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!