Locke and Demosthenes

Who is John Locke and Demothenes? John Locke is a famous philosopher and physician from the 17th century. one of the first people that was in the war. he thought that we were born without thought and that we get them through experiences. able to pursue your own needs. social contract is the relationship between the government and individuals in the government
Demothenes thought that his state was becoming smaller so he thought that his state should break away from Greece. he is against what everyone else thinks. he was a radical who opposed the rule of Athens by Macedonia (cold war- there was no battle. they use threats of persuasion - FEAR. wont win public favor. he underestimates people fear of Russia. marsaw pact important - keeps all together to fight buggers
Give a summary of each (2-3 sent) and describe how they are related to Valentine and Peter (2-3 sent). I think that Demothenes relates to peter because they are both sort of people who like power and are disliked by many people and they both have a fear of Russia.)   john locke is like valentine 

Summarize Peter and Valentine's position that they take on the nets.


What role does fear play into how successful Valentine and Peter are?

Monday 30/5: Technological Advance

Do you think that the story presents technological advance as being positive or negative?
I think that technical advancement is a positive advancement because it allows humans to protect each other or protect the planet. in the book if the buggers had invaded earth in the 1800 we would be unable to protect ourselves and we would be over run by the buggers. But because of technological advancement we were able to protect our planet from the buggers.
Humans are also able to communicate easily through technology which is used as a bad thing in the beginning of enders game as a form of bullying but on earth is can be used for that but also may other positive points.
But it can also be bad because one day we may be over run by technology, allowing them to think for themselves and be smarter than any human ever could be may allow it to take over the humans. and the new generations may only be used to technology and never have to do anything and it could make many people unemployed, this has already started happening right now on earth.

What part do humans play in this advancement?
humans are developing the technology to make all this fiction become real.  

Ender's Game Quiz Chapters 1-7

1. What person is the narrative told in? it is told in 3rd person
2. What is a 'Third'? the third child in the family
3. What game does Peter want to play with Ender? buggers and astronorts
4. What are two reasons why Ender doesn't want to go to battle school? because he doest want to leave valentine and he knows that when he sees his family he wont see his family for about 20 years
5. What type of irony is used when the audience knows more than the characters? dramatic irony is used in the story
6. How does Graff treat Ender when he first gets to battle school? he treats ender like he is the best and makes all the others hate him
7. Who is Ender's room leader at battle school? dap is enders room leader
8. What happens when Ender goes to the games room for the first time? he versus older boys and wins
9. Who is Bernard and what is Ender's relationship to him? bernard is enders enemy and he is a launchie with ender
10. What role is Alai voted in to? What role does he now play for the group? alai is both bernards and enders friend and is bridge between the two
11. What mistake does Ender make immediately upon joining Salamander Army? he is late to see the commander
    What happens to Ender in the battle against Condor that gets him recognition? he draws the match between them

Valentine Notes

Valentine is Ender's older sister, and she does what she can to protect him from Peter, their sadistic older brother. Valentine has much of Ender's compassion, but she does not have Peter's ruthlessness. However, as the story progresses, Valentine learns that the differences between the three siblings are not as great as they seem. She never ceases believing that Ender is the best of them, and she loves him unconditionally. In fact, her love helps save Ender when the pointlessness of Battle School threatens to break him. But as she begins working with Peter to transform the political system on earth, using her pseudonym Demosthenes, Valentine learns that there is a part of her that enjoys control.

Although she does not want to manipulate people for the sake of manipulation, like Peter does, Valentine knows that she is intelligent enough to make a major difference and sees no reason why she should not. However, she would never wish to do damage in her attempt to change the world. Valentine, like Ender, would never deliberately harm someone else. Unlike Ender, however, she falls prey to the irresistible urge to power. But that urge would never take her down Peter's road of power at any cost.

Chapter 2: Peter

• valentine is nice to ender
• she feels sorry for him
• she tries to calm down peter when he is beating up Ender and that he is going to kill him

Chapter 3: Launch 


Sum up valentine: Smart, mild, caring


Valentine is a nice mild caring sister to ender. but to mild be be 

25/5/11 Characterization

(Literal) What are the important elements of characterization? Some of the important elements for characterization are a good description of what they look like. E.G. Hair, body type, skin, posture, face etc. It is also important to say how the character acts. E.G. Angry, happy, nice etc. Finally how the character reacts in the story to different things
Action, speech - dialogue, thoughts, physical description, persona (who they are...readers reaction), effect on others, names, characters background. 


(Figurative) Why is Characterization important? Characterization is important because it gives the reader an idea of who the character is and what they act like in the story.
create connection with character, ads interest into the story, insight into why things happen, add depth to story, make it more "real", 


Characters: Ender, Peter, Valentine, Graff, Bernard (antagonist), Mum and Dad


Figurative = Greater conclusion

Chapter 5 - Games

Chapter 5  Games

1. Who is the room leader? (39) Ender was chose to be the room laeder
2. What role does Dap play to the boys? Dap play's their "mother" while they are at battle school
3. (44) Who is Mick and what advice does he give Ender? Mick is an older boy who is about to be kicked out of battle school and he tels ender to become a leader and make friends with everyone if he wants to become a commander
4. (45) What does Ender miss his first night? He misses his sister valentine and his family
5. (48) What happens when Ender goes to the games room and plays an older boy for the first time? he wins the battle against the older boy, loses the first two and winds the last
6. (49) Who is Bernard? How is his relationship with Ender? Bernard is Enders enemy, because Graff told everyone that Ender was the best. So Bernard started bullying Ender on the spaceship so he broke Bernard arm, on accident, and now ender is on his own and Bernard is forming a gang.

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. One technique that the author uses in the first four chapters is  dialogue. In this dialogue we find out what ender is going to do but we have to read to see how he reacts in the situation
2. Find at least two examples of this technique in different chapters. (P1)   
3. 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'.)