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peterzwarycz
peterzwarycz
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High School - 9th Grade

In "Ender's Game", what is the "oddest" thing about the way the Buggers communicated?

How did Mazer Rackham and Ender use this to their advantage?

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Posted by peterzwarycz on Wednesday December 3, 2008 at 5:41 PM and tagged with buggers, communication, ender's game, oddness.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    In "Ender's Game," Ender and Rackham learned that the Buggers communicated from mind to mind.  "The buggers don't talk.  The think to each other, and it's instataneously like the philotic effect." They have a hive mind like the "Borg" on "Star Trek".  Each ship is like an individual organism.  They don't have to think one thing and then repy mentally either.  All of them can be heard at one time.  If they could kill the "queen" they could win the war.  Ender and his captains would have to somehow get close enough to the Queen to destroy her.  That would end the war.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/enders-game/character-analysis
    http://www.enotes.com/enders-game/summary
    http://www.enotes.com/enders-game/themes

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Thursday December 4, 2008 at 9:18 AM


  2. eddierogers Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    To summarize, it means that their minds are one.

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    Posted by eddierogers on Monday January 5, 2009 at 6:12 PM