Why is Ender promoted what is surprising about his promotion?
Ender is promoted because he is the top of his class and Graff and ANderson need him ready ASAP. It is surprising because he was way too young to be pushed through. Describe the computer game now that Ender has beaten the giant.
What is surprising about Ender’s relationship with alai?
What is surprising about Ender’s relationship with Alai? Ender and Alai became friend after conjuring a smart tactic to defeat the other team by freezing their space suits. Alai was Bernard’s bestfriend. Who do the boys choose to be their launch leader?
What does Ender’s understanding about gravity reveal about Ender’s ability to think how might this benefit him in outer space?
Ender realizes that gravity simply provides a way for the human mind to orientate itself. He very quickly figures out that without gravity, the sense of what is floor, wall, up down, etc. is left up to each person.
What does it first seem Graff has arrived to do what does he really want?
What does it first seem Graff has arrived to do? What does he really do? He seems like he will arrest Ender, for beating up Stilson. He says that Ender can go to warrior school.
What is Peter’s greatest gift?
Now if you mean a gift like gifting – a personality strength – then you could answer that Peter’s best gift is the art of genius manipulation. He is gifted in figuring out what others fear most – and using it against them (I believe this is in Chapter 9).
Why are adults the real enemies?
The adults are the enemy because they are the puppet masters that are tricking, controlling, and manipulating a bunch of children. That doesn’t change the fact that in the case of most of the adults in the book, the end justifies the means. Each child is hardly ever viewed as an actual child.
Why can’t ender win the Giant’s Drink game?
Ender is able to get past the Giant’s Drink by breaking the rules—he chooses not to choose a drink and instead attacks the giant. He did this mostly because he was so angry at how unfair the game was, but the novel establishes a paradox by showing that the only way Ender can win is by breaking the rules.
What does the river of acid symbolize in Ender’s Game?
The Acid River represents how even in something good, there can always be something bad. it also represents how things can sometimes not be what they seem.
Where does Ender go after killing the giant?
Ender does the obvious thing: he cheats and kills the giant by burrowing into its eye. That’s apparently the right solution to this game since he gets taken to Fairyland.
What happened to Petra in Ender’s Game?
She eventually died on Earth with her expansive family.
What is the giant in the Giant’s Drink game a symbol of?
The “Giant’s Drink” is a reference to the symbolic virtual reality game Ender plays on his desk. The chapter opens with Ender being sent, along with the other new students, to the battleroom—a place with zero gravity where the students play war games.