Ender's Game
Ender's Game Essay
The novel Ender's Game is written by Orson Schott Card. It is about a young boy who is sent to battle school. He meets friends and makes adversaries. In battle school, out in space, Ender, the young boy is a genius and is taught many tactics to destroy their prime enemy the buggers. He excels in school and battles his way into command school before the required age. There he is told he is battling buggers in simulations or is he? Throughout the novel, Ender is manipulated, bullied, and isolated, which creates many themes and messages. In this novel Ender's Game the main theme is life is a game. Three characters that best prove this are Ender, Peter, and Bonzo.
One character that best supports this theme is Peter. Peter is Ender's older brother, who is more ruthless and cold hearted. Peter is a good example of this theme because of his patience, strategic skills, and determination. Peter always wanted to take over the world, but he couldn't do it at a young age. When playing games a person must be patient and wait for the right time to move. On page 128, Peter states "I've been learning things about patterns in human behaviour" Peter has been studying patterns, in order to make his move. The quote best exemplifies how Peter's life is a game because Peter is playing a patient game; he is watching his opponents' moves and waiting for the pieces to fall in place. Another example is his strategic skill can help make precise moves. Page 129, middle of the page, Peter and his sister have been writing columns on the internet. Peter is using his strategic skills to devise a plan to take over the world by manipulating the world it is going through war and then later on becoming to make peace. Peter's columns are being published and that is part of his plan. He is using skills, like in games to plan ahead. Finally the last example that best proves how life is a game is Peter's determination and cockiness. Great players are...
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