Ender's Game

In Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card certainly used very direct, literal language to express the story and its themes. However, we can find a few literary devices, including a couple of metaphors.One...

By beating the giant, Ender has gained access into fairyland, which he begins to explore in Chapter Seven of this great novel. He goes around the back fo the giant's corpse and follows the brook...

As the end of Chapter Nine explores, the scene where Ender kills the snake and then sees Peter's bloody reflection in the mirror that he gazes into suggests strongly that Ender has the potential to...

Ender is an outlier of his surroundings throughout the novel. When readers are introduced to him, we are quickly told that he is the third child in the family. That's not normal. He remains an...

From watching Bonzo Madrid, Ender learns both from what Bonzo lacks and what he does well. Bonzo's skill is in organization and discipline. When he becomes a commander, Ender incorporates an...

I believe that this question is asking about events that occur near the story's conclusion. Ender has defeated the Buggers, and he is hailed a hero and savior of the human species. Ender believes...

This quote comes from Chapter 13, and refers directly to Valentine. At this point in the story, she and Peter have gained such a large following on the "nets" as Locke and Demosthenes, that even...

Ender's Game is full of interesting quotes that speak to the themes of the entire work, and indeed the entire series as a whole. One of the best comes early in the book, when Ender is asked why he...

In the futuristic society that Ender lives in, couples are only really allowed to have two children, and to have a third is against the rules. If you are a "third" child, then you are looked down...

Ender changes constantly throughout the book. His changing isn't a nice, smooth, continual path of positive change either. He sometimes reverts back to how he was before, or changes to be like the...

At Battle School, Ender plays an open-ended adventure game that seems to have no clear point/ultimate goal. Ender is often frustrated by the game, and finds himself stuck at a particular point. He...

The family moves to North Carolina for the good of Valentine and Ender's brother Peter. This is stated plainly in Chapter 9: Valentine knew why they had moved here. It was for Peter, so that...

When Ender first sees the the brilliant, undersized youngster Bean included in his army, he treats him very much like Graff treats Ender. He tells the other soldiers that Bean is the only...

Chapters 6–12 in Ender’s Game follow Ender’s time being transferred between armies and being unwanted by those around him. Initially placed in Bonzo Madrid’s army, he is relegated to the back of...

One way to look at Ender's relationships in the book is from the perspective of need. Does Ender need this character, or does this character need Ender? Do they need each other? Ender and Peter are...

Ender is not like Valentine and he is not like Peter. Ender, or Andrew, is a combination of both. Valentine is a compassionate person. She will defend her little brother if necessary, but she...

When Ender first arrives at Battle School, he is one of the launchies, the younger boys who are not yet assigned to armies. Most Battle School boys remain launchies for two years, but Ender is...

There are a lot of lies in the book Ender's Game. Many characters lie to Ender for a variety of reasons, but the character that probably lies the most is Colonel Graff. Colonel Graff does...

In the beginning of the novel, Ender is just a “third”—the socially undesirable third child in the extreme intelligent Wiggins family. He is the victim of his older brother’s violence, and has...

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter 11, which records the battle that Dragon Army fought against Rabbit Army and the defeat that Rabbit Army suffered. When Ender and his troops go...

It is an interesting question to ask whether or not Ender is a hero or not. I mean he did annihilate an entire intelligent species from the universe (except one). Additionally, Ender discovers that...

Ender finds this door as he plays his private game in Chapter 7. As he enters, he finds himself in a tower that has no visible means of escape. Interestingly, at this point the game is finished as...

The answer to this question is exactly as straightforward as it is for some other stories. In general, the narration stays firmly in the third person. I'd like to say that the narration is 100%...

Early in the book, when Ender is loading into the launch with the other boys, he realizes that a lot of the surfaces around him are covered in carpet. This causes Ender to start thinking of the...

The thing the kids at Battle School have largely forgotten is that they are in training for a real war. So many of them are so wrapped up in the "games" and battles against other armies, that they...

The training school is just the mise-en-scene for the gradual maturing of Ender. The theme of the book has more to do with looking with fresh eyes at our opponents--the reason for his success in...

The adults could be viewed as the enemy in this book for a few reasons, but I think the adults should be viewed as the enemy for one main reason above all other reasons. The adults are the enemy...

Graff is undoubtedly manipulative. He intentionally drives the other kids away from Ender to isolate him, he convinces Ender that his fight against the Buggers is a simulation, and he frequently...

A lot of futuristic technology shows up in Ender's Game. Four specific examples are seen in the laptop-like computers the students use, the "Giant" mind game, the fight simulators, and...

There are many aspects to the larger society found in Ender’s Game that strike us as unpleasant, bizarre, or even horrifying. However, not all of these can be considered “dystopian,” that is,...

In this chapter, Ender and his crew are given a series of very difficult, complicated, unfair battles to fight. There is little respite; it is battle after battle after battle. Ender and his team...

The battle room is a zero-gravity space where the boys of the Battle School can safely conduct their mock combat. To fight, the boys wear suits similar to space suits and carry "guns" that are...

I believe she is referring to Graff as the king who forgets the dream. Graff took Ender from his family to make him into a heroic commander that would save mankind by shaping the good Ender into an...

As previous posters have stated, "Salaam" basically means peace be with you in Arabic. It is most often spoken by Muslim cultures. Certainly the significance of this scene is the seal of a...

The enemy's gate is "down." This of course refers to the Battle Room at Battle School and a tactical approach to re-orienting all soldiers so they have a common goal and a common sense of...

I'll try to be as convincing as possible without much exact textual back up. I do not have the book in front of me, but I think I can give you enough to help you understand. The answer starts...

Up until this point in the story, in Battle School, Ender has been the primary target of bullies, just like he was at home. Bernard is the ringleader of the bullies in Ender's launch group, and...

The sequence that the question is asking about appears at the end of chapter 6. Ender is playing the game, and he is genuinely sick of the game. He fully believes that the game is rigged to make...

It is important to keep in mind that an allusionis a reference in literature to something that is well known from other literature, science, history, or pop culture. In chapter 9 of Ender's Game,...

"I am not a happy man, Ender. Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness as we can manage it. So, Ender, I hope you do...

Ender remains hopeful during his time in Salamander Army because he makes friends with Petra. She teaches him how to become a better marksman. He also keeps his hopes up by practicing during his...

Orson Scott Card is not averse to dropping symbolism in his books. Ender's Game is loaded with symbolism, and the part that this question asks about is no exception. Ender is playing the game with...

This question refers to Graff's conversation with Valentine in Chapter 9. Valentine does not really give a direct answer to Graff's question of why Ender keeps seeing Peter's face in the mirror....

At first, the Giant's game is an unwinnable game designed to teach the recruits how to think through different scenarios, even if the endgame is always failure. However, as Ender's Game goes on, it...

Valentine is upset when her father starts reading and agreeing with Demosthenes because Valentine "didn't like some of the positions Peter made Demosthenes take" (136). Demosthenes is described as...

Peter learns the value of language from Hitler. In Chapter 9, Peter is trying to explain why he has to make changes at the age of 12 instead of waiting until he's older. He explains that he can't...