COMMENTS<3

Stacy Park
Stacy Park
Abby Moimoi
Joanne Kim
Eunice Lee
Inhyuk Hwang

ENTRY OF MY CHOICE<3

I saved this entry for the last! Again!:P

I would like to post my overall feelings towards this book. I loved this book! I think that this book will become one of my favorite books. Because this book was one of the school required books that I had to read, I thought that it would be another boring book. Yet, I was mistaken. Unlike like my first book "Fahrenheit 451" really boring and uninteresting that I kept sleeping as reading several pages of the book, this book made me keep reading more and more that I could just not stop it! Although Fahrenheight 451 was shorter compared to Ender's Game, I read my second book quicker without any feelings of not wanting to read. The librarian recommended this book to me and my friends. I could not usually trust the librarians because they usually pick out boring ones. However, this book turned out to be a really good book and I thank the librarian now:) I don't understand why Miss Nelson doesn't like this book =[

SETTINGS<3

Ender's Game is a sciene-fictin novel. Therefore, the setting is very imaginative and creative. First of all, the main task of this book is to defeat and destroy alien buggers. So obviously, the setting of this book takes place out in the space away from earth.
The first place that looked science-fictional and fictional was the spaceship(?). Ender and his other mates were first launched into the Battleschool traveled by the spaceship. The significant part was when they were putting on the seat belts to keep them from flowing all over the spaceship. I liked this part becaue I wanted to experiment it myself. What would happen if there was no gravity at all and bump all over the places of the spaceship?
The other fictional location that I found significant was the battleroom. The battleroom is where two armies fought in zero gravity. This setting let me use my full imagination and creativity: soft carpeted walls, transparent doors(gates) and no gravity. The soldiers bounced off the walls when they had made movements one to another. They could just not suddenly stop as they were flowing/flying unless they bump into a wall or each other.
I wanted to be in a setting where Ender's Game took in place because I can't really experience in real where I can be flowing around. I wanted to experience!

CLIMAX<3

The climax is distinguished in a story if it is said to be the most exciting part of the story with the greatest intensity. In this book, the climax would be the Third Invasion. Ender was heard that it was a battle that he had to accomplish for his final exam. However, it was really the Third Invasion. Even though he knew that the battle was an impossible mission to accomplish because he was way too outnumbered(1000 buggers against himself;;;), he fought off anyways almost committing a suicide using the Doctor Device which was a special weapon of mass distruction. It wiped out the bugger species and even the planet itself. After he wiped out all the buggers, he was said to be a hero. Yet, he was really scared, fearful, and ashamed himself of becoming Peterish; becoming a violent, sadistic, and atrocious murderer. I felt really bad for Ender because everything was part of the plan. One of the first plan was beating up of Stilson to remind the teachers that Ender wasn’t too sweet-hearted like his brother. Others were beating up of Bernard, Bonzo and the buggers. He cried out everytime that he made a violent movements. However, the last battle turned out to be good for Ender because he didn’t have to attend any more battles and fight. He could forget about his bad childhood and live happily in peace=D

CURRENT SITUATION<3

At first when I was reading this book, I sort of thought that it was a situation between us, South Koreans and North Koreans. In Ender's Game, the generals were selecting the top most intelligent children from the world who could become a successful commender who could lead the army and destroy the aliens. . There were already major wars between the humans and the buggers twice. The selected children are trainded to become a soldier to extirpate the "bugger" aliens and it was Ender who succesfully outraged them. In South Korea and North Korea, men in the age of their twenties are trained to be a soldier in a military in case there is another war. It is essential for all men to attend the military in Korea. I thought that there was a connection between the book and the reality in this country: people in both were preparing for another war.

