1. I think that that point of The Giants Drink is to think outside the box, be creative, and do what you need to do to get the job done. When Ender went for the Giant’s eye and scraped it out, it was violent. Ender had the brains to figure out that the drink was gonna kill him either way, so he went for it. I think it was a creative and crazy idea and it doesn’t make him a murderer, because it was a video game. He probably would have figured out another way to beat the Giant if it was in real life.
2. Alai and Ender have been forming a new friendship that is pretty strong. Alai said “Salaam” which is a sign of respect and a well wishing to Ender. He kissed him on the cheek too. Alai told him that they were “always friends, the best of friends” and I think this is really good because it is like the first true friend Ender has had at Battle School. This is very important because even though he technically a soldier, he is still just a little boy and he needs friends who he can count on at that age, especially if he isn’t with his family.
3. I feel like when Ender says “just living” he means having somewhat of a normal life. He says he has never really had one, and this is pretty much true. He had the monitor in his neck and then he got brought to Battle School. And he was born a Third. These are things that won’t result in a normal childhood. He says he wants one or feels like he needs one. I think if I were Ender, that I would feel just like him; wanting a normal life but having to deal with the situation he has been put in.
4. Petra is the only girl that the story knows so far, besides Valentine. I think its really good for Ender to make a friend that’s a girl. She tells him about how Salamander Army is basically just full of jerks and to not really listen to them. She seems really sweet but also a smart ass who could easily get her way. She tells little Ender a lot of things he should know about how rude Bonzo is and perfect he tries to be. I think temporarily she is sort of like a mini Valentine replacement. She seems like she could protect Ender when he needed it.
5. Bonzo is really stuck up and thinks he’s the best. I think what Ender has learned from Bonzo is how NOT to act as a leader. If you want people to follow your orders and be able to boss them around a little then you have to gain their respect. Ender thinks of Bonzo as an “ass” Ender had been capable of more things in the battles and Bonzo told him not to shoot. How is Ender supposed to learn anything if his “boss” tells him not to practice? When Bonzo trades him to Rat, he gives him, some strong punches and hurts him. This is not a trait Ender would ever want to pick up either.
6. When Graff said that Ender was stronger and smarter,I think this is probably true. Ender is a little boy, strong enough to leave his family, come to battle school and kick butt at all the things he tries to do. Graff says he’s trying to bring out the genius in him by doing all these battles even though he knows that Ender has the guts for everything that he might throw at him.
7. “So teach me, so learn” to me, means that sometimes, you are the only one who can teach yourself something. When he is talking to Dink, he tells him that he wants to learn how to shoot better because Dink said he wants to teach him better than Petra ever did. But Dink tells him he basically has to learn for himself, or find some other way. Maybe Dink is saying to learn how to teach yourself how to do the things that Ender needs done because he isn’t always going to have someone else to help him.
8. Ender’s attack is very well strategized. Before centipede can even get through the doors, Ender is shooting and freezing a lot of them. He wasn’t even taught this method, he just did it. He then became 1st in the standings because he had beat so many of them with his little plan.
9. I think the snake reflection of Peter represented that it was something Peter would have done. When Ender beats up the snake, he really beats it up. Ender sees the reflection and doesn’t like it because he knows that Peter was brutal and he doesn’t want to become that. I think it was a mini wake-up call to Ender to stay true to who HE is without the influence of anyone else, even though he might have not even realized he was doing it.
10. I think the game knows because of the monitor that was inside him for so long. It recorded people that Ender had fought with before Battle School and put them in the game so that Ender might have a different approach, now that he remembers how he fought them. The monitor also recorded all the feelings he had towards them and maybe those were put in the game so Ender would get a taste of that.
11. This is a sad paragraph that is almost suicidal, like Ender was giving up who he was for the benefit of being a tool for someone else. He doesn’t care that he hates the part about him that they want to see from him. He wasn’t upset when the snakes in the game killed him. He was actually glad and agreeing with the snakes for doing that. I hope Ender starts thinking otherwise in other chapters to come.
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