Reflective blog post

Link to my best blog post:

I believe that this is my best blog post because I like the question I asked about why kids are being put in that kind of school at such a young age. I think that this question is the main question throughout the entire story as by the end of the book, Ender is only about 14 years old, and he is already the commander of the earth's army. I also had a few very good connections. I liked the movie Over the Top, and I was glad when I saw a connection to the movie from Ender's Game. I also had a good personal connection when I connected Peter to my siblings.

Next trimester, I hope to actually stay with 2 blogs a week. This tri, I fell behind on reading, and it was hard to catch up to the number of posts we were supposed to have. I also hope to keep my reading constant, so I can keep blogging every week. I want to make sure that I don't have to catch up on blog posts and reading so that I don't have to catch it all up in one day like I unfortunately had to this tri.

Incredible links for Ender's Game

Links

Ender's Game movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SRizeR4MmU

Ender's Game series
http://www.goodreads.com/series/43963-the-ender-quintet

Orson Scott Card's website
http://www.hatrack.com/

Orson Scott Card's Biography
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/orson-card/

About Ender's Game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game

#14 The last and most epic blog post in the history of the world!!!

Ender has passed the final examination by miraculousy winnig even though the odds were clearly against him. War is starting on earth though, and every country wants Ender to side with them as he is the best military leader that has ever lived. Ender has to choose whether to side with anyone, or to just leave and be part of a new colony that is going to be established. I don't think that Ender will side with anyone and I think that he will leave because he will want to be away from any war and be by himself and live in peace.

13th post of pure genius

Ender now has to be put through the final examination. It is a simulation that Ender is outnumbered in one-thousand to one. Ender has about 88 ships against 5,000 to 10,000 ships. This is to see if Ender is truly the right person they are looking for. Ender figures out that if he succeeds, then he will go on to another school and go through more gruesome training. He also figures out that if he loses, he will be sent back home because he is not who they are looking for. A question I have is that will Ender choose to win the final battle, or will he choose to lose the battle?

The 12th post out of 14 wonderful posts

Ender is being pushed to his limits now. His teacher makes him do at least two simulations a day, which can last for hours at a time. Ender is tired and is starting to have disturbing dreams about the simulations and the people he used to fight with on earth and in Battle School. He can barely sleep and is almost ready to give up Command School. Ender wants to start losing battles to show them that he is not the person that they are looking for to command the fleet. I predict that Ender will try to lose battles, but somehow, it will be the right thing to do, and he will be praised for his mistake....which could actually be what they had been hoping for for some reason.

Awesome post #11

Ender has now been transferred out of Battle School and into Command School where he will be taught how to command big groups of soldiers and bigger fleets of ships. He now has to do these simulated battles which place him in real life situations in battle and has to control a big group of ships. Ender is working with his old friends from Battle School in these simulations. He is the main commander and tells them what to do. I predict that Ender will be able to pass all of these simulations easily.

THE 10th post

Ender has rose above the other students and has the best stats in the Battle Room. The "principle" of the school, Colonel Graff, has given Ender his own army to command called the Dragon Army. He is given lauchies and inexperienced soldiers to work with. Ender then turns this unlikely group of people into an unstoppable army of lethal soldiers. Ender has never been beaten in the Battle Room, even when they have put him up against two armies at once. I predict that Ender will be the government's first choice to be the commander of the International Fleet, their version of the military.

Possibly the best post (#9)

Ender has been traded to the Rat army, and the commander is nicer than Bonzo, but he is not as smart or good as commander as Bonzo was. Ender doesn't really like him either. Ender has started having secret training with friends of his old army so that they can become better soldiers. Ender also met another friend in the Rat Army. His name is Dink Meeker, and he is one of the only students who truly understand what they are doing to the students at Battle School. He believes that the teachers are isolating their best students so that they would do their best work. A text to world connection is that some commanders in the military aren't as good as others. A text to self connection is that I have had teachers that I don't like as much as some other teachers. A text to text connection is with the movie Goal. The main character has a good future in soccer and practices for hours on his own to improve his skills.

8th post....one of the best ever

Ender has had enough of Bonzo and disobeyed orders. He fired at the enemy team and caused the Salamander army to end with a draw instead of a loss. Bonzo was furious at Ender and used this reason to trade him to a different army. Ender knew that he would be transferred eventually. I think that Ender will be traded to a better commander and will be more succesfull with the new army he is going to. I think Ender will get revenge on Bonzo in the Battle Room and then he will really hate Ender.

The 7th amazing post

Ender, who is still 6, has been transferred from his launchy group. The launchies are the new, young kids in the Battle School. He has been transferred to the Salamander army. Ender finds a new enemy, Bonzo, who despises Ender. Now, they have started to have simulated battles. In these battles, the "armies" wear flash suits, which freeze once you get shot. Even though Ender doesn't like Bonzo, Bonzo is still his commander, so Ender has to follow every order that he gives. So Bonzo ordered Ender to stay out of their way, so Ender has to watch the battle from far away. He doesn't like the way that Bonzo is leading them, and Ender knows he can do it better than Bonzo. A text to world connection is that in the military, even if you don't agree with an order, you still have to follow it. A text to self connection is that when my parents tell me to do something I don't like, I still have to do it anyway. A text to text connection is from the book, I Pledge Alleigence, the main character is a soldier, and he has to follow commands from people with higher authority.

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