Assignment Work 2

Plan A: Within Ender's Game, the fear of losing the war to the buggers makes Colonel Graff push Ender to extreme limits and make him learn faster than anyone has ever done and play the war games at near impossible scenarios so that Ender may be ready to fight the buggers.

Plan B: Ender's fear of conflict against the many bullies that he faces throughout the book makes him finish them in one fight. This helps stop his fear of conflict but getting the bullying over and done with in one go.

Assignment Work

Fiction                                                 Car Racing

Genre                                                  Types of Cars

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In the science fiction world of Ender’s Game progress is propelled by fear OR In the science fiction world or Ender’s Game fear propels progress

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       Science Fiction-Genre

2.       Fear

3.       Propelled

4.       Progress

Locke and Demosthenes

John Locke was an English philosopher and physician who was thought to be one of the most influential of Enlightment thinkers. He is very important to the social contract theory. Locke created many theories such as On Price Theory and Political Theory. 

Demosthenes was a Greek statesman and orator of Ancient Athens. He was very influential within Greece and said controversial things such as the Greece government being corrupt. 

Locke and Demosthenes relate to Peter and Valentine because they are the ones who created them for Peter's purpose of controlling the world. Valentine writes everything that Demosthenes says although she does not believe in the way that Demosthenes supposedly sees the world. Peter write for Locke but agrees with Locke. This gives an irony about Locke and Demosthenes relationship with Peter and Valentine.

Peter and Valentine try to become influential people within the nets so Peter can control the world. They argue about political and world problems and talk in a key interest about the Russians and there movement from the war. Peter hopes that he can become powerful through Locke and Demosthenes but is still too young for anyone too take him seriously about how he created these two online figures.

Fear plays a major role in how successful Peter and Valentine are because of many reasons. If Peter and Valentine are able to say things on the nets which may make some people to be scared about what is happening with the Russians and the war that may make people listen more closely to Locke and Demosthenes which would give them reputation. Peter likes to control people through fear and he could be very successful at it not only in person but through Locke. Although Valentine is not the type of person to use fear to become controlling or successful she writes these sort of ideas and feelings through Demosthenes on the nets. This in time could make people listen to her ideas and thoughts making her have a better reputation and becoming more successful.

Technology Advancement within Enders Game

Technology is a key element in the advancement of the plot because every step of the way someone is using new technology to help live their lives. Ender has to fly to the Battle School then play war games in anti-gravity rooms etc. All of these advancements within the plot involve technology advancements.

Important technology elements-

• The desks
• Freezing guns
• The space suits
• Space school
• Lights leading a path to their next destination
• The nets

I believe that technology is good as it makes our life better and easier for many things that we do and that we will come across in our lives. Things such as rocket ships can help people travel faster to places and thumb print lockers can keep things safer.

Questions: 

1. Do you think that the story presents technological advance as being positive or negative? The story presents technological advancement in a good and bad way. Because people can use these technological advancements in a bad way to control or kill people but can help protect the world and make the universe a safe place.

2. What part do humans play in this advancement of technology? Do they drive the advancement or are the victims? Humans play a major role in the advancement of technology as they are the ones you think of the advancements and then create them. They do drive the advancements because we are always looking for new ways to improve our lives

Enders Game: Chapters 1-7 Quiz

1. In 3rd person
2. A 'Third' is a person who was the 3rd person to be born into a family such as Ender.
3. Astronauts vs Buggers
4. Because he will be away from Valentine and he is scared of going.
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6. He treats badly by lying to him and making him have a difficult time at Battle School.
7. Himself
8. He watches the boys play and then they invite him to play and he beats them
9. Ender and Bernard are in the same launch group and his relationship with Ender is that he is bullying him but they eventually become friends
10. Alai was voted in to the bridge between Ender's group and Bernard group. He tries to make them friends instead of enemies.
11. That they do not act as a whole army but rather individual toons
    Bonzo tells him that he is not allowed to do anything and not shoot so in the end he wins the game with having the best record in the game which earns him recognition.

Ender's Antagonists

The antagonists within Enders Game play a major role within the book. They help Ender learn to become more resilient to problems that he faces through his life and especially when he is going to fight the buggers. This shows how the Western society values adversity which can help people become better in what they do.

                                     

Enders Game- Chapter 2 Questions

1. Who are speaking at the beginning of the chapter again? Two unknown people who were talking at the beginning of Chapter 1.

1. 2. From what these voices say what can we speculate the ‘monitor’ allowed these people to do with Ender? They allowed them to watch and feel exactly what Ender does and how he feels.
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3. 3. How do the soldiers react to Ender attacking the bully? They thought that Ender passes their test.
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5. 4. What effect do the soldiers admit that they had on Ender’s brother Peter? The soldiers admit that Peter may be jealous of Ender because they spent more time Ender rather than Peter.
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7. 5. What voice do we switch into when the soldiers section of the text is through? We switch into 3rd person speaking with Ender and the nurse.
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9. 6. What is Ender’s sister’s name and what is implied by her name? Her name is Valentine and it implies that 
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7. What are the two sides of Peter? The two sides of Peter is a murderer and a bully.

8. What do we learn about the greater world from the description of the game that Peter forces Ender to play called Buggers vs. Astronauts? We learn that there are enemies called the Buggers which is an alien race and soldiers (in Astronaut suits) who are human. They are fighting against each other in a big war. 

9. What informatioin does Valentine have that she uses to keep Peter under control?

10. Who tells the Wiggins to have 3 children? What does this tell us about the power of the government? The government tells them to have three children. This tells us that the government has so much power that they decide how the country lives their lives.

11. What does Ender do at the end of the chapter? What emotional state is he in? Why? Ender cries at the end of the chapter and is in very depressed and sad emotional state because his monitor has come off so Peter is bullying him even more and he thinks his parents don't really love him.