Ender's Game- Entry of My Choice

*Entry of your choice.
For my first book, I chose “Fahrenheit 451” and for my second book, I chose to read “Ender’s Game.” It was hard for me to choose my second book because I really didn’t want to read books more after the blogging. Whatsoever, because I had to, I had decided to choose the book that I randomly grab. However, because of the recommendation of the librarian, I chose to read “Ender’s Game”! When I was having a hard time selecting a book between those other six books, the book cover of Ender’s Game looked interesting which made me want to read it. It looked funny and ironic but also it looked easy between the other books. Moreover, by the recommendation of the librarian, I decided to choose “Ender’s Game.” I really didn't ‘think’ and chose the book for I was depressed of how I had to choose a book, but I was more into the librarian’s recommendation for she told me that this book is the best among the others. Believe it or not, it really was!! I really enjoyed reading the book, “Harry Potter” and because of that, I also enjoyed reading “Ender’s Game” too for they were quite similar. Also, in the beginning of each chapter, there is a dialogue between two or more characters talking about Ender which is very unique and interesting to read. At first, I got annoyed with it for I didn't know which person was talking to whom or what they were talking but, later on, it made all sence!Because I like to read this kind of “Heroic” book, I read this book as if I was drunk into it. Overall, the book was totally MY STYLE but it was kind of hard for me to read it because it talked about this whole science things that I really had a hard time understanding them. Except for that, I really~ enjoyed reading this book even though Ms. Nelson, she won't agree!

Ender's Game- Characters

*Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?
There are a lot of characters involved in this book but the main characters will be Ender, Valentine, Peter, and Colonel Graff. Each character has different personalities and characteristics which make this book more interesting and Ender would be the best example.
Ender is the character that the story is based on and he is six years old when he first attends to the Battle School. He is believed as this ‘chosen one’ who would save the world from the buggers at the Third Invasion which makes his life troublesome and difficult. Because of his talented skills, he has hardships in Battle School which causes Ender to feel isolated and lonely. In this book, Ender shows two very different personalities which are the evil sides of him such as hitting that caused killing and the kind side of him such as trying to have friends and feeling bad when he does mean stuffs even though he does not want to do it. I personally like the character Ender for he has interesting personalities which makes him more special. I also liked the way of how he is the ‘chosen one’ and more intelligent from all of the geniuses. It was curious and interesting to look all the process that Ender overcomes and finally becomes the true hero for his world. He had many obstacles that made Ender in difficult situations such as Stilson, Peter, Bonzo, and the emotions that he couldn’t control himself. I felt very bad for Ender whenever he was getting tortured from someone eventhough Ender didn't really do something bad. Like this, it is quite obvious that every hero has some hardships in their life, but Ender’s hardships were interesting to see which made me want to continue reading the book on and on. The most unique part of Ender was that he looked strong and brave but inside of him was different. He was having a hard time such as having bad dreams like comparing himself and Peter and realizing that he is becoming like Peter. It made me feel very sad for Ender of how he has to save the world and has to be isolated from his peers so that he could be the hero even though he does not want to. Ender could be represented as ‘us.’ It shows that we somehow have talents inside ourselves and by showing it; we can also be a hero like Ender is.
When Ender was having a hard time dealing with Peter, Valentine was the one who would always be with Ender. Valentine is Ender’s older sister who loves and cares Ender. To Ender, Valentine would be more precious person than his parents for Valentine, I mean the most precious person who will be always protecting him and helping him. Valentine has the personality of being calm and gentle when she is also intelligent. It was hard for Valentine to be with Ender when she noticed that she was helping Peter when she shouldn’t be. I am not quite sure if I like this character because there is nothing particularly special about Valentine compared to other characters. Valentine is too kind and nice to everyone (except for Peter) and it would have been more fascinating book if Valentine also joined into the Battle School; although, she couldn’t because she had too nice personality which would be hard for her to survive in Battle School.

