'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.

Naplan Response

It is cruel to keep animals in cages? Yes I believe it is.
Animals are kept in cages for one reason, to keep them from going anywhere. The reason why we would want to keep animals from going anywhere is for our own use like entertainment. Animals don't get a say in the matter, they don't like being in a cage. Would you want to be stuck in a cage? I certainly wouldn't.

The main problem with the cages is that majority all of cages are way to small for that animal. In their natural habitat the animals roam freely and some travel over great distances. An example of this are birds. Birds spend most of their time flying around in the sky. In a small cage birds are unable to do that. To put a bird in a cage is like cutting their wings off. You may as well.

The largest place of caged animals is a zoo. Zoos are for our entertainment. It i cruel to keep an animal locked up in a cage all day and night just so people can watch it and stare at it. Zoos also preserve endangered species of animals and breed them. There are some zoos that have the animals free in a large open plain similar to there natural environment. People are still aloud to see them and animals are not stuck in cramped cages. These zoos are good.

Restless behavior can become apparent when keeping an animal in a cage. Some animals require a lot of exercise and are constantly moving. It is cruel to keep such an animal locked up in a cage.

Some animals are kept in cages and when released into the wild they are unable to hunt for themselves as were unable learn naturally while in the cage.

It is cruel to keep animals in cages, they don't want to be there just as much as you wouldn't want to be in a cage. It is cruel to keep a animal from doing what it would normally do in the wild, as well as this problems can occur when animals are kept in cages. Animals should not be in cages.