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!