Peter. One of the character who has the most evilness inside of his heart. It could be said that his hobby would be bothering and torturing Ender. The whole point of bothering Ender was because Peter was just too jealous of how Ender was better, smarter, and talented compared to himself. The book throughly describes of how Peter acutaully tortures Ender and whenever I read this part, I feel like my heart breaking up. It's so crucial to see of how Peter totures Ender and it seemed like as if Peter REALLY meant to kill Ender. If I were Ender, I would be like so killing Peter up by becoming an one team with Valentine for Valentine knows how serious Peter wants to kill Ender. I personally do not like Peter's personality but I think it was quite interesting seeing how Ender consistently compares himself with Peter when he is in the Battle School. I was able to see how much Ender disliked Peter from the scene when Valentine and Ender met before Ender went to the Commander School. How would it feel like to get tortured from your siblings and how would it feel like to be the one to torture your sibling?
The main reason why Ender had to go to the Battle School, suffer hardships, and become isolated was because of Colonel Graff. Colonel Graff is the one in charge of the Battle school and he was the one who was eager to make Ender to be the acutual 'one.' Although, that Ender didn't like Colonel Graff for he was giving Ender too much pressure, Ender just gave up of himself and decided to be the hero so that Colonel Graff would stop annoy him anymore. I have no feeling towards Colonel Graff. I'm not sure if I like him or whether not. It' s just interesting to see how Colonel Graff belived that Ender is the true one. Eventhough, Ender didn't like Colonel Graff for he gave too much stress to Ender, if would have felt good and pleased of how Colonel Graff believed in Ender. If I were Ender, I would be gald to be a hero for whole world, although, I wouldn't enjoy being isolated.

Entry #3: Venus(Aphrodite)

Entry #3: What qualities would you like to have as a Greek god or goddess?-Venus(Aphrodite)
I will like to have the qualities that Aphrodite has who is the goddess of beuty of love. The reason why I would like to have the qualities that Aphrodite has is because the qualities that Aphrodite has is 'beuty.' Because Aphrodite is naturally pretty and attractive, she won't be struggling with her out look. Even Zeus first saw Aphrodite, he was attarcted to her. If I were Aphrodite, I could have the beuty like Aphrodite has. Imagine all people falling in love with me^^, of course, I will have a difficultly but I think it will be really fun and stimulating. It's like being the most prettiest woman in the whole wide world!! Not only me, I bet entire woman in the earth wants to be as pretty as they can be and if I could just have the qulities that Aphrodite has, I won't have to be worrying about my out look appearance. Although I want Aphrodite's beuty, I wouldn't really want to have the kind of personality that she has-such as being jealous with other girls, eventhough you are the most prettiest person from the whole world.

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Entry #2: Sphinx

Entry #2: Greek Monsters- Sphinx

The name of Sphinx means the 'strangler', a female moster. Sphinx is a greek monster that has head of woman, the shape of paws, claws, and breasts of lion, and the serpent's tail with eagle wings. The myth of the Sphinx was that Sphinx's role was guarding the entrance to a specific area such as Greek city of Thebes and ask riddle to travelers. If the travelers do not answer the riddle correctly, Sphinx will kill the travelers. In the other hand, if the travelers answers it in correct form, they are allowed to pass the entrance. The riddle that Sphinx will ask travelers would be "what is it that crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and wlaks with a cane in old age." All the travelers suffered death for they weren't able to solve the riddle until Oedipus. Oedipus was the only man who answered it correctly and because Sphinx got shocked that Oedipus acutually solved the riddle, Sphinx threw herself from the high rock and died. However, there are the sculptures of Sphinx in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece.

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Entry #1. Venus(Aphrodite)

Entry#1: Greek god or goddess-Venus(Aphrodite)
Venus who is also called as an Aphrodite who is goddess of beuty and love. There are two myth of how Venus was born. The first myth is that she was born from Thalassa and Zeus, but it is more comonly known that Venus was born from the island of Cytheria. Cytherea is an island and Venus came out from the sea that is near the Cytherea island and when she came out, because she was extremly beautiful she attracted other gods. So, as soon as she came our from the sea, she became one of the 12 god and goddess representing the goddess of beuty and love. Also, Venus is the wife of Hephaestus who is also one of the god and Venus has a son named Eros who shoots an arrow that makes fall in love. I'd rather say that Venus and Hercules have more difference than similarities. To compare those two, there are different gender. Also, when Venus can be drawn or known as weak and pretty, Hercules is drawn and known as with a muscular and with his strength. The similiar part that they both have is that Hercules was born as a god and Venus was also born as a goddess. The only different part of this would be that Hercules became mortal when Venus lived as an immortal.
Her personality will be described as a goddess who easily gets jelous. There is also a one story that relates to her jelousness which is about Psyche who is an extremly beutiful mortal woman. Eventhough, Venus was married to Hephaestus, she was in love with Ares which shows that she doesn't really like care about her husband and the personality of being a slut. As you can see, the story of Hercules and Venus doesn't realate or similiar to each other. When the story of Hercules is about being a true to become a god, the Venus' story is about the her jealous of others beuty.

