Ender Game Questions Chapters 9-11

Chapter 9

1) I think that in reality Peter has the power and is manipulating Valentine. But Valentine knows what she's doing and his fairly good at manipulating people herself. They both have power but Peter is the one in control. Valentine and Peter both know that he needed her help in order to go through with the plan. But Peter used empathy to manipulate Valentine into doing it.


2) They relate to the persona's of Valentine and Peter because they both have very strong opinions and they express them in just the right ways. Peter is like Locke because they both express themselves through writing. Also they both had social dilemmas, they didn't always get along well with people. Though Peter does seem to have a darker side to him that Locke does not posses. relates to Valentine but seems more mean. She always spoke her mind and was Demosthenses isn't afraid to say what needed to be said.


3) Ender is angry because he is still an outsider. He does everything he's suppose to do and that makes him succeed. But he has no friends that are close to him, they can't understand what he's going through. He had to work to make friends in the first place and no since everyone looks up too him with respect and honor he doesn't have as much to work for.

Chapter 10

1) Ender was the same kind of leader as his previous commanders. He was harsh and would take no nonsense but he was smart and clever. He let the boys know that he had the power and that they had to respect him. But he wasn't a total jerk to them. He revolved from his old commanders. He learned to treat his army with the same respect. He wasn't stuck in one mind set, like his old commanders.

2) Ender picked on Bean. He called him out in front of all the other soldiers in his army. Ender did this because he knew that Bean was capable of great achievements. He was small like Ender was when he first got promoted. Ender did this because it is what Graff first did to him. In order for the bar to be set high for Ender in the first place Graff called him out and let everybody know that Ender would be the only one that would excel, and he did. So Ender did the exact same thing to Bean.

3) The word "Salaam" means peace. Religion was something that could be personal to that one person. It could be the reasons they do the things they do or act the ways they act. But the government had took that away from the people. Some didn't care they maybe did it in private or taught there kids a word or two. That is what I think happened to Alia. He learned the words from his parents. Alia trusted Ender to look into his past and see who he used to be.


4) The important part about the end of this chapter is that Ender has finally broke. He's done with everything but nothing can make him cry because nothing will top what they turned Valentine into. They turned Valentine, the one person he loved, into a tool. They used her to try to get Ender out of his state of depression. He is certain that he will never be so hurt again. And with that anger inside of him he has decided to defeat the real enemies, the teachers. I think Enders reaction was exactly what the Battle School wanted. They needed him to come out of his sad state and they knew Valentine would be the way to do it.

Chapter 11

1) The computer knows Ender so well because Ender has always been watched. He had a monitor in for most of his life before Battle School, and when he arrived at Battle School he started playing the Giant game. It knows how Ender reacts to situations and it gives Ender challenges that will really push him. But I don't think the computer actually knows him. The computer doesn't know that Ender hates what he's becoming, it doesn't know that he wonders what it would be like to live a normal life. It doesn't know Ender on any personal or emotional level.

2)"Yes. That is the worst that could happen. I can't lose any games because if I lose any"(pg 198) Ender knows he can't lose any because if he loses once then people know he can be beaten. He's worked so hard to become the best and if he loses one then he might lose another and then another. If he loses one then he's not the best that he can be and he might as well give up on trying to be incredible.

3) The teachers are pushing Ender so hard because they think he is "the one". They think Ender is the one that will destroy the buggers in the Third Invasion. So they need to push him in order to prepare him. There scared of the buggers and that Ender won't be ready so there making him go above and beyond normal expectations.  Even though what their doing seems to be making Ender a bit crazy, it's working, Ender is succeeding in everything he does.

4) The last two sentences tell how Bean is coming up with knew ideas to do with his toon, but all of them are stupid. Ender would love that because he doesn't do what everyone else does. Like how he tells him army to always be moving and not to be in formations. Nobody else would try this. He thinks outside the box because in order to beat everyone you need to think differently than them. So Bean coming up with new and bizarre ideas is exactly what they need.

5) "Veni Vidi Vici" is an appropriate title because that's what Ender did. He came up to the challenge of becoming a commander with confidence, he saw every other armies plans on how they would beat them and always out smarted them and found ways around it. And he conquered every single battle he played.