This week I thought I'd go back and see which books I thought were best. As I traced back through the timeline of every book I've finished all my thoughts lead back to this one: Ender's Game what more can be said, you already know just by looking at the title that this book is going to be a fascinating read. Orson Scott Card must have known that he had written a masterpiece so gave it a title that suited it. When you start to read the book though that's when the magic happens.
Ender's Game like all sci-fi starts off in the future. At first Earth seems no different from Earth to day except new technology. An example of this is a monitor, a monitor is a device that is wired to your mind so that the military know what you're thinking,feeling,seeing,and doing. All this so that they can choose the best young minds (5-6 year olds) to bring to battle school. Andrew Ender Wiggin is different from other kids. Most children get their monitors removed at four or five years of age but Ender still has it, and he's six. This is peculiar and means that the military are interested with him, another thing that sets him apart is that Ender is a third, having a third child at this point in the future is illegal because I presume America is over populated. Which means that the government had to allow it.
Do to his differences Ender gets bullied by the other children in his class and by his brother back home. His sister though loves him tenderly as he loves her (in a family way) this is a reason why can even stand life at home.That all changes though when Ender gets drafted to go to battle school. The man who comes to draft him is colonel Graff the man in charge of battle school, who then proceeds to lie to get Endeer to accept his proposal.. What I wonder about though is whether Graff lying to Ender was the best way to get him to come without making the society Ender believes turn into a dystopia.
I will continue Next week or sooner.
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