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Entry of My Choice

*Why did I chose to read this book?

When I came into the library to choose a book, in my memory, I think there where 5 to 6 books that I could chose. So why did I chose to read "Fahrenehit 451?" There is no typical reason for this but I chose to read this book because from all of the other books, this book the most powerful and strong color which attracted my eyes. "Fahrenheit 451"...what would that mean? As you can see, if you pick this book up the first thing you would see is the title. The book of this title made me curious about this book and I could see that right below the title, there was small words written '...The temperature at which books burn.' Isn' t that curious? Well, at least it drew my attention!

When I choose a book to read it is important for me to choose a book that is very interesting to read or else, I get bored and exhausted of it which causes me to quit reading it. Therefore, when I choose a book, the first thing I do is reading the title, and then looking at the first page. If you see the first page of this book, it starts with ""It was a pleasure to burn." Now, that really drew my attention to the book. This book just didn't start with this lame words like introducing the main character, it started out with this curious words that you wouldn't understand. The "curiosity" made me want to read this book and overall, I feel that this book was quite good to read. There are acutually some parts that are boring, but overall story of this book was interesting to me. So, if you haven't decide what to read for your second book, try reading "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury!!

The Passage

*Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Wht is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.

The passage: <.....Then she seemed to remember something and came back to look at him with wonder and curiosity. "Are you happy?" she said. "Am I what?" he cried. But she was gone-running in the moonlight. Her front door shut gently. "Happy! Of all the nonsense." He stopped laughing. He put his hand into the glove hole of his front door and let it know his touch. The front door slid open. Of course I'm happy. What does she think? I'm not? he asked the quiet rooms. He stood looking up at the ventilator grille in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay hidden behind the grille, something that seemed to peer down at him now. He moved his eyes quickly away.>-page. 10

This passage is when Montag and Clarrise meets for their frist time. As Clarrise goes back to her home, she asks if Montag is happy. This passage that I have chosen was significant to me. It's not only that it was significant, I liked the way how the passage was written and how the story continued and all those stuff. In this book, the best part I think was when Montag met Clarisse. It was the most interesting part that I read and that is why I have chosen this passage. From the whole conversation between Montag and Clarisse, I chose this part because it talked about the true meaning of "happiness." Montag never realized that he wasn't acutually happy before meeting this special girl Clarisse but this was the time when Montag acutually really asked himself if he was. Like Montag, I never thought if I was happy right now. However, by reading this part, it made me also think if I am happy and glad of my situation right now-yes, I am. Compared to Montag's situation I should be happy. I am happy that I have God that I can rely on, family, friends, and including teachers. Not only this passage made me think about myself, I just liked the way how Montag talked to himself and questioning. When I saw others postings, I found out that most of the people who read this book didn't like Ray Bradbury's style. But not me, it is true that this book was quite boring, but I just liked the style of Ray Bradbury's because it made me curious about the book as I keep read it through and I don't know..it's just that this book made me become interested into this book!!

The Climax

*What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?

I am not sure of where exactly the climax is but I think it is the part when Montag finally realizes that the way how the world is going on in his world is totally wrong; therefore, I think the climax is when Montag is chased over from the people. Because Montag realizes that it is just not right of how people are not allow to think or read, he turn upon his world. As Montag tries to get closer to books and keeps questioning himself, Captain Beatty decides to stop Montag. The news of Montag spreads all over the world which causes everybody search for Montag to arrest him. This is the part when I felt very nervous and excited for it was a dangerous sitation for Montag. It also made me to think this part as one scene of a movie like all the lights from the helicopters are finding for Montag and Montag running with bag on his back to save his life. I wondered what would happen to Montag when he was getting chased and when I found out that Montag went to a forest where he found people like him, I was quite dissapointed. I was dissapointed because I hoped something interesting and different thing to happen to Montag but when I found that the book ended by Montag going to the forest, I felt quite bored. Anyways, I liked the climax part of this book (wherever it is,) for I could imagine in my head!