Ender's Game Final Blog

In the final chapters of Ender's Game, Ender is finally conquers the battle school and begins his life as a commander. Because Ender and Valentine traveled in hyper speed, the are now in their 20's, while Peter is now an old man. The fake people that Peter and Valentine made where a huge triumph, and they both influenced the people of earth. Now, Ender must go to war with the Buggers, and hopefully save the human race.

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As Ender continues to survive the trials of the Battle School, he is promoted to Captain. His army, Dragon, is made of launchies and weak vets. Yet somehow, Ender leads them to victory against another team, Rabbit. Ender proves once again that he is a great solider and is able to handle any trial set before him. Yet how long can he handle the harsh expectations of his leaders, and more importantly the threat of the aliens that threaten his home?

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In the episode of the twilight zone "the monsters are due on maple street, a group of simple citizens are thrown into chaos when they believe aliens have invaded their street. They experience a sever case of Xenophobia when they believe one of them is in fact an alien. They become quick to judge and are dead set in believing one of them is a monster. This shows that even the idea of aliens causes us a humans to go into a state of panic and can even cause us to turn against one another.

In the short story Muse, a man and "slug" use one another to get what they want. In this world, the aliens are more excepted than in other stories, but there is a group that treats them like demons. This group is so obsessed with this notion that they kill the slug. They do not realize that the slug is in fact the talent behind the mans skill as a guitar player, and that by killing it, they have ended his career.

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Life at the battler school is hard on Ender. He has managed to exhibit his strength and will by passing the Giants Drink, and he has proven he is smart enough to hack into the desks and create his own security system. Still, even though he is able to beat the big kids at a Game, the two mysterious people who speak at the beginning of the chapters do not reward him, they seem to make things even harder. Now Ender must stretch his will even further to survive this harsh school.

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In the first five chapters of Enders game, we are introduced to the main character Ender, a young boy who is the third born child in his family. Ender is incredibly smart, and his brother, Peter, and sister, Valentine, are of equal intelligence. The difference with Ender is that he takes the strong violent side of Peter and combines it with Valentines compassionate love. This is what has made the military interested in Ender, and what makes them invite him to the battle school. To succeed at the battle school, Ender will have to be an extraordinary leader, smart enough to out think his fellow students, and have a will strong enough to survive the stress of life away from home.

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The short story Puppet Show asks the question of how deeply the human race is immersed in its pride of itself. When the alien life form comes to the town and tells them of the test for xenophobia, they believe they have passed the test to enter the federation. However, the true test is to see if they are able to except that something that is not human could be smarter than them. when the alien reveals that he is in fact the burro, they fail the true test. Humans greatest sin is pride, and this is what keeps the human race from advancing to its greatest potential.