Ender's Game Questions Chapter 1-5

Ender's Game Questions Chapter 1-5

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1. What attitude motivates the adults to lie to Ender?

• They didn't wnat him to be frighted and run awaywhen they took the monitor out of him. The adults lied to him to make it easer on themselfs.

2. Explain what it seems to mean for Ender to be born a "Third". Show whether this is
a negative or positive fact to:

- his parents,"Negative"
His parents thinks hes negative because hes different and the other family's will treat them as if they were not equal. 

- his brother, Peter ''Negative''
Peter doesn't like Ender because he is jealous of what he became.

- his sister, Valentine ''Positive''
His sister loves him and wants the best for him
.
- his classmates ''Negative''
They will treat him differently because they want to be as smart as him.

Chapter 2 – Peter
1. Was Peter joking when he threatened Ender and Valentine?  Support your answer

• I don't think he means is because he apologized. 

2. Why is Peter’s behavior at the end of the chapter so completely different from the rest of the chapter?

• At the beginning of the chapter he is all mean and he treated Ender and Valentine. At the end of the chapter he says ''i'm sorry.''

3. How do you feel about each of these characters (Ender, Valentine, Peter)?  

• Ender- He hates being the third wheel and know one is proud for him for that besides Valentine. (I think Ender is special because ha is the only third wheel.)
• Valentine-She loves Ender and will do anything for him. (I think she is afraid of Peter and doesn't love him as much as Ender.)
• Peter- He is jealous about Ender having the monitor so he is always being mean. (I think Peter is mean to him but i think he is probably proud of him on the inside.) 

Chapter 3 – Graff
1. What did Graff mean about evolution working against girls?

• ''To many centuries of evolution are working against them.'' Everything wasn't equal between men and women, it was had for the women to become solders  because you had to work hard and train even harder besides women were tough to become mother  not solders 

2. Ender is leaving to learn how to fight a war, yet he takes Graff’s hand. Why does Orson Scott Card (OSC) include this action?

• It is to show that he is a little boy and he is going into a scary life and then he is going to start making his own decisions.  

Chapter 4 – Launch
1. Explain the meaning of the following statement: “Individual human beings are tools that the others use to help us all survive.”

• There using Ender as a weapon to fight the buggers, there not treating him like a human bean.  

2. Explain the following quote: "Isolate him enough that he remains creative -
otherwise he'll adopt the system here and we'll lose him." Your answer should
include the terms: isolation, creative, adopt, lose.

• They want to isolate Ender because they don't want him to adopt his friends styles and there thinking, also they want him to be creative and not lose his great mind.

3. Did Ender mean to break the other boy’s arm?  What does this incident tell us about Ender?  Is it acceptable to do despicable things for survival?  Why or why not?

• No because he didn't no null gravity would be so powerful.
• Ender didn't know his own strength.
• Yes because it is your life or there's.

Chapter 5 – Games
1. Ender works hard to express his feelings in private and not show homesickness in
front of any other person. Is it healthy for him or not?   What is positive and what is negative about showing feelings?  What is positive and what is negative about not showing feelings?

• No because he will get emotional.
• What is positive him showing his feeling, is that he might make friends.What is negative about him showing his is feeling is people would think he is a wimp and people might not like him.
• What is positive about him not showing his feelings is some people might think he is brave.
• What is negative about him not showing his feelings is that he will get emotional and take it out on himself or an innocent bystander.  

2. How did Ender beat Bernard?  Is this an unusual solution to his problem?

• Ender beat him by sending fake messages and Bernard wants every boy to be his friend so those that were not his friend Bernard wants them to be his friend.

3. List the different coping mechanisms (ways of dealing with difficulties) Ender shows. For each one describe whether the overall result of each is helpful or harmful to Ender.

• Sometimes it hearts him because he gets beat up.
• Sometimes it helps him because he is making friends.