New Responsibility

NEW RESPONSIBILITY

       Welcome again to another blog about Enders Game! These four chapters have been very fun to read as well as interesting (as always). Last time we left off at the part where Ender was moved up to the Salamanders and the fun did not stop there! Ender finally gets his own team to battle and he's the leader of the Dragons! Whats even better, is that his launchies are the students he used to train with before commander Graff moved Ender to the Salamander team. Fortunately, his first battle was a success and the rest to come! Finally, the day came to battle against the Salamanders and Bonzo. This was obviously a very intense match. The good thing was that Ender had a few launchies with him that were from the Salamander team including Petra. This was an advantage because she knows the opponents strategies. With a lot of special techniques and smart moves, the Dragons won and Bonzo was furious. This is where we move on to the next chapter where a fight comes down in between Bonzo and Ender! Things started getting intense when Ender was in the showers and Bonzo came rushing in with 7 other kids. Ender warns him to back off before Bonzo gets hurt, but he isn't that easy. Suddenly, Bonzo attacks and Ender hits him in the crotch (ouch!). Finally, he backs off and lays on the ground with intense pain as his friends try to help him. Ender starts crying because of what he did. But at least Bonzo would be afraid and never attack him again. 

QUOTES

1.) "In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them."

• pg.) 185 (chapter 10)
• I really think this quote is clever and intelligent. I think it gives a lot of personality to Ender as well as show the readers that he is very strategical and intelligent.
• A question I would ask Orson Scott  is: Where did your creativity and wiseness come from?

2.) "If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault."

• pg.) 224 (chapter 12)
• I think this quote is deep and clever (as always). It teaches you a lesson to always try hard and do your best. I think this quote is emphasizing the importance of teamwork.

CONCLUSION

       I think these chapters are very interesting and fun! Like I said in the past blog, Bonzo and Ender will have something intense in between them, and it happened! The book is coming along very nicely and I can't wait to see what happens next. I predict that the next chapters will be about the last battle against the Buggers. I'm exited and nervous! Well, until next time!

Training

The Training

         Yes! Believe it or not, we are halfway through the book and things are getting very interesting and intense! Now, where were we? Oh yeah, Ender had been traveling to the military base to start training. So lets get started! Ender has finally arrived at the military base and Graff (the military general) talks in private with another military commander about isolating Ender so that he can focus more on training. Surprisingly, he made friends and happily trained. For the next few weeks, Ender would play games to help him become a better and smarter. This kid Bernard (who is also in the academy) teases Ender and another boy named Shen, but revenge arises slowly as Ender hacks the system and makes Bernard angry with a fake student account that Ender had created. This makes Bernard blame all his friends and causes them to ignore him. In the next chapter, trains with new techniques and new equipment. He and the other launchies (his companions) are introduced to the gravity suit and its gun. Later on the all go in a zero gravity room and start shooting each other in curiosity. After everyone noticed that the gun freezes other people, they would all go in teams and battle each other. During free time, Ender plays this mind game that is about a giant and a mouse. The mouse would have to chose in between to cups in which one was poisoned. Later on, Ender realizes that both the cups are poisoned and the only way to get past the giant is to kill him. This makes Ender very sad as he thinks about his brother Pete as he plays this. Another interesting thing is that Ender gets moved up to an advanced class! In this team, Ender will finally get to have real battles but there is something wrong. The teams leader, Bonzo,  is immediately strict with him and doesn't like Ender at all. But the good thing is that Ender made a new friend called Petra Arkanian.

Quotes

1.) "Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be."

• Pg. 89 (chapter 7)
• I really like this quote because it is very sentimental and honest. It can almost teach you a small lesson about being yourself. 
• A question I have for the author is: Where did you get your inspiration in writing this quote?

2.) "He could see Bonzo's anger growing hot. Hot anger was bad. Ender's anger was cold, and he could use it. Bonzo's was hot, and so it used him."

• Pg. 113 (chapter 7)
• This quote is very smart and well thought out. It can show the reader how smart and tactical Ender could really be. Also, I think it really shows a lot of character for him.

Conclusion

       I am really catching up to the style of this book! Last time it didn't really grab my attention, but later on the book can get a lot better and more interesting. I think the author of this book is very creative and smart. I predict that maybe Ender might fall in love or something dramatic will happen. I also thinks it pretty obvious that something intense will happen in between Bonzo and Ender. Well, until next time!

A Journey To Enders New Life

       

        Yay! We are reading a new book! This one is called Enders Game and it is very exiting because its Science Fiction! Now, lets get started! Since I have read the first four chapters of the book, I can now tell my audience about them. First off, Ender is a very smart kid and is the youngest of three. One day, he was in school and was, surprisingly, sent to the infirmary. Apparently, that was the day that he would get his chip removed from the back of his neck. This chip was very important since it was a symbol that meant that Ender was one of the genius kids. But not anymore. The monitor was also a pass to get him into the special school everyday. During the removal, Ender screamed in pain since the chip was connected to his nervous system. But a few hours later, he was sent home. He was now, a normal kid. NOT! The reason why he was kicked out of the school was because a military general wanted Ender to go to a military base in space, to train for a deadly battle against the Buggers (a disgusting race of aliens). The night Ender was kicked out of the school, the family had dinner and they were having a long discussion about what happened. Enders other siblings Peter and Valentine, were also in the school of the genius kids, but they were kicked out as well. In the 4th chapter of the book, the author writes about something very exciting. The journey to his Enders new life in which he would train with other genius kids to have a victory against the deadly Buggers humanity fought a long time ago.

Quotes

1. "Sometimes lies are more dependable than the truth."

• I found this quote very interesting and well thought out. It seems more like a lesson or a truth. This quote is very wise and very relatable too. Sometimes, I actually do depend on lies more than the truth usually when Im afraid or nervous.
• Pg. 22 chapter 

2."I’m not used to seeing his facial expressions. I’m used to feeling them."

• I really like this quote because it very meaningful and symbolical. It is well made and I find it very creative. It kind of leaves a small message to how often Ender "feels" Pete's facial expressions.
• Pg. 32 chapter 2

Conclusion

       Science-fiction is not my favorite type genre. The movies, I love, but the books, meh. This book has not really captured my attention, but I will have to read more to see. Next, I predict that Ender will arrive at the military base and make new friends and even have some drama or maybe fall in love. Well, until next time!