PlotOverview

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conflict,andrisingactiontosummarizetheplot.
Useyourownwords.

Afuturisticsociety,whereeveryoneisundergoing
monitors,asthegovernmentwatches.These
monitorstellthegovernmentthemovementsand
actionseveryoneispartaking.EnderWiggin,
Achildwiththemindthatisunexplainable,themost
brilliantmindknowntoman.Firstoff,themonitors,
theyareusedtotrackeveryoneinordertoseeif
theyarefitenoughtojointhemilitary.Ender,child
genius,isdraftedintothemilitary,duetohis
intelligence.Onoftheyoungestenrolledinthe
spacemilitary.Fromthere,Enderisleavinghis
family,andhisbrotherPetercarrieshatetowards
EnderandhissisterValentinetriesherverybestto
keepPeterawayfromanycontactwithEnder.In
themeantime,EnderissenttoBattleschool,which
isaprograminspace.Fromtherehelearnshowto
fight,andhechangeshismindsetfrombeinga
child,overtoanadult.Endermeetshisfellow
launchies,andfromthere,Enderlearnsto
maneuverandworkthroughthegravity.Heactually
managestocompleteagamecalledmindgame,
whichisagamenooneisabletocomplete.The
commanderstakenoteofthatandpromoteEnder
intotheSalamanderArmy.However,commander
BonzodoesntwantEndertopartakeinanyofthe
battles,soEnderismovedtotheRatarmy.Astime
goeson,Enderisgrantedhisownarmy,Dragon
Army,inhisbattles,theyhaveneverlostyet,so
thismakesBonzoupset,andhestartsafightwith
Ender.Butthefighttookaturnfortheworseand
EnderbeatBonzobrutally.SonowEnderismoved
toCommandSchool.Inthemeantimesometrouble
hasoccurredwithPeter,ashehastakenover
Earth.SoEnderendsupwithValentineand
discusswaystoavoidPeter,andbydoingsothey
decidedtocolonizetheirownplanet.

AbouttheAuthor

NovelNotes

EndersGame

OrsonScottCard

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maywanttoincludewhatinspiredthem,other
workstheyhavewritten,significantlifeevents,what
timeperiodheorshewrotein,andhowthetime
periodinfluencedthewriting.

OrsonScottCardwasbornAugust24,1951in
Richland,Washington.OrsonScottCardisan
Americannovelist,publicspeaker,criticand
columnist.Heisbestknownforhisscientific
fictionalbooks.Earlylife,hefirststartedoffasa
poet,andfromtherehesbeenwritingscripts.
Hismaintypesofwritingconsistsoffictional,
RylanDorion
horrors,fantasy,thriller,andbiblicalfiction.Heis

boardofmemberofthePublicTelevisionStation
19May,2016
(UNCTV).Hehadawardsfor
EndersGame,

SpeakerFortheDead,
and
EyeforEye
.

EssentialQuotes

HistoricalContext

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economical,cultural,andothersignificantinfluences
thatcharacterizethisnovel.

EndersGameisamilitarysciencefiction.Thebook
originatedasashortstory,andwaslaterpublished
inAugust1977.Elaboratingoncharactersandplot
linesdepictedinthenovel,Cardlaterwrote
additionalbookstoformthe
Ender'sGameseries
.
ThenanupdatedversionofEndersGamewas
releasedin1991,whichreflectedontheSoviet
UnionandtheendoftheColdWar.

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novel.Besuretocitethequotationsproperly.

