Chapter 1 – Third
1. What attitude motivates the adults to lie to Ender?
The attitude that motivates the adults to lie to Ender is to test him and see if he can handle himself without the monitor, and he did so they also lied to him about not going into battle school, but only for a day. This attitude was an attitude to try to save the world, Graff and the fleet need a commander to save the human race next time the buggers invade, and so they needed to test Ender.
2. Explain what it seems to mean for Ender to be born a "Third". Show whether this is
a negative or positive fact to: What it means for Ender to be born a third is that he is an outcast to the world, and to his parents a mark of what they want because of religion and can't have because of the government's rules. His parents still love him, but he is a mark of shame. Ender would be illegal to the government except that they need a genius to lead the International Fleet, and Ender's parent's genes mix to create Geniuses. To his brother, Peter this is a mark that he failed to become the leader of IF, and he is not good enough. Peter hates Ender because of this and is very jealous of him. Ender's sister, Valentine loves Ender unconventionally, and doesn't care that he is a third. To his classmates Ender is an outcast, and a sign that they are all stupid compared to him, thirds are illegal in this country, because of overpopulation and the war with the Buggers, so Ender stands for bad things to his classmates.
Chapter 2 – Peter
1. Was Peter joking when he threatened Ender and Valentine? Support your answer
with evidence from the novel. I don't think Peter was joking when he threatened Ender and Valentine even though he said he wasn't. I think the only reason he said he was joking was because Valentine threatened him back, " I do mean it" Peter said " whatever you think I mean it." referring to the fact of hurting or killing Ender.
Valentine : "Oh, yes," said Valentine "They'll believe that: 'I didn't know it would kill Andrew. And when he was dead, I didn't know it would kill Valentine too." Peter replies with the defensive response: " Not a joke a game. I can make you guys believe anything." I think Peter said this Because he was afraid of Valentine's threats.
2. Why is Peter’s behavior at the end of the chapter so completely different from the
rest of the chapter? I think Peter's behavior at the end of the chapter is so completely different because he actually regrets the way he is, but he can't help it. I also think that being cruel is just his shell , and for some reason he doesn't want people to think he is soft, so he goes too far in the other direction. He obviously told Ender he is sorry and he loves him then, because he thought he was sleeping.
3. How do you feel about each of these characters (Ender, Valentine, Peter)? What
did the author do to help create these feelings? I feel pity for Peter because he seems completely evil and mean, but at the end of chapter two he says how he is "...sorry, I'm sorry, I know how it feels, I'm sorry, I'm your brother, I love you."(15)He apologizes to Ender about the way he is, and this makes me feel bad for him, although I still dislike him.
I feel respect, and awe to Ender, and also like I am similar to him, because in a lot of books the Author tries to make the protagonist relatable so you can get into the character's shoes better and enjoy the story. I feel awe for Ender because he is a six year old who, is bored in class because he learned arithmetic at three years old. I respect him for the same reason, he is a genius.
The author doesn't let you get to know Valentine very well, but the way I feel about her is like a child's feeling towards a mother. I also feel like she is very kind. I feel this way because she is very nurturing to Ender, and protects him from Peter. I also think she has a very strong bond with Ender because when he left she was very sad. "he heard Valentine's anguished cry. Come back to me I love you forever!"(26)
Chapter 3 – Graff
1. What did Graff mean about evolution working against girls?
What Graff meant about evolution working against girls is that girls have evolved to be strong with childbirth, but they have evolved with weaker muscle development and strength because in the human race men are naturally stronger, and have evolved to protect the women. Also our technologies evolved many men and some women thought and think that because women are weaker they need to stay at home and perform tasks such as cooking and cleaning, so they have also evolved a small amount to perform those tasks, so they are still weaker in this less sexist time. This means that Men are more fit to work in the IF because they are physically superior to women.
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? I think OSC includes this action, because it shows Ender isn't as hard as rock, and he is still a little bow vulnerable to emotions like fear, and anxiety. I also think this action is included because it is one of Ender's last human lovey dovey moment.
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.” The meaning of this statement, is that to the whole of the the human race one very talented person is just a tool for everyone to survive. The battle school is training Ender to be the ultimate battle commander, on the other side of this training, the battle school is training Ender to be the ultimate tool against the buggers A.K.A the ultimate tool for the survival of humans.
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. This quote means that if Ender adopts the system at the battle school he will lose his creativity, this means that he will become a leader of group but depend on other people in his group, gain friends, and get caught in the drama and hardship of battle school. The way Graff wants to solve this problem is by isolating Ender from his group every time he adopts and makes friends with his war games comrades.
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? Ender consciously didn't mean to break the other boy's arms but subconsciously he did mean to break his arm, because it would stop his attempts to annoy Ender. What this incident tells about Ender is that he can be brutal if provoke, and he doesn't like to permit intolerable things done to him at all. I think it's acceptable to do despicable things for survival because it is human nature to survive no matter what, and if someone provokes, they're usually trying to get a response, and if you respond violently they were kind of asking for it.
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? I think it is unhealthy for Ender to not show homesickness, because if he kept his grief and sorrow to himself it makes the grief and sorrow worse if he is alone with your negative thoughts. what's negative about showing feelings is that others may think Ender is weak. What's positive about showing feelings is that others can relate to Ender and help him with his grief and he can make it through his hard times. What's negative about not showing feelings is that he will suffer with his grief. What's positive about not showing feelings is that others won't know that Ender has grief, and won't think he is weak because they won't find out.
2. How did Ender beat Bernard? Is this an unusual solution to his problem? Ender's beats Bernard by creating a fake account on the desk messaging system and humiliating him with insults that everyone enjoys. This is an unusual solution to the problem because Ender solves this problem with his intelligence, instead of his physical abilities and in the end he discovers that using his brain works better.
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.
Ender's first coping mechanism is using his brain, he beats Bernard by using his wit and intellectual skill and the results are more satisfying. overall the result is helpful to Ender.
Ender's second coping mechanism is using violence. Using violence Ender put the bully in the hospital and got Bernard to stop pestering him on the shuttle. Overall the result of this is harmful to Ender, because he feels evil after performing these acts, and it doesn't always permanently solve the problem.
Ender's third coping mechanism is hiding his feelings and counting the numbers. Ender hides is feeling of homesickness, and sorrow of missing Valentine from the other boys, and he also counts the numbers in his head till the feeling passes. Overall this is a slight bit more helpful than harmful to Ender, because it keeps the other boys from thinking he is weak but it also causes him to try to ignore his other problems in the future. the habit of ignoring your problems can be detrimental to his life, health, the saving of the human race, because if he is iced out of battle school, the human race is almost surely doomed to annihilation from the buggers.
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