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How would you describe the author's style of writing? What's your opinion of the style?
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In Orson Scott Card's Science Fiction novel, Ender's Game, he truly presents the story in a very indistinct and mystique manner. The story follows through the life of a young boy who was sent off to outer space military school and then again, into war. Ender, is put to the test to determine whether or not he is capable of being in the war. Throughout his journey he learns many things, many lessons that were crucial for his future. The way Orson Scott Card tells the story shows great clarity yet, is veiled with a little bit of mystery that foreshadows Ender's future.

Orson Scott Card's style of writing describes the type of author he is. It also shows how he wants to portray this story of a young boy going through unexpected trail and errors. His story shows a scent of vagueness and mystique in every chapter. Each chapter comes with a bolded conversation between two people. These two people, are slowly revealed to who they are. Orson Scott purposely slowly with every chapter reveals who these people are and that is the first and foremost way how Orson shows mystery within the book.

"I've watched through his eyes. I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one. [...] All right. We're saving the world, after all. Take him." (Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game, Ch. 1).


"We've had our disappointments in the past, hanging on for years, hoping they'll pull through, and then they don't. [...] Graff you're giving me ulcers. [...]" (Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game, Ch. 6).


"'Colonel Graff, the games have always been run fairly before.'[...] 'Fairness is a wonderful attribute, Major Anderson. [...]'." (Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game, Ch. 9).

As evidently proven above, throughout the story it is clear the Colonel Graff is speaking and holding the assignments and experiments. However, each chapter is a mystery towards who he is speaking to. Perhaps, Orson Scott did this on purpose to show that the people without name are insignificant to the play. But I believe it is to create that dark shadow. LIke there is a secret hidden in this operation. Orson does a wonderful job with mystifying his book by including these short conversations.



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Furthermore, throughout the story, Ender goes through a series of tests. He is put through many tests. Some of the tests are like what determines for him to move up the stairs that Colonel Graff had built him. The reasons for these tests are vague at first, but then they are revealed to have a purpose which is to prepare Ender for his destiny.

Ender is a young boy who choose to enter the International Fleet to help save mankind from the buggers. In his society, he is unacceptable towards society's standard. He is a third child created as a test subject to fulfill the jobs his older brother and sister could not do. Enders was chosen for the reason of both his compassion and violence, both in which are characteristics of his siblings.

In his fight with a bully at school he he was harrassed and yet he defends himself for reasons honorable for a 6 year old. Graff found that, for this, his self preservation, is a true quality that will then yet again fulfill the shoes of a legendary Leader whom defended Earth from the enemies: Buggers.

From the moment he is recruited he is put through various tests without his knowledge to see if he can handle his relationship with his roommate and to see if he can make the right choices. A prime example, that determines his great progress is when he made amends with a boy who bullied him from the beginning. He made these amends by building a bridge with another boy named Alai. "the launch was no longer divided into Bernard's in group and Ender's outcasts. Alai was the bridge," (62). Ender was able to become neutral with his peers and by doing so he passed yet again another test. His sucess proved him worthy of moving to the next level where he can be further challenged.

He was promoted to a higher group. He was the youngest in the group and the second oldest was like a year older than him. When he entered her felt angered and out of place. He was frustrated with what the system was doing to him because he was just making progress with his older group. At the start of his promotion he was then again forced to start in the beginning.


Ender went through a harsh childhood to fulfill dreams that were not his. Ender knows that he was being force to do things that were not his thing but he is brilliant enough to understand the manipulation that the teachers have on the children. Just like how Colonel Graff manipulates Ender, Ender also like manipulates Bean while he is the commander of the Dragon Army. Although Ender lives in a world full of people longiing for power, he does not desire for control like others. Ender was able to experience the abuse that others gave weaker people. Which is why when he is given power he tries to avoid it by like not abusing others. But then like Ender learns that in life people are sometimes forced to play games that they would rather not play, and that sometimes winning must be second to nothing else. Still, he manages to retain his humanity and his compassion wins out in the end, as he sets out to repay his debt to the buggers.

In Enders Game, we are guided through Ender Wiggin's world to see the way he does. Ender creates a world full of life and optimism and he had to live above the influence. BUT THEN...

"Real. Not a game. Ender's mind was too tired to cope with it all. They weren't just points of light in the air, they were real ships that he had fought with and real ships he had destroyed. And a real world that he had blasted into oblivion" (297).

This was said in the end of the book and it shows the death of Enders soul. It shows that winning does come with a price. He won his war with the buggers. BUT! in return he had to like totally lose his soul, his life. Like, he was still alive, active, like neither heart dead or brain dead. BUT he would never be stable in the brain ever again.

Ender's game shows that life comes with rough edges. A young innocent boys playing through the plans of hush hush adults plans. His life had changed drastically both physically and mentally. Also, the mysteries of the adults and teachers were revealed. That they needed him to win the war. The mysteries and the boy are pieced together to show the truth in the end.