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Ender's Game- Significant Passage

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

It might be weird, but there are a lot of passages that were significant to me and I wiil like to introduce one of the passages that was significant which is the scene when Bonzo and other friends tried to kill Ender when Ender was showering.

'Ender stepped back, flipped the showerhead so it turned outward, and turned on pure hot water. Almost at once the steam began to rise. He turned on the next, and the next. "I'm not afriad of hot water," said Bonzo. His voice was soft. But it wasn't the hot water that ender wanted. It was the heat. His body still had soap on it, and his sweat moistened it, made his skin more slippery than Bonzo would expect. Suddenlt therer was a voice from the door. "Stop it!" the fight, but it was onlt Dink Meeker. Bonzo's friends caught him at the door, held him. "Stop it, Bonzo!" Dink cried. "Don't hurt him!" "Why not?" asked Bonzo, and for the first time he smiled. Ah, thought Ender, he loves to have someone recognize that he is the one in control, that he has power.."Because he's the best, that's why! Who else can fight the buggers! That's what matters, you fool, the buggers!"'
This passage was significant for me because it gives me two meaningful messages to me. The first one is that by the strength and courages of what Ender did, it made me new. If I were in situation like Ender, I would freak out and be beggin to save my life and that I would not win the game anymore. However, unlike me, Ender turned on the hot water toward Bonzo and didn't show his fear to Bonzo eventhough he was. By this, I thought that "I should have a courage like Ender had", maybe then, I could also be like Ender. The second message was that was meaningful was by looking and the action that Dink did. Eventhough, Ender was almost losing and there were a lot of people in Bonzo's side, Dink showed his friendship toward Ender. Dink didn't care about his life but cared about Ender's life and this showed me about the true meaning of friendship. If I were Dink, I would be terrified of what Bonzo was doing to Ender and would escape from that place. However, Dink tried to save Ender from Bonzo eventhough Bonzo's side a lot more people than Ender had. By this, I was able to know the ture meaning of friendship that a friendship is just not about how close you are with your friend but it is how much you care about the friend. I wish someday, I will have the strength of Ender and the kindness of Dink.

Ender's Game- Setting

*Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.
'He walked the short bridge to the door in the shuttle. He noticed that the wall to his right was carpeted like a floor. that was wherer the disorientation began. The moment he thought of the wall as a floor, he began to feel like he was walking on a wall. he got to the ladder, and noticed that the vertical surface behind it was also carpeted. I am climbing up the floor. Hand over hand, stpe by step......'(p. 29)
I have found out that the setting of the Battle room was interesting and memorable. The gravity of the battle room was totally different from where Ender used to lived. to say the truth, it was really hard for me to understand what Ender was doing when he was in the battle room and was trying to experience new things that other students didn't do. Although, I didn't get what Ender was exactly doing, the setting that was described in the book was interesting for the place was totally different from the place where Ender was living, where I was living. When I was reading this part, it made me imagine this room that was all covered up with blue couchy cushions and the each enemy's goal (the gate) was in a transparent plastic. Like this, the setting that was descirbing the battle room made me imagine a lot of stuffs which was a great fun to me. Because I wasn't sure how exactly the room looked like, I enjoyed imagining the sturture and the desgin of the battle room; therefore, setting of the battle room is significant to me.

Ender's Game- Climax

*What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?
For every book, climax is the best part to read! In "Ender's Game", I believe that the climax part was when Ender had his Third Invasion as he thought it was just a final exam. To explain more, as a student in the Commader School, he completed his responsible as a student and had his only final exam left. When he was in Commader School, he had a training with other players who he had met in the Battle School and Ender would play the role as a commander. It depended on by the final exam if whether or not Ender will graduate the school. And if he did, he would be the first student to actually graduate the school. The battle for the final exam was difficult for Ender had never experienced it before, but he successfully wins the game by exploding. After his final exam, every one who was looking at his battle were cheering and congradulated Ender. Later, Ender found out that it wasn't a final exam but it was the actual Third Invasion. Bravo, for Ender! He was now completed with his role which was saving the world by winning the Third Invasion. It was interesting to read this part becasue I also didn't know the final exam for Ender would be the actual Third Invasion. Before the Third Invasion, I mean, before Graff told Ender that this would be the final exam, I thought that actually there might be no Third Invasion coming up for it never came out when the book was almost ending. However, as I found out that it was, I was in a great shock and suprised. I liked the way how author didn't directly tell the readers how Ender succeed in the Third Invasion but made a small twist to it. It was the most fascinating part to read because I was able to see the deep and serious connection between the players who were actually playing in the Third Invasion; however, the book ended without strong impression or with happiness.

Ender's Game- Mood

*What is the mood of this novel?
Is the all dystopian world depressing and frustrating? Well, this book was. The mood of "Ender's Game" was depressed, frustrated, and tensed. I was able to see that this book was depressing by looking at the world where Ender lives. It seemed no one was having a happy and enjoyable time living compared to the world where I live. Every one just wanted to triumph the Thrid Invasion rather than living with joy. Also, you could see the mood of frustrate by looking at Ender's action and expacially, when he was in the Battle School. He had a hard time being isolated, getting ignored by other commanders, and being the best out of the school. He frequently had bad dreams and also, because of his talents, he went into a fight with Bonzo, which caused to death. The whole pressure that he got from the school was just too much for him. While Ender was frustrated with his whole life where he HAS to be 'the one', he also enjoyed the battle that he had with other groups in the battle room. And you could see the mood of tense in the battle room. In everyone's mind who were playing the battle thought about 'winning'. There couldn't be any mistakes done or happen, you got to freeze other players, and most importantly, you had to win; therefore, it is impossible to not see the tension between the players and commanders. Unlikely with the book, "Faherenheit 451", "Ender's Game" had a slightly different mood for each chapters for something interesting and unpredictable things happened. However, "Faherenheit 451" had just one simple mood such as depressing, gloomy, and sad..which makes me think that "Ender's Game" more sepcial and fun!