Ender's Game 9-11

Caden

2-28-13

Ender’s Game 9-11

Chapter 9
1)  I think that in the battle between Peter and Valentine Peter was winning and he had control because he is acting like he regrets with the way he treated Ender which makes him appear less angry and more kind.
2)  The way that the personas of Locke and Demosthenes relate to Peter and Valentine is that Locke was a liberal and that's the kind of writing that Peter was going for and Demosthenes didn’t want change which represents Valentine being against the war in Russia.
3)  Ender is still angry because when a letter from Valentine made it to him the letter just said that he wasn’t like Peter and he knew that Graff made Valentine write what he wanted her to write.
Chapter 10
1)  Ender was a very good leader because he doesn’t let anyone mess with him and he knows what to do.  He learned how to be a good leader by looking at the other leaders mistakes and being taught by Bink.
2)  Ender did the same thing to Bean that Graff did to Ender.  He singled out Bean as the smartest and the best so that he stayed alone.
3)  Salaam means peace in Arabic and the reason that this is important is that he is revealing his true religion and you aren’t allowed to practice any other religions in that time.
4)  The importance of this chapter is that it tells the reader how Ender feels about battle school and his perspective on what's going on.
Chapter 11
1)  The computer knows Ender very well because the government knows Ender very well so they give all the information about Ender to the computer.
2)  The quote means that if Ender loses any battles than the other commanders will see his weaknesses and it would give them a better chance of beating Ender more in the future.
3)  The teachers are pushing Ender hard is because he is supposed to be the one that saves humanity from the buggers so he has to be pushed hard in order to reach his maximum potential.
4)  The last couple of sentences in the chapter are important because Bean goes through a lot of things that could help them win but he thinks that they are all silly and wouldn’t help.
5)  Veni Vidi Vici represents the chapter because he came to battle school figured out how it works and then became the best.

Ender's Game Revisited Anticipation Guide

Lying is justifiable if it's for the greater good

I rated four on this because I believe that it can be good to lie if it is for the greater good.  Although the person being lied to might not be very happy, it might benefit a larger group of people.  For example lying to an enemy in a war in order to make think that they know our weaknesses but when really we are just setting them up.  Eventually they will find out and they won't be happy but we may have won the battle because of it.  However in this situation it might not be for the greater good it might be just to keep the people you care about safe.
Sometimes violence is the only way to solve a problem
I rated this a four because in some rare situations there isn't enough time to fix a situation with words.  For example if someone who was put in jail years ago because they attempted to burn down your house and got out of prison and planned revenge.  If he came into your house with a gun then talking to him probably wouldn't be an option.
It is okay to kill someone in self-defense
I rated three because sometimes it is okay to kill someone in self if of course they are about to kill you and you know they have killed other people then I would say that it would be okay to kill them.  This is quite similar to the statement before it.
Words are stronger than fists
I rated four because in most situations words could be much more powerful than fists.  However this does depends on the situation.  If someone that didn't really know how to use words in the right way and he was trying to get information out of someone that can't relate with other people's emotions then fists would more than likely be more useful than words.  However there are not many cases where that is true.
Bully's hurt others because they have a low self-esteem
I rated five on this because I do agree with this completely.  Of course there is always an exception to most of these questions but basically this is true every time.  
Only the best and brightest students should receive the best education to become a nation's leaders
I rated this four because I do think that smartest students should become our nation's leader however I don't believe that only the smartest ones deserve an education.  And you would have to accurately judge the peoples intelligence in order to actually get the smartest people because there are plenty of smart people that don’t get good grades.
Revenge is never justified
I rated one because i completely disagree with this statement it is much to black and white.  Ya sure in most situations revenge might not be justified but that depends on how much revenge you get and what they did to you.  If they kill your loved ones and then you find him and send him to prison i would be satisfied knowing that he is gone it would be completely justifiable.
Crying is evidence of weakness
I rated three because crying is evidence of weakness in simple situations however it is just a form of releasing emotion which is not weakness as long as it is worth crying about.  So crying isn't necessarily a sign of weakness but you can take the things that someone cries about and judge if they are weak or not depending on if they cry about unimportant things.
Any action is acceptable in war
I rated two because a lot of actions in war is not acceptable like dropping a nuclear bomb.  That is not acceptable because that will most likely kill many innocent people.  That is not the goal of war will most likely not get what going for if you drop a nuclear bomb in less you are on the defensive side of the war.  Most wars are based off of resources and not simply wanting to kill people.
Teenagers need discipline because they cannot control themselves
I rated four because i believe that teenagers do need discipline because they can't control themselves in the way that their brain hasn't fully developed in the part of the brain that helps you make decisions based on what will happen in the future.
Only through personal sacrifice can someone create positive change
I rated three because yes they do need to make some sort of personal sacrifice in order to make any change but this sacrifice can be something as small as a couple seconds of your day.
Creating compassion for your enemies is the only to make peace
I rated four because in order to achieve complete peace you will have to create compassion for your enemies.  However you can achieve peace by simply making some sort of compromise.

Ender's Game 6-8

Caden

2-6-13

Enders Game 6-8

Chapter 6
1)  The purpose of the Giant’s Game is to see if the player can beat a game that you can’t win by following instructions.  Ender should evaluate his success in good eyes because there was obviously no other way than to kill the giant in some way.  I do not think that Ender is a murderer because he would only kill someone if it is necessary.
Chapter 7
1)  Alai said “Salaam” to ender and the reason this moment is so important is because Alai was revealing his true believes to Ender and that word meant a lot to a Alai so it was a very big deal to say.
2)  Just living is basically just living your life without trying to be killed or trying to kill someone else.  I think it’s true that Ender has never done that because all his life he had to deal with his brother trying to kill him and kids at school all because he was a third born child.
3) Petra’s friendship is a hindrance to Ender because she is an outcast and therefore makes ender an outcast.  However Ender was most likely going to be an outcast anyway due the fact that he is younger than everyone in salamander.
Chapter 8
1)  Graff is reminding the people that Ender is the most intelligent and not necessarily the strongest physically but maybe he has the strongest mind.
2)  The significance about this quote is that he will teach Ender how to become a better soldier but Ender has to put effort into learning.
3)  Ender’s reaction to the attack is significant because it shows that he can work well under pressure.
4)  This scene represents that Ender is very afraid of becoming Peter and is afraid of betrayal
5)  The Game knows everything about Ender because the game has access to all of the files that the government has so therefore it know about his past.