Ch 6-8 questions

Emily

2/5/13

Enders game

Ch 6-8

Ch 6
1.The purpose of the giants game is to see Enders skills and how he handles himself dieing.  How Ender should evaluate himself in the game is that he did very well and “He won a game that couldn't be won.”(66) Graff was very impressed and now I think he looks very highly at Ender in fact he did so good that he was able to go into a different armie.  But I don't think Ender is a murderer he was just doing what he was supposed to do and I think its normal for guys to play violent video games anyways.  
Ch 7
1.Alai said “salaam” to Ender which means something forbidden or some private and powerful meaning for Alai alone well thats what Ender thought.  The kiss on the cheek between Alai and Ender is important because the kiss and the word maybe are somehow forbidden and it was part of a suppressed religion.  
2.”Just living” is basically a normal regular life for a kid like my life and my piers life  its living just to enjoy life where there is nothing to kill and nothing to kill you.   Ender thought of this when he was playing that game because he realized how nice it would be to live in a world of peace.  It is true that Ender has never really done “just living” before.   I think Ender wants to be normal in a sense but I think he also wants to be successful with battle school.  If I was Ender I would be very scared that someday I would actually have to kill someone and I may never be able to see my family again.  
3.Petra helped Ender by being nice to him and helping him at free time so that Bonzo would let Ender learn something when he was his commander and so Ender could fit in better and he could participate in the games.  Their relationship is an hindrance to Ender because he wants to be friends with Petra but he knows she isn't popular he doesn't want to be weighed down by her.  
4.He learns that you can't be weak if you are a leader  and you must act as if you know what you are doing even when you don't.  At times Bonzo was mean  to his soldiers but he showed Ender that you have to be tough and strong to be a leader and stand your ground or at least make it look like you stand your ground.   When Bonzo let Ender get his way he want standing his ground but to the other soldiers it  looked like he was.  
Ch 8
1.The quote means that Graff couldn't handle what Ender is going through.  “What I’m doing to him will bring out a genius.  if I had to go through it myself, it would crush me.  Major Anderson, I know I’m wrecking the game, and I know you love it better than any of the boys who play.   Hate me if you like but don't stop me.”(99)Graff is going to push Ender as much as he possibly can to try to make him as successful as possible but he wants to be very careful with Ender so he can make him a great commander.  
2.The Significance of the quote is  that Ender is trying to get Dink to teach him so he can be helpful but its ironic because Dink is basically telling Ender that he is on his own even though he is able to help and has experience  it shows how on your own you are at battle school.  
3.Enders response to the attack is significant because he’s done what no one has done before.  He tried something new and he succeeded and he did it in his own interesting way.
4.The scene with the snake and Peters reflection shows that Ender does have some similarities with Peter.  That scares Ender because he doesn't want to become his brother.  He doesn't want to have murder in his heart like Peter.  
5.The game knows because when he had the monitor they knew that Ender didn't like his brother so Graff since he creates it he thought he would put something in there to throw him off and see how he reacted.  They wanted to test his emotions to see how he would feel if he was a murderer.  
6.The importance of the last paragraph is that Ender feels he wasn't born to  be a killer or maybe wasn't even  born to live.  He has lost the will to live he doesn't care if he lives or dies  he has lost the will to live and he is very depressed.