MOOD<3

The mood of this story is depressing. Ender's Game was really exhilarating and fun full of action. Yet, in the beginning of the story, it starts the story of Ender being a outsider getting bullied by Stilson, the gang. And also later on of the story, he is the outcast again at his new school due to the teachers' plans of creating isolation and frustration. The first isolation that the teachers planned was to complement him on the first day so everyone would hate him due to jeolousy. Later on, they planned isolation again by making him the best soldier by forcing him tasks of battles. Everyone even one of his closest friends turned cold to him. Some people even wanted to kill him. I felt really sorry because Ender always cried out to go back to his home never to become like Peter. Even though he knew the teachers' plans, he couldn't do anything except to follow their plans. He thought of Valentine and missed her every time and cried in sorrow longing to go back. I felt really sorry for him because teachers controlled everything about him. They made Ender into a murderous killer whom Ender never wanted to become to be.

CHARACTERS<3

There are too much characters in this book;;;; So I will just write brief descriptions of the
characters who played an important role in this book =]

Ender Wiggins: Ender is the main character of this book. He is the third child of the Wiggins. The third child is somewhat "illegal" in his country because of the population restriction laws. So he is always the outsider in his school and always gets bullied by the gangs. He is offered to transfer to "Battleschool." Battleschool is school where students are tought to be soldiers to fight off evil aliens "buggers." He is really intelligent and adjust to things very well. He is basically controlled by the teachers of the Battleschool: his minds, his behaviours, and where he belongs. He finds a way from the isolation and frustration that the teachers planned and gets promoted and becomes the best soldier in the school. Because he is such an intelligent and respected commender, several people attempts to kill him due to jealousy. He later on, changes; of his personality and thinking. Ender becomes like Peter. He fights and kills. He is miserable whenever he fights. I think that he has the same traits like Peter of violence, but then has the same traits as Valentine of compassionate feelings. Ender outrages all the buggers in the Third Invasion.

FAMILY
Peter Wiggins: Peter is the brother of Ender. He is the first child of the Wiggins. Peter is really mean and always bullied Ender. Although Peter loves Ender, he always says mean things to Ender Wiggins. He is loved by everyone except Valentine and Ender. Valentine and Ender are the only ones who know the true side of Peter. Peter is really nice in the outside, but really mean in inside. Peter deserves to go to the Battleschool and become the best soldier yet he is too brutal and sadistic that he would not be able to take in commend. He is a cruel, atrocious and coldhearted boy. He is so sadistic that he enjoys killing such as squirrels by peeling off their skins and observe them dying. He tries to take over the world with Valentine. He sort of forced Valentine to work with him in a sincere way. I sometimes liked him, and sometimes did not. I first hated him a lot because he bullied his own brother and even said that he was going to kill his siblings. However later on, I began to like him because of his intelligence and wisdom.

Valentine Wiggins: Valentine is the sister of Ender. She is the second child of the Wiggins.
Valentine is a sweet-hearted girl. She loves Ender and Ender loves her. Whenever Ender is
bullied by Peter, she is the one who always protects Ender over Peter. When Ender is sent off to
the Battleschool and he is getting forgotten of his existence, she is the only one who still
remembers and worries of Ender. She is too warm-hearted and compassionate that the generals
thought that she wouldn't be able to destroy the buggers. She is also as brilliant as the others of
her family and she is especially skilled in writing. As Peter offered her to take over the world,
she first rejected but the became to enjoy the actions of taking over the world and then becomes
like Peter in wanting to have power over people and control the world. I liked Valentine because she always loved Ender no matter what.


---BATTLESCHOOL---
There are Ender's friends: Alai, Shen, Petra, Dink, and Bean. They played a pretty big role in Ender's life in the school because they were special to him. They encouraged Ender when he was depressed and Ender could trust them to rely. They all help Ender to destroy all the buggers.

There's another character who influenced Ender. It's Colonel Graff. I didn't really like Colonel Graff because he was a self-centered man who didn't care about other's feelings but just used and controlled them. He is the headmaster of the Battleschool and also the member of International Fleet. He monitors and observes kids who have the most possibility of becoming a fighter who whipes off the buggers. He controls Ender to become the chosen one, the best.


-----I know,,, soooo long.....;;;;;;-----