Ender's Game Questions Chapters 9 - 11

Ender's Game Questions Chapters 9 - 11

Chapter 9 – Locke and Demosthenes
1. There is a real battle, internally and unspoken, between Peter and Valentine. Who is manipulating whom?  Who really has the power?

• Peter is manipulating Valentine because he is threatening her, bossing her around, and making her say stuff that she rely didn't say also she doesn't like the stuff that he is making her say but the other people like what she is making her say.

2.  Look up the names Locke and Demosthenes  how do these philosophers relate to the personas of Peter and Valentine?

• Locke- He's a English philosopher, empiricism a founder of (learning from seeing and doing.
• Demosthenes:

3. Why is Ender still angry?

• Ender is angry because he has no control of his own life because the manipulated Valentine and put her on the enemy's team. 

Chapter 10 – Dragon
1. What kind of leader was Ender?  Why was he this kind of leader?

• Ender was a very strict leader
• Ender is this kind of leader because he doesn't want to be a lot like his leader

2. What did Ender do to Bean, and why?

• Ender is complimenting Bean because of his strategy's, and because of how smart he is, everyone hates Bean because Ender is putting all of his attention on him 

3. What does the word Salaam mean?  What could this tell you about the power of religious identity?

• Salaam- means peace
• Alai might be Muslim and his name sounds like it also salaam does to. Ender's mom read in a bible "Christ comes with a sword and not with peace. The kind of person Ender is and the kind of person Alai is, comes from there religion on there side of the family.
• The symbol of Alai's religion is peace so Alai is a peaceful person.The symbol of Ender's religion is a sword so Ender is a warrior person.  

4. What is important about the end of this chapter?  Was Ender’s reaction a mistake by the Battle School teachers, or was it the reaction they wanted?

• What is important, is that Ender became a strong leader, he is also stronger then his teachers.
• The teachers wanted him to be a strong leader but not as strong as them.

Chapter 11 – Veni Vidi Vici
1. How does the computer know Ender so well?  Does it really?

• The computer has all of Ender's child information from the monitor. The computer also watches how he plays the game and, the computer has all the information the commanders put in. The computer can connect to other computers and take all the information it hes of Ender.
• No because the computer cant understand emotions.

2. Explain this quote: “Yes. That’s the worst that could happen. I can’t lose any games. Because if I lose any--” (page 198)

• He has to be the best to defeat the buggers and if he lose's the game it might show that he will lose the war against the buggers. So he has to win no matter what. So what he said to Bean is that he has to think of any strategy because you never know what the enemy's are going to do.

3. Why are the teachers pushing Ender so hard?

• There pushing Ender so hard because they depend on him to win the war against the buggers.

4. Discuss the importance of the last two sentences of the chapter.

• The reason these sentences are important is because he is being creative by working outside the box.

5. “Veni vidi vici” means, “I came; I saw; I conquered.”  Why is this an appropriate chapter title?

• Ender came to each battle, no matter what they throw at him,he saw and try's to figure out how to conquer and then he eventually wins.