Monday, March 28, 2011
Ender's Game Chapters 1-4
I have just started reading Ender's Game. So far, it has been an interesting book. Because of the way Ender acts and talks in the very beginning of the book, I was surprised to learn that he is only six years old. He seemed much older to me. Although not much is explained in the first couple chapters, I still really enjoy this book. It appears that most families choose to have only two children or are not allowed to have more than two children, so it seems as if the population of this time and place is trying to be controlled. Ender is one of a small amount of exceptions of this two children rule. He is called a Third and is not as accepted as the other kids. In this time period every child born has a monitor implanted into them. This monitor is used to see if the child has the potential to go to Battle School. Since Ender's brother and sister showed promise of going to Battle School, his parents were allowed to have a third child. Ender's brother acts as if he is very jealous of Ender and seems to not like being in Ender's shadow. I assumed that Ender's sister would act the same way, but I was mistaken. His sister acts lovingly towards Ender and doesn't like the way Ender's brother treats Ender.
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Good observations Nick good understanding for the book so far. Ender is a third because Peter and Valentine were so gifted but had slight flaws. The IF allowed the Wiggin family to try to have a third child to see if he would be better suited for battle school. As you can tell it worked. You also will realize that Valentine and Peter are completely different in almost every way except that they are extraordinarly bright.
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ReplyDeleteI was surprised also to find out he was only 6 years old. He talked acted like someone who was older than us, especially you since you have your moments when you get pretty immature, but anyways, I agree. I also agree with what Kyle said about Peter and Valentine. Keep up the good work! Maybe you could compare the ways of how thirds are in the book and thirds like you today.