Ender's Game begins with the dialogue of two guys, seemingly the leaders of some organization, the purpose of which has yet to be revealed. They are conversing about the possibility of Ender Wiggin saving the world from the "Buggers". Next, Ender (Andrew) is at the doctor, getting his monitor removed. This sounds a bit sick, but from the looks of it the aforesaid organization takes kids, implants these monitor thingies into the backs of their necks, and with these devices they watch whatever happens to the kids. Ender is happy to finally get his off, but later at school this poses a problem. Ender is a very smart and strange character, so he gets picked on a lot. But now, without "Big Brother" watching and protecting him, the other kids are free to pick on him. After school a gang of six year olds confronts him, calling him names like "bugger" and "third". Ender is forced to defend himself, and beats up a kid named Stilson. Ender is sad about this incident, and thoroughly disappointed with himself. The chapter ends with Ender being ashamed that he acted like his violent older brother, Peter.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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Why was his monitor removed? (It's been too long since I read this book.)
His monitor was removed because they *supposedly* didn't need him anymore, that he didn't make the cut. But later they do take him back, taking off the monitor was only a test.
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