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Comparing Ender's Game 'And The Bugger'

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“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.” -Orson Scott card, Enders game. Ender's Game is a book about a boy’s struggle in the future to take down humanity's biggest enemy, The Buggers. Ender struggles throughout the entire book learning what the enemy does, and their weaknesses. However, Ender has a challenging time destroying his enemy because at the point where he understands them enough to destroy them, he loves his enemy and has no desire to. There are two ways you can experience The Enders Game: you can either read the book or view the movie. The book is far superior to the movie because it includes more detail. In the book we get to see far more of who ender is and his struggles, rather than just the superficial details the movie gives to us. …show more content…
However, the most important one seems to be how Enders isolation causes him to struggle yet, always end up on top. An example is when Ender has to fight two armies against one in one of his games at Battle School. This had never been done before and he so Ender had no previous experience in strategies to tackle such a problem. Even with all the odds against him, Ender won the battle (though no one thought that he possibly could). This experience is what led Ender to be seen as superior to his peers. Colonel Graff pressured Ender much more to perform compared to the other boys. Ultimately, this was the reason Ender was so

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