Ican'tbelieveyouhaven'tseenthroughallthis
crapyet,Ender...Theseotherarmies,theyaren't
theenemy.It'stheteachers,they'retheenemy.
Theygetustofighteachother,tohateeachother"
(Card108).
Whatdoyoutellhim,Ineedcitizen'saccesssoI
cantakeovertheworld"(129)?
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CharacterAnalysis

Themes

Identifyeachmajorcharacterinthenovel.
Describethemostimporttraitsthatcharacterize
thisperson.(
S
peech,
T
houghts,
E
ffectsonother,
A
ction,
L
ooks)

Ender:
Theyoungestchildoutof3,Enderhasa
reallygoodrelationshipwithhissister,Valentine,
buthasthishatetowardshisbrotherPeter.Ender,
inthebeginning,wasthispassive,easygoingchild.
Thenduringschoolagroupofpeoplegangedupon
Ender,andforcedEndertofightback.Upondoing
so,hebeatakidtodeath,butatthetimehewasnt
reallysurewhatwasgoingon.Bygoingtothe
military,Enderisawareofthemanipulationthey
aredoingtohiminordertousehisintelligenceto
fightandplayagainstthebuggers.Eventhough
peopleseeEnderasjustachild,hestillactslikean
adult.

Valentine:
ValentineisEnder'soldersister,and
shedoesherbesttokeepPeterandEnderaway
fromeachother.Valentineismoresecureand
passionatetowardsEnderthanPeterbecausethe
wayPeteracts,tellsherthatheisntreallysafeto
bearound.WhereasEnder,heisverypassive,
nice,andeasygoing.ButassoonasEnderleaves
togotobattleschool,Valentinebecomesmore
closertoPeter,andinfacttheystartworking
together.AsPeterplanstoruletheworld,Valentine
agreestoit,butatthesametimedoesntreallywant
tobeinvolvedwithallofthedestructionthatmight
occur.Buttoshowthatshecanbemanipulative,
shestillgoesonwithit.

Peter:
Theoldestbrotherofthethree,Peter
doesntfeelanylovetowardshissiblings.Peteris
themastermindbehindtheactsofwantingtotake
overalloftheworld.Eventually,Peterwasgranted
thefullpowerofowningtheentireworld.InPeters
headheistheonlyonehelistensto,otherpeople

Identifyandanalyzesomeofthesignificantthemes
inthenovel.

Games:T
hetitlehasalotofmeaning.Mostofthe
games,Enderwins.Itisimportanttoseethatall
thesegamesheisplaying,hedoesntpayattention
tothemeaningofwhatthesesgamesare.Hejust
seesitasatypicalboardgame,butinreality,hes
doingtheworldafavorandthesegamesarewhat
keepingtheworldasafeplace.Ofcourse,themain
focusofthesegamesaretokillthebuggers,or
aliensinthatmatter,inordertosavetheworlds
fromitsdemise.However,thisparticulargame,of
savingtheworld,isnotabigfanforPeter,asthis
hatredbuildsup,watchingEnderendPetershopes
anddreamsofrulingtheworld.Thisisatough
gameforEnder,becausesomethingreally
importanttobothofthemhastocometoanend.

Compassion:C
ompassionrunsthroughoutEnders
life.Forcompassion,ifitwasntforthis,hewouldnt
bewinningallthesegames.Compassioniswhat
keepsEnderaliveandtobewhataheromust.
Enderhasacompassiontowardsthebuggers,and
thatisawaytostartallnewagain.AndforGraff,his
compassiontowardsEnderistogetthehelpof
Valentine.
Sonowthebuggersdemonstrate
compassiontoEnder,andthisconvinceshimthat
hemustmakeithismissiontoseethattheirqueen
isfoundasafehometostartanew

MotifsandSymbols

Identifyandinterpretsomeofthemajormotifsand
symbolsinthenovel.

Humanity
:Humanityinthisstoryisverycorrupt.
Notjustbecausetheypullanyonetothemilitary,
buthowtheyapproachit.Forexampleusing
monitorstotrackeverymovementofeveryone,to
decipherwhethertheyarefittojoinornot.Even
childrenarelosingtheiryouthandbeingforcedto
betrainedinthebattleagainstthesebuggers.

Ender:
SoEnderplaysanimportantrolebecause
peopleseeEnderasagoodrolemodel.Heshows
hisbadmomentsbutwithoutanydestructionor
harm,butifforcedto.Otherthanthatheisjusta
completeadultinsideachild.Enderisverygoodat
pickingupthenegatives,andtryingtorebuildthem
intoapositiveway.

areirrelevanttohim.