Ashley Bowen

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Enders Shadow
Orson Scott Card

• Presented by
• Ashley Bowen
• November 2002

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Summary

• In the book Enders Shadow, you find out a
  different view of Enders Game. Meet Bean, a boy
  on the streets of Rotterdam. He has superior
  intelligence to the regular children in the same
  harsh environment.
• His supreme intelligence is not easily
  surpassed, creating enemies and allies. Here on
  Earth, he meets Sister Carlotta, a nun with an
  eye for keen children and constructive strategies.

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Summary Cont.
She is apart of the International Fleet,
recruiting any children with extraordinary mind
works. The kids that are recruited are sent to
Battleschool, located in space. This is where
the training begins to fight against the Buggers
an alien race that had previously tried to
destroy the human race two times before. Bean is
one of the chosen view with the ability to help
save the world under a great leader, Ender
Wiggin, who actually is an older version of
Bean. A group is formed and teams up to ready
for another Bugger invasion.

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Main Characters

• Bean-A young boy, 4 years, genius off the streets
  of Rotterdam. After his potential is
  discovered,he is sent to Battleschool in space.
• Achillies- An acquaintance of Beans, he is an
  older boy, 10 years, and a cripple. He kills
  anyone that sees his weaknesses.
• Sister Carlotta-A middle aged nun that works for
  the International Fleet, finding recruits for
  Battleschool.
• Ender Wiggin-A boy slightly older than Bean. He
  is recognized as a great commander and teaches
  Bean many strategies for battle.

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Bean

• At the beginning of the story, Bean is 4 years
  old, at the end, 8 years.
• Bean is a small boy for his age. In the
  beginning of the book, he is on the brink of
  dying and very frail. By the end, he is strong
  and healthy from his time at Battleschool.

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Bean Cont.
The problem is that we shouldnt have the
board at all. Were not each others enemies.
The Buggers are the only enemy. Were supposed
to be the allies. We should be learning from
each other, sharing information and ideas. We
should feel free to experiment, trying new things
without being afraid of how it will affect our
standings. That board up there, thats the
teachers game, getting us to turn against each
other (363)

Achillies. Thats the one he needed to kill.
And if Achillies had been there at that moment,
Bean would have tried. Might have succeeded,
too, if violent rage and desperate shame were
enough to beat down any advantage of size and
experience Achillies had. And if Achillies
killed Bean anyway, it was no worse than Bean
deserved, for having failed Ender Wiggin so
completely. (335) -Narrator
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Bean Cont.

• Bean is an extraordinary boy with a great
  potential. He figures out a way to live on the
  parlous streets, and make it out alive.
• At Battleschool, he thinks of new tactics and
  strategies, upholding a name as commander. He is
  the one boy that is considered Enders Shadow.

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Achillies

• Achillies is 10 years, and 14 at the end.
• Achillies is a crippled boy one of his feet is
  disabled. His foot is fixed through surgery and
  he is sent to Battleschool, where he brings up
  his health and strength.

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Achillies Cont.
This line forms up when its still dark.
Its dangerous. Cant we have a light out here?
Ive got my children to think about, said
Achillies. Dont you want my little kids to be
safe? Or am I the only one who cares about
them? (26)
I told her to kill him. I told her he was
the wrong one. I saw it in his face, lying there
on the ground, that he would never forgive her.
But hes cold. He waited so long. But he never
took bread from her. That should have told her.
She shouldnt have gone off alone with him. He
began crying in earnest now. I think she was
protecting me. Because I told her to kill him
that first day. I think she was trying to get
him not to kill me. (52) -Bean
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Achillies Cont.

• Achillies is an older boy on the streets of
  Rotterdam, considered a bully. He has a
  disability with his foot, making him a crippled.
  He meets Bean when a plan is made to have him as
  their protector.
• He feels anyone that sees him as weak must die.
  He needs control over everyone, and dislikes
  people above him.

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Sister Carlotta

• A middle age nun, probably around 30, at the
  end 34.
• She is a tall woman, and in good health.

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Carlotta Cont.

• I know all I need to know for now, said
  Sister Carlotta. Enough to know that this child
  truly is a miracle, raised up be God for some
  great purpose. (74)
• But sometimes she wielded her top security
  clearance like a meat-ax, using it to get past
  prison wardens and security officers, who saw her
  unbelievable level of need-to-know and then, when
  they checked to make sure her documents werent a
  stupid forgery, were screamed at by officers so
  high-ranked that it made them want to treat
  Sister Carlotta like God. (203)

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Carlotta Cont.

• Sister Carlotta is a nun that works for the
  International Fleet, looking for extraordinary
  children to train for battle.
• She finds Bean and takes him off the street and
  sends him to battle school. But now she wants to
  find out more on the boy, and how he came to be.

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Ender Wiggin

• The beginning 8, at the end, 10 years.
• Ender is a young boy in battle school, similar
  to Bean. He is smaller then most of the other
  older boys, but is still physically fit.

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Ender Cont.

• I dont care about their game anymore, Bean,
  said Ender. Im not going to play it anymore.
  No more practices. No more battles. They can
  put their little slips of paper on the floor all
  they want, but I wont go. I decided that before
  I went through the door today. Thats why I had
  you go for the gate. I didnt think it would
  work, but I didnt care. I just wanted to go out
  in style. (353)
• Youll win, Ender. We all know that. Crazy
  Tom, he said, You mean Im suppose to figure out
  how to beat Dragon Army? Everybody knows youre
  the best. -Bean (352)

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Ender Cont.

• Ender is considered an older version of Bean.
  He is extremely smart and comes up with ways to
  work around problems with excellent solutions.
• It seems that he may be the best chance against
  the Bugger army. As commander of Dragon Army, he
  teaches his followers well.

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Minor Characters

• Poke
• Nikolia
• Dimak
• Petra
• Dink
• Bonzo
• Colonel Graff
• Major Anderson

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Lessons

• Live up to your expectations.
• Friends help you through hard times
• Never give up
• Learn from experience
• What goes around, comes around

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Literary Criticism

• When I heard that Orson Scott Card was
  returning to Ender's saga to retell the first
  book from another point of view, I was skeptical.
  However, upon reading Ender's Shadow I found that
  I enjoyed Card's new treatment of the original
  story.
• -Nick Jong
• 4out of 5 stars- www.amazon.com, June 11,2000
• For me it was worth dipping again into the
  same well, for the water was greatly changed this
  time, and if it has not been turned exactly into
  wine, at least it has a different flavor because
  of the different vessel that it was carried in,
  and I hope that you will enjoy it as much, or
  even more.
• -- Greensboro, North Carolina, January 1999
• http//www.hatrack.com/osc/books/shadow.shtml

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Recommendation
This book is interesting. I would recommend it
to ages 12 and up. It most likely would appeal
to people that enjoy Science Fiction and Fantasy,
along with Action. It is the sequel of Enders
Game. You could read it without reading the
beginning book because it explains the other from
a different point of view. Most of it is from
the other book. The book begins at a good pace.
It slows down slightly when you get towards the
middle. But, overall, it was a well spread out.
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Credits

• http//www.space-explorers.org/ (Backround)
• http//spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/archives/sts-1
  09/images/STS-109_Landing3.jpg (Space ship image,
  Beans page)
• http//www.af.mil/photos/space.shtml (Achillies
  pic and minor characters pic)
• http//digitalart.org (Enders and Sister
  Carlottas pic)
• www.amazon.com
• http//www.hatrack.com/osc/books/shadow.shtml