Technological Advance

Do you think that the story presents technological advance as being positive or negative?


Yes, the story presents technological advance as being positive for many reasons. Advances in Transport is good as it allows the humans to be able to travels long distances to the bugger's home world and to other planets for colonization. Also being able to travel furtherer in space allows more medical discoveries and gives the humans more knowledge about what is out there. 
The ansible is an advance in technology and is positive as without it Ender would of been unable to defeat the buggers without travelling for decades to the bugger's world.
The desk is another positive advance in technology. The desk acts as another teacher and it is where the children of battle-school do their tests and mind games to educate them.

New, faster forms of transport.
Ansible


What part do humans play in this advancement?
Humans control the advancement of technology and the advances control the humans.

Ender's Game Quiz Chapters 1-7

Ender's Game Quiz Chapters 1-7

1. What person is the narrative told in?

3rd person

1. What is a 'Third'?

A third child, a child who is the third child in the family

1. What game does Peter want to play with Ender?

Astronauts and buggers

1. What are two reasons why Ender doesn't want to go to battle school?

He doesn't wan't to leave Valentine. He doesn't want to be violent and kill the pebuggers

1. What type of irony is used when the audience knows more than the characters?

Dramatic Irony

1. How does Graff treat Ender when he first gets to battle school?

He isolates him by giving him more attention than anyone else, which makes him seem like the teachers pet

1. Who is Ender's room leader at battle school?

Bonzo

1. What happens when Ender goes to the games room for the first time?

He watched the others play so he could see how to beat them.

1. Who is Bernard and what is Ender's relationship to him?

Bernard is his leader. He hates Ender.

1. What role is Alai voted in to? What role does he now play for the group?

The group leader, He leads ender

1. What mistake does Ender make immediately upon joining Salamander Army?
   he makes an enemy
   What happens to Ender in the battle against Condor that gets him recognition?

'Isn't it good to know that Ender can do the impossible?'
This shows that throughout the book Graff has been a little bit unsure that Ender was the one. When Ender killed the giant, Graff shows relief and appreciation.

'We're trying to save the world, not heal the wounded heart. Your to compassionate.'
This shows that Graff is compassionate to Ender even though he doesn't show it to him.

Desperate, lazy and compassionate

Monday 23/5: Effective Technique in Ender's Game

1. Name one technique you feel the author successfully utilized in the first 4 chapters. In one sentence say what the technique is and how it is successfully used in the book.

Dramatic Irony is successfully used in the first 4 chapters of enders game as you know more than the reader, examples are Graff; he knows more than ender as he plans enders future, and Ender's parents know his reason for being alive but Ender doesn't know fully yet.

1. Find at least two examples of this technique in different chapters. Quote them.

The very first paragraph of the the book the narrator tells us through Graff that they will take Ender. At that stage Ender had no idea. 'All right. We're saving the world, after all. Take him.'

Beginning of chapter two Ender doesn't realise  that everything he does, Graff is testing him. 'All right, it's off. How's he doing?'

1. Discuss how the author is using the technique in the section where you find it and why it is important to the novel. (You can not say 'he uses it to make the section interesting'.)

The author used dramatic irony during the first 4 chapters as a way to draw the reader into the plot, by allowing you to know the  plot a few chapters before Ender knows. This also affects how Ender as a character forms around these predictable changes in his life as he discovers them throughout the story.

Student speak-----------Literature speak (geeky teacher) Form (author technique)

Peter
Learn more about Ender's character/personality





Bad guy                       Antagonist




Good guy                    Protagonist-Characterisation     Ender's motives about violence----3rd person  omniscient                                                                                                     Situation
                                                                                                                     Violence=bad?

Speaks---->   Dialogue------plot purposes

Round/Flat------>plot purpose
                 ------>reality/emotional person-personality

Sci Fi Settings

Space
Battle school-Space Station{battle rooms}
Laser guns (cliche)
Gravity control
Sustainable life in space

Command School
COD


Virtual
Internet servers

Fantasy Game

Home
North Carolina
Juxtaposition
Futuristic technology-monitors, desk computers

Other Planets

Why is settings important?
Info Genre Mood tone

Enders Game ch. 1

Ender is the main character. There is something different and special about Ender. He has a monitor which is being taken off him. It makes him different.

Chapter 1  Third

1. (pg1) Strange that the first chapter is called ‘Third’
2. It is ironic.
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4. What can you tell about the story through the use of two different fonts?
5. The first part is in bold and is speech, the other part is normal.

1. What person is the narrative told in?
2. 3rd person.

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2. We learn about a ‘special’ family.  The wiggins

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2. What is the goal of the speakers at the start of the book?   The boy
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4. What are they watching and what do they decide about their subject? What type of irony is used by the audience having more information than the main character?   Ender, They decide he is then one. Dramatic irony.
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6. What is interesting about the surname of the title character? What does it say about his role in the story? Ender is an unusual name and it could mean that he is then end to something. 
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8. What perspective is the narration for the other section of the opening chapter (not the starting bit)? 3rd person.
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10. “Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.” (2) What is a possible central theme of the book? Lying
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12. What does the title ‘Monitor’ represent to the other boys? Something really bad, someone who has a monitor is an outcast.
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14. (5) What connotations does Ender being a ‘third’ have ? Nobody has 3 children.
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16. What does Ender know about his intelligence in regards to the other boys? He knows he is a lot smarter than the other boys.
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18. (7) What does Ender do to the bullies? He fights them until they will never bully him again.
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20. The narrator is sympathetic to Ender: ‘This would not have a happy ending. So Ender decided that he would not be the unhappiest at the end.’
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22. (8) While Ender seems emotionally stable on the exterior how would you describe his emotional state on the inside? He is very sensitive.
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24. How has the perspective of the narration changed in this statement: ‘I am just like Peter. Take my monitor away; and I am just like Peter.’ What does this imply about Peter?  He is bad, something you don't want to become.

Science Fiction Genre Research Assignment

The origins of science fiction is largely debated.
Some believe it is a relatively new genre and others believe it is one of the oldest literacy genre.
The reason for this is that it depends on your definition for science fiction. If we believe that science fiction is fiction about modern science and technology, then the genre could not have begun until the 18 century because it was only then that the idea of science began an acceptance. It was then that writers began to imagine about the new technologies.