Thursday, January 14, 2010

Chapter 4 Summary

Chapter 14
-Colonel Graff and Admiral Chamrajnagar Discuss Ender
-Ender discoverer's from the moment he gets to Eros that he hates it more than earth.
-Ender was use to earth where everything was flat, but on Eros the floors all sloped downward and Ender felt vertigo, and gravity was very different.
-Ender was surrounded by strangers and his life was very uncomfortable.
-he never gets to make Friends because he does not attend school regularly.
-He comes to realize they are isolating him again, but this time by not allowing him to make friends.
-For pleasure Ender used a simulator, a holographic display, the most perfect game.
-After being at command school for a year he could run the simulator at any fifteen levels
-Ender tells graff he finds the game to easy, Graff is unconcerned but the next day he is gone and Ender is left with another companion
-His companion is a silent 6o year old man.
-When Ender tries to leave for class but the door is locked and discovers they are testing him again he tries to ask the old man but gets no response
-Ender begins to exercises to pass the time, while he kicks near the old man he grabs his leg.
-The man defeats Ender as he turns his back to him.
-Ender is angry now, the man explains he is the enemy and is his teacher.
-The man and Ender fight but this time Ender is getting better
-The old man now programs Ender's battles on the simulator
-Mazer Rackham is Ender's new teacher
-Mazer taught and new lots about the buggers.
-Mazer is the only person to ever beat the buggers.
-Mazer shows Ender the video of how he beat the buggers
-In order to kill the buggers you must kill the queen because they all work as one.
-The simulator was changed Now Ender must work with squadron leaders.
-Ender could talk to all the best students Ender had fought with or fought against
-Mazer warns Ender that she is going to show no mercy and throw every situation he can at Ender getting harder and harder.
-Ender began to have trouble sleeping. He layed thinking about the game or awoke to escape from his dreams.
-Petra let Ender down in battle and almost causes them to lose.
-Ender is under a lot of pressure he wakes up late one night with blood all over from gnawing on his own fist.
-Ender begins to not eat.
-Two more squadron leaders collapse the way Petra had
-Ender is very ill and sees many familiar faces in his dreams
-Ender's last day of command school he was on his own; freedom and the door was left unlocked
-Ender makes his way to the simulator only there are other people in it and Mazer starts explaining the game.
-They were there to judge ender's final examination
-Ender doubts himself and realizes his victory is to break the rules so he will never have to play the game again.
-Ender thought everyone would be mad but instead they cried of happiness and hugged Ender
-Ender is told that he never was playing a game but that all these battle he won her actually real
-He beat the Buggers
-Ender turns his back on everyone and just wants to be left alone he was tricked into killing
-Alai comes to talk to Ender
-Bean, Petra and Dink come to see Ender
-They talked and laughed.

Summary:
Ender begins his training on a simulator. Even Though Ender learns very quickly the device is able to keep up. Ender masters the computer and confronts Graff on why it is no longer challenging to him. Graff is unconcerned but is gone the next day. In replace of Graff is a old man named Mazer Rackham. Instead of the computer making Ender's battle Mazer will be. he will be pushing Ender's limits. Mazer is a very intelligent teacher he is the only person to beat the Buggers. He is able to make Ender understand that the buggers work as one. If he is able to kill the queen the buggers will not be able to function. Ender becomes a commander and soon realizes he must command are all students Ender has fought with or has had to fight against. They are all close and Ender is able to anticipate there every move. Mazer's goal is to break Ender. To make him face every situation possible but Ender wont hear of it. Ender is under more pressure then ever and his dreams start to eat away at him. He is barely sleeping and the game is all thats on his mind. Ender finally breaks down for three days, but soon when he recovers he must take the final test of command school. Ender doubts himself and gives up, he believes victory will be if he loses and gets to go home. Ender thinks he is breaking the rules but soon discovers he has beat his teachers. They explain to Ender that he wasn't playing a game he had been battling the buggers all along. Ender is angry that he was tricked. He breaks down but awakes to see his Friends.

1 comment:

  1. friends has a capital "F" .... it must be important!!!!

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