Essays on Ender's Game

Ender’s Game, a novel by Orson Scott Card, is a form of anti-homosexual propaganda. The essay “Kill the Bugger: Ender’s Game and the Question of Heteronormativity” by James Campbell goes in depth regarding the ways in which Orson Scott Card’s thoughts on heteronormativity are reflected...

When a person is referred to as ‘mature’, it does not necessarily mean that he/she must be an adult. In Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, maturity is a recurring theme. Yet, the main characters are mainly comprised of children. This brings forth the idea...

Adolescence marks a time for social interaction. Between school, sports and other activities, these social settings are the platform for peer groups to form and either accept a child or create an outcast. “The peer group has been defined as the constellation of associates of...

The Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card, presents a futuristic setting where the government selectively chooses, controls and trains young prodigies to win the endless battles against the “buggers” or aliens. Ender, the main character of this novel, is a six-year-old prodigy who lives...

What makes a person a compelling leader? In the book, Ender Games written by Orson Scott Card, human life is threatened by the expectation of a war with the buggers, a technologically advanced, species that have previously threatened to obliterate the Earth. Population control on...

A big government can create dangers in people’s lives by taking away their rights. In Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, a young boy is taken away from his family at the age of 6 and is sent to a battle school in space that...

Orson Scott Card’s novel, Ender’s Game, parallels the concept of the Cold War that developed shortly after World War II which was a state of political hostility. New technologies rose in the 1980s as well, such as the world’s first and only fleet of space...

Authors often shift perspectives throughout a story to develop ideas, themes, perspectives, and plots. Although shifts from character to character or setting to setting is sometimes difficult to follow, but it creates a complex and intriguing story which is full of suspense. An example of...