![]() The story follows a young boy, Ender, who is selected along with others as a potential military leader in the fight against an alien civilization, referred to colloquially as “Buggers.” Ender goes through a series of “games” that are intended to train him to defeat this existential threat.Īs Ender and his friends progress through the games, they get more and more challenging, with consequences continuing to grow. “Ender’s Game” deals with huge, existentialist themes that scale with its plot. One especially frustrating aspect of Card’s viewpoints are that they conflict with what makes “Ender’s Game” such a great read. Much has been made about Orson Scott Card’s views of and against homosexuality, and in today’s culture these views are impossible to ignore. It is a very popular book for teachers to assign their students due to the accessible nature of its prose while still highlighting difficult, mature themes.Īs someone who loved this book dearly growing up, it’s an especially difficult one to revisit. Many students at Armstrong may recognize the novel from one of their high school or middle school required-reading lists. ![]() Upon its release it was heralded as an important moment for science fiction, and brought the genre to a generation of adolescent and young-adult readers. “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card is a science-fiction novel about Earth’s retaliation efforts in the wake of an alien invasion that was successfully fended off. ![]()
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