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    rejoining the human universe.” Orson Scott Card. Known as one of the best fictional writers to exist, Card brings people into a whole new world with his novels (Enders). Card’s life is full of ups and downs and he experiences a broad range of different experiences. Card’s life includes many different aspects via his biography, the time of which he lives in, and what impact he has left on the world. Card grew up in Richland, Washington, on the date of Aug 24, 1951 (Orson). Card was named after his grandfather

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    In the novel Ender’s Games, Orson Scott Card portrays the theme of identity very thoroughly through the main character Ender Wiggins. He achieves this by developing the character, helping the reader know Ender’s feelings and thoughts, and by relating most scenes back to the theme of identity. First of all, Orson Scott Card portrays the theme identity by developing the main character, Ender Wiggins. This example can be seen many times throughout the book. For example, “ Ender knew the unspoken rules

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    The Literary Times Volume 1 Literature’s Best News Service August 25, 2017 A Look at Orson Scott Card’s Famous Ender’s Game by Anna Colby “Don’t grow up too fast,” a mother might have once cooed to her little one. Not anymore. Children are tested. If they’re worth anything, they’re taken to Battle School, where they train for war. Nearly a century ago, the Buggers attacked Earth. Now humans thirst for revenge. Their goal: to exterminate the race, no matter how many little kids’ minds

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    by Orson Scott Card is about manipulation and reveals that the powerful skill can be used by many individuals for good or bad purposes. Ender Wiggin is a normal boy who goes to school with a monitor in the back of his neck. He is introduced to a new reality when he goes up into space with his fellow launchies. As they are up there all of them are being manipulated to save the world. Without knowing the facts, they think it’s a game, and continue to do as told. Right off the bat, Orson Scott Card

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    In the novel Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card illustrates how the “adults” test Ender’s intelligence and ingenuity through isolation and with no morality. Ender is born into a family where he is an outcast known as a “third.” In this military paradigm, a third-born child is looked upon in disgust and hatred. This means that Ender is isolated even before he is brought into the world. This is one of the many elements of isolation Card uses to bring the reader further into Ender’s struggle throughout

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    The book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is a science-fiction book that is set in the future, and is about a little boy named Andrew Ender Wiggin, who is sent to Battle School to become a commander. The following quote from the book pertains to a human being’s boundaries stated by Colonel Hyrum Graff, “Human beings are free except when humanity needs them...Individual human beings are all tools that the others use to help us all survive” (Card 35). In my opinion, I do agree with the excerpt because

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    Rufus Mosley Intro to Business Professor: Weisberg Exam 2 1. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card was a tremendous book. Though it may not have been the most entertaining book out there, it definitely had some good points in the storyline. The themes I noticed in the book were compassion and tyranny, along with the role that children can play. The protagonist in the book is Ender Wiggins, and the antagonist is Peter Wiggins. The personal meaning I took from this book is that it does not matter your

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    Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is a novel set in the distant future about Ender Wiggin, a boy sent by government leaders to save the world from an alien race. Ender’s older sister, Valentine, goes through a drastic character change throughout the novel due to the brother she loved leaving her with their abusive brother Peter. Since Valentine had always stuck up for Ender, she didn’t know how to stick up for herself, leading to her dramatic transition. Throughout this novel, Valentine goes from

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    Undermined by dread of another extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity turns to the youngsters to get ready for the approaching war. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a novel and Ender's Game directed by Gavin Hood is the motion picture based – very loosely - on that novel. So how true to the book were these producers? Translating a 368 page military science fiction novel from 30 years back into a 2 hour film regardless of how well approached will have a few aspects of it hit the fan. With the principle

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    “Ender's Game”, by Orson Scott Card involves a boy by the name of Andrew Ender Wiggin, he is the third child in a family of geniuses. Ender gets selected by international military forces to save the world from these aliens called “buggers”. Before getting selected Ender has had a monitor located inside of his neck for his entire life allowing the heads of the military to watch over him. When Ender gets this removed his schoolmates use the opportunity to bully him, however Ender ends up brutally beating

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