Ender's Game

This book was one of the greatest I have ever read. I love Orson Scott Card and this is the book that launched my love for his novels

This is a classic Sci-Fi novel that anybody with a Hunger Games or space book cravings would enjoy. Yes, people kill each other and 8-year-olds swear constantly, but overall it is a great book.

My name is Jamie, I am seventeen years old and a junior in High School. I was motivated by my English teacher to start reading this book and throughout the book I was required to write notes, complete quizzes, and have class discussions which proves that I have a commendable understanding of the novel The things I liked about the novel is that it portrays emotions such as anger, love, and hate. Examples of this are the love between Ender and Valentine, the anger between Ender and his competitors, and the hate between Ender and his brother Peter. I also like how Card goes in to detail about the events happening such as war, violence, and competition for power. Some examples of this is the wars between the buggers and humans, the violence Ender has to go through against other boys, and the competition that the armies have against each other. I liked this because these emotions and events that occur in the book take place in our lives every day. I only disliked a few things throughout the story such as Ender and his siblings being most intelligent children and the things they did at such a young age. I also disliked how Ender was sent to battle school at the age of six, and the fact that he became a commander and the world was relying on him at such a young age is pretty bizarre. The pacing of the story was great, there was never a time that I wasn’t guessing what was going to happen next. Card used great foreshadowing to create suspense throughout the novel. I thought the character development was great especially for Ender because as a young boy he was very kind and loving but as he got older he developed evil and cruel characteristics like his brother which he hated. The sentence structure was mostly in third person perspective told by the narrator with the exception of the discussions at the beginning of each chapter. I feel a connection with this novel when Card displays many examples of competition because I am a very competitive person and this made me get into the book better. I liked some of the literary techniques that Card used throughout the novel. My favorite was the foreshadowing at the beginning of each chapter because it hinted that there was something exciting going to happen later in the chapter which made me want to keep reading. The foreshadowing also gave me a better understanding at the end of the chapter. People who enjoy science fiction would definitely love this book and even people that aren’t science fiction fans because the novel has a lot of action, drama, and suspense. I recommend the novel Ender’s Game for people of ages above thirteen and for people that enjoy genres such as action, suspense, thriller, and drama. The book does contain some profanity so I recommend a parent reading it before allowing their child to read it.

As part of many student leadership roles of extra curricular activities, succeeding in school is very important to me. Being a junior at my high school, the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a required reading but it wasn't the requirement that made me turn the pages. What I favored most about the book was how well organized it was, and how Card made the reader feel as if they were growing alongside Ender throughout all of his trials and tribulations that he was forced to go through. I'm intrigued by how Card manages to keep a consice yet balanced sentence structure as well as maintain the conversational quality. Whilst the need to utilize your imagination is a must, I feel as if Card may have done so on purpose in order to keep the reader captivated. The deeper I got into the novel the more I understood about the vague characterizations of the mysterious speakers at the beginning of each chapter and the important role they played in where Ender's life would go. The unknown speakers of each chapter show how the author exercises dramatic irony and where they might lead Ender at that particular point of the book. Because there are universal meanings within each passage, it's not hard at all to find something symbolic at any point of the novel. Personification isn't used a lot in this writing but rather unfolds a handful of plot twists when you least expect it. This sort of surprise constantly keeps the reader on his feet waiting for the next eye-opener and how they are linked to each other. I find that this book is receptible to a large variety of readers; out of a handful of people, it's rare that I find someone who dislikes it. You don't have to possess an infatuation with science fictions stories to enjoy the adventures of Ender's Game, but rather be open to the inner meanings that are portrayed. This book is easily liked amongst adults simply because of the fact that the children in the book are more like mature young adults, rather then purile adolescents. Although, the younger crowd is drawn to the idea of a toddler being so intellectual and having vast amounts of power over an adult rather than being overpowered by them. Although this is a great book, the maturity of it's views of the world may not be what all parents want their younger children to be reading.