Enders Game Book Post

The science fiction novel, Ender’s Game, is about a futuristic society where Earth fights wars with alien planets. The main character, Ender, was only permitted to be born because he has the potential to be a military genius. His older sister was too nice, and his older brother was too mean, the government expected Ender to be the perfect balance. As soon as he turns six and his monitor was removed, Ender was shipped off to battle school to become a commander. During battle school, he starts in the lowest class, launchies or people that just came to battle school, and gets drafted to a practice army. During his time at battle school, he works his way up the ranks all the way to commander of his own practice army. While reading this book, you also hear about Ender’s siblings as they command the “nets” with their ghost writings about politics.

    I think the authors purpose of this book is to show how different Ender and his siblings are from the rest of people in their age group because they are child geniuses. The only way Ender’s brother and sister can express their advanced political feelings is by creating fake names and writing columns. At first they used their father’s internet access, but as they came more popular they got sponsored. The way they can afford the service of the “nets” is that the companies that hire them pay for their column with net service because they are minors and can’t buy it themselves.

“With their identities now fully supported by their income from writing columns, they used fathers access now only for the throwaway identities”

This quote shows how the kids used their money to pay for their identities and not other things other kids their age would. They spend so much time on the internet managing their alter egos that they dont get out and play, like other, non-genius kids. Ender’s siblings are very different from other kids because they think so advanced for anyone their age, so they can relate more to adults that they write for on the nets.