on his own to let him know that no one will be there for him in times of trouble. He is alone in that respect. Although I think it's good for Ender to know this in terms of battle, it still cost the life of a child when it didn't need to. This situation shows a lot about Ender. It shows that he is willing to do what is necessary in order to survive and keep himself safe, but he is also compassionate and wouldn't hurt anyone unless it was necessary. Despite what he thinks, he is not a monster. He is not Peter.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite surprising when Mazer appeared in the book to help teach Ender. Seeing as how the Bugger War was over 80 some years ago, it is pretty interesting to see Mazer almost appear out of nowhere.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I though that the ending was somewhat nice. Ender, despite being trained in combat and battle tactics, fighting buggers, destroying a bugger fleet and a planet, still retained his own thoughts and "humanity". By actually taking the egg and trying to look for a new home for it, Ender shows that despite having been trained to be the ultimate commander, he still remains true to his own thoughts and himself. He has still retained his ability to think for himself.
The most enjoyable and intriguing part of the second half of the book is when the book talks about how everything had been censored for the public and that once Ender saw what actually happened, "Ender had found a living mind he could admire." This started to foreshadow that coming up he would actually fight a real ship and not a simulation, but the big part of it was that he found out what actually happened, not what the media wanted everyone to know.
ReplyDeleteIt's wrong to trick Ender into killing a whole race. What if when he found out after and felt so guilty he killed himself or something? The repercussions of his actions would have been difficult to foretell so why did they think they had the right to do that? I was very upset at the army people. I feel like the only reason they quickly moved him up through the ranks so quickly was because they needed a worthy scapegoat to kill all the buggers. But yeah twist ending did not see that one coming.
ReplyDeleteThe way Ender's Game finished is really intriguing to me because it seems to foreshadow that Ender's journey isn't over yet. Also, the way Valentine behaves towards Ender before boarding the ship is especially interesting because it appears as if she completely gave up on life on Earth but her reason for going is what amazes me. She's willing to try and make amends for everything that happened to the buggers and her reason for going on the expedition isn't because she wants to run away from Earth or because she's bored. I think because of who she is, Valentine has become a well-developed character in 'Ender's Game.'
ReplyDeleteThe second half of the book in my mind was a lot better than the first. It was much more gripping and shocking at the same time. I found it interesting how fast ender moved through the ranks considering how young he is and that he had far less training than his older counterparts. but the most shocking part of this half of the book is when ender is told that he had actually destroyed the buggers in real live and not in the simulation. I cant imagine the guilt that ender would be feeling because all of those deaths were his fault and he can never go back now. Though he caused so much destruction he still tried to make it right by attempting to find a new home for the buggers for generations to come.
ReplyDeleteI feel sympathy for Ender. His talent and everything he had to offer was taken advantage of for and he was manipulated. The innocence, that is present in little kids, was stolen from Ender. He wasn't into the whole taking over the buggers. He wasnt naturally evil and deviant like that. After being tricked into genocide, he lost a part of himself.
ReplyDeleteI found it really surprising at how long it took Ender to start feeling the control the battle school had over him. Also, i almost expected an early ending to the book when the battle school let Ender go see Valentine. What intrigued me the most was how well the battle school had everything planned for Ender, like his visit to see Valentine, not telling him that he had killed Bonzo, and tricking him into wiping out the Bugger race. I think if the battle school had the ability to trick Ender then they had the ability to make the bugger genocide seem like an accomplishment to Ender.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that I found intriguing in the second half of the novel was the ending. When Ender figures out that he basically committed an act of genocide to win the war, it made me realize that the simulation was just a way to dehumanize the killing of people to win the war. The reason that I found this intriguing was that it made me make a connection between the book and our world. In today's warfare, a soldier can simply press a button and kill hundreds people half-way 'round the world. It made me realize that the button acts in the same way the simulator does in Ender's situation; dehumanizing the killing of many people so that the person committing the act does not feel the gravity of his/her actions.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Ender, Valentine and numerous humans travel to a former Formic colony, and experience a sudden change in lifestyle, yet adapt to it, strikes me as interesting, Shifting from a system of life based on urban lifestyles, to a simplistic life should have created some problems. All these humans accept departing their planet and their lives to live a better life. I wouldn't have the courage to do that.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that surpirsed me was that Ender's actions are going further than he intends them too. For example, in Ender's first fight with Stilson, he kicked him while he was down in order to prevent the others from jumping him. He did the same when he fought with Bonzo in the showers. In the end of Chapter 12, however, we learned that both Stilson and Bonzo have died after the fights. This is the result of Ender being a soldier with an 8 year old's mind set.
ReplyDeleteTowards the begining the book was a bit dull and slow for my taste. But as it progressed it kept getting better and better. IN the begining many things were unclear and i was kind of puzzled, i had many question. But in the second half the dots were connected and everything was clear. Not to mention the fact that ender was actually killing the buggers while playing the so called "game". It was unexpected, shocking, and made the book even more intruiging. This is one question that i had, when is he really going to go and fight. The second half made it more clear.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the strategies Ender employs under his Dragon Army as well as the strategics he uses against the "bugger simulations". The big reveal that he was fighting real battles was a shock and a great and original plot twist for me, as I'm usually good at predicting things like that. Despite the awesomeness of the book, i felt it should have ended at the big reveal. Yes, showing his life after the war and what happened to the main characters was nice and added to the emotional plot and yes, I enjoyed Ender's analysis on life and sentient nature, but in terms of plot momentum, I feel like the ending was extra weight the book did not necessarily need.
ReplyDeleteI did not like the fact that ender was manipulated. I would have expected him to know that he was manipulated. I did not like that he saved the queens egg. I also did not like that the Giants drink was invented by buggers.
ReplyDeletesomething that surprised me was that ender basically went to war without realizing it. he sent his troops out and didnt realize they were actually in war. he got really mad at himself because he was unaware of it and i think he wouldnt have done it if he had know the buggers were out there waiting for him. -geoffrey pesantez
ReplyDeleteI personally found the second half of Ender's Game to be quite intense. Many things were going on at the same such as Ender's breakdown, creating the impression that he failed his mission. Despite that, he continued to gain the status of commander of the school, resulting with his fateful meeting with Mazer Rackham. The intimate support between Valentine and Ender reveals that they have a strong connection that keeps them together no matter what. All these events are all in preparation to tie up a strong ending, and I appreciate this aspect about the novel.
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