Ender

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Enders Game

• By Orson Scott Card

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• Ender's Game Fan Trailer

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Orson Scott Card

• Card says that as a child, he thought as an adult
  thinks with real emotions and complex thoughts.
  He wanted to tell a story that expressed those
  ideas from a childs point of view. Throughout
  the book, you may find yourself questioning
  whether or not Ender is a believable character
  because he thinks and reacts like an adult rather
  than a child.

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Themes

• Ruthlessness and Violence- is it necessary?
  Peter symbolizes unbridled ruthlessness while
  Enders ruthlessness is always the last resort.
• Compassion- is this what separates Ender from all
  others?
• Adult/Child Relationships do the adults
  manipulate the children?
• Humanity- What does it mean to be human?

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Read Chapter 1 and 2

• What assumptions can you make about each of these
  characters?
• Ender
• Peter
• Valentine

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• "Human beings are free except when humanity needs
  them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something.
  Maybe humanity needs meto find out what you're
  good for. We might both do despicable things,
  Ender, but if humankind survives, then we were
  good tools."
• -Graff

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• While reading ask yourself
• Does the end justify the means?
• Is it ok to do immoral things in order to save
  humanity?

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Summer Reading Assignment

• Four Square Assignment see handout
• You will also have a writing assignment based on
  the final chapter and how it relates to the book
  as a whole.

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Apollo 13by James Lovell and Jeffery Kluger

• Sophomore alternate choice
• Same requirements for summer reading assignment
  and writing assignment when school begins