Monday, October 31, 2011
My book is cool
I am reading the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. So far in my book ender the main character has continued to be pushed to his limits as a soldier and as a human being. His teachers and students are constantly testing how far he can go before he is at his breaking point. Ender is in exile non the less. Similar to Holden Caufield in the novel The catcher in the rye. Ender has been elected a commander of an army at the young age of only nine years old. The teachers and the colonel did not expect Ender to succeed so highly and have such high standings but too everyone's surprise Ender is at the top of every standing and has a perfect battle record. Ender is being put into every possible uncomfortable situation as possible in order to bring out the creative genius inside of him. His teachers believe someday he will be the greatest commander in the history of the International Fleet. The teachers at the school have done some very inordinate things to Ender and his army to make them suffer but they do not fall. They have given them a battle every day for seven days straight which usually only happens once a week. On top of this ridiculous battle schedule his army has only been together for four weeks. No matter these circumstances Ender wins. And that is exactly what the teachers want to see from him, ruthless victory. Although Ender is winning he is losing all of his so called friends and is on his way to being completely lonely. Ender eventually meets the commander before him to save the world and Ender has to do this task himself.
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