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This PDF document contains a detailed excerpt from the book Ender's Game, focusing on the early chapters. The text describes various plot points, characters, and conflicts of the novel. It is formatted as a chapter-by-chapter summary.
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Chapter 1 Six year old Ender Wiggins has his monitor removed which seems to allow a direct spotlight into what is happening in his life Ender Wiggins is bullying for being the third child (illegal to have more than two children) Ender beats up one of his bullies and continues beating him (Stil...
Chapter 1 Six year old Ender Wiggins has his monitor removed which seems to allow a direct spotlight into what is happening in his life Ender Wiggins is bullying for being the third child (illegal to have more than two children) Ender beats up one of his bullies and continues beating him (Stillson) Chapter 2 Degicapoe pia le to popbara s Ender's brother Peter on him (age 10) threatens to kill him but their sister Valentine threats to tell Chapter 3 16 8062 ow The government is aware of Ender's fight and comes to pay his family a visit Colonel Graff (Head of Battle School) invites Ender to Battle School Ender's parents are upset, but realize they must let him go since the government allowed him to exist as a third Ender goes to battle school so he will not be an embarrassment to his family any longer Chapter 4 During the launch to Battle school, Ender quickly becomes the teacher's pet The other Launchies tease him and he accidentally breaks one of their arms (Bernard) Chapter 5 Ender settles into his new space with the other Launchies and meets Dap (protector of the boys) Ender feels isolated as the other boys start to become friends and he begins to miss home Bernard bullies Ender so he comes up with a plan to hack into his desk and send messages to get revenge Chapter 6 Ender becomes the head of a Launch group One of the games, The Giant's Drink, has Ender stuck and Graff is concerned about what this means EM The Launchies learn some new moves and form a group with Alai as the leader : Ender is able to get past the Gian's Drink stage in the game by killing the Giant and progressing to Fairyland Chapter 7 Ender must leave his friend Alai behind and move to Salamander army Pubter He gets caught up in trying to reach the end of the world in Fairy Land and makes a bad impression by being late to his new group : Bonzo (Salamander's group leader) does not like that Ender is young, small, and unskilled so he commands him to not participate in any of the battles Petra (the only female in the group) bonds with Ender and begins to help teach him some Instead of studying during the battles, Ender watchas his group and learns some strategies Cretic. By the end of the chapter, Endef disobeys Bonzo by shooting during a battle Although Ender's actions leads Salamander Army to win the battle, Bonzo is very angry at Ender for disobeying him that he lashes out before trading him to Rat Army Chapter 8 Graff and Anderson discuss changing the games to make them unfair and more like conditions in real war Ender earns the respect of Rose the Nose by doing well despite being pick in a difficult situation during battle Dink Menk or tel her that he believe the duster pration is made up Ender is haunted by seeing Peter's reflection in the mirror Chapter 9 Ender's family moves to Greensboro, NC Peter convinces Valentine to begin writing on the net, in hopes to curb public opinion in regards to the Bugger War and the Warsaw Pact Peter adopts the pseudonym of Locke and Valentine becomes Demosthenes The children both slowly rise in popularity and influence Graff convinces Valentine to write a letter to Ender, this helps him push through and make it past the next level in the game. Chapter 10 Ender is given charge of the Dragon Army, an army that was retired due to losing so badly Ender is given a bunch of untrained, unqualified soldiers for his army and is told that he cannot trade them. Ever: Ender begins to treat Bean the same way that Graff treats Ender, isolating him against the others due to his intelligence. Chapter 11 Anderson and Graff set up the battle schedule and change the rules. Instead of one battle per week, there are multiple per week, sometimes multiple per day Ender has trained his soldiers well and outsmarts every team that he is placed against This makes quick enemies of the other commanders Ender watches old war videos and studies the way that the Buggers fought, and then uses similar tactics when he fights Chapter 12 Ender is warned by Dink Meeker and Petra that others are mad about him constantly winning. He is told to never be alone. Ender does not listen and is cornered by Bonzo and his crew in the shower Ender and Bonzo fight it out. Ender uses steam and intelligence to outsmart Bonzo and win the fight Ender is forced into a battle moments after fighting Bonzo This is what finally breaks Ender Ender is promoted and graduates Battle School and is now sent to Command School, with a short reprieve in Greensboro first. Bonzo does not survive. Chapter 13 Ender meets with Valentine in NCT Ropole BOuto pA apoor ul gruma They talk about how Peter and Ender are similar, yet still different, but both have the potential to be grand leaders in society After speaking with Valentine, Ender decides to go to Command School : Command School is on Gros, a planetoid previously inhabited by the Bugger biESCy MIE sOus Ender learns that the Third Invasion is an attack on the Buggers, not them on Earth Chapter 14 Mazer Rackham is Ender's new teacher He was the one who won the previous Bugger invasion CrEnder will now play the simulation game against Mazer Ender has the help of his former Battle School friends The longer they play against Mazer's Simulations, the quicker the students begin to crack and fail, even Ender. : On Ender's last test in Command School, many civilians come to watch. Ender is placed against a planet. Ender fires all his "little doctors" at the planet, decimating it. 1088 The civilians cheer BELUSIO Ender is informed that he was never playing Mazer, but has been leading the troops EugeL all along. Every battle against Mazer was against the Buggers, and he just destroyed their entire home War breaks out crubfor e *As Peter predicted, in the chaos, the one who speaks clearest will inherit power, and Peter does. Chapter 15 Cross Graff is acquitted from the crimes held against him (the death of Bonzo and Stilson being part) Ender stays in space.... Locke comes into power Ender, Valentine, and Graff are in the group to colonize other planets, the ones the Buggers used to occupy As time goes on, Valentine writes the histories of the Bugger Wars, Ender explores. Ender finds a planet that is familiar (looks just like fairy land in the games) Finds an egg of a bugger CPVDrOAS Realizes that the buggers were trying to communicate with him through the game Dedicates his life to helping this egg (queen) succeed on another planet where it will be safe EM90 Known as SPEAKER OF THE DEAD : Ender publishes a book spoken from this egg (telepathically)"e wole you poo evirges) Peter reads it and asks for Ender to write his atory (as Peter is now old due to Earth time and relativistic space time)