Discussion Chapters 9, 11 & 10 Mr. Wilson English 404

 The Korean War  The Berlin Blockade and Airlift  Chinese Civil War  The Hungarian Revolution  The Cuban Missile Crisis  The Space Race  Viet-Nam  Afghanistan

Locke & Demosthenes

 What do we learn about the “Giant’s Drink” at the beginning of the chapter and how is it significant?

 Why did the Wiggin family move to the country? Is it working?

 What is Peter's scheme and why does Valentine agree to it?

 What is a Hegemony?

 Find some information about the following people:  Demosthenes  Pericles  Locke  Thomas Paine  Bismark  Lenin

 Why does Graff approach Valentine?

Dragon

“The Loneliness of power.” (p.155)

 Graff gives Ender Dragon army, but he talks about “rigged games” – why is he willing to break the rules?

 Let’s talk about Bean…  How is the relationship between Ender and Bean like the relationship between Graff and Ender?

“Poor kid. Nobody’s treating him fair.” (p.166)

 How would you describe Ender’s leadership style after reading chapter 10?

“That’s what I’m doing to you, Bean. I’m hurting you to make you a better soldier in every way. To sharpen your wit. To intensify your effort. To keep you off balance, never sure what’s going to happier next, so you always have to be ready for anything, ready to improvise, determined to win no matter what. I’m also making you miserable. That’s why they brought you to me, Bean. So you could be just like me. So you could grow up to be just like the old man.” (p.168)

 What is the significance of the interaction between Ender and Alai at the end of the Chapter? “I am only what I remember, and Alai is my friend in a memory so intense that they can’t tear him out. Like Valentine, the strongest memory of all.” (p.171)

Veni, Vedi, Vici

1. Once again we learn things from the opening dialogue:  a. What are they planning to do to Ender's army?  b. What is Graff worried about?  c. What is the political situation back on Earth? (p.174)

“Even with less then four weeks together, the way they fought already seemed like the only intelligent way, the only possible way” (p.178).

 What are the main differences between Ender's strategies for the game and those used by other commanders?  How then is Ender’s leadership style as a commander coming through?  What is he lenient about? What is he disciplined about?

 After meeting Carn Carby, a 12-year- old commander ender thinks: “I will remember this…when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honour where it’s due, so that defeat is not a disgrace” (p.180).

“There were many, too, who hated him. Hated him for being young, for being excellent, for having their victories look paltry and weak” (p.187).

What is really unusual about the battle with Salamander Army? "This had not been a fair fight, even though they had won - the teachers had intended them to lose..."

“Bean looked at him and realized that the impossible was happening. Far from baiting him, Ender Wiggin was actually confiding in him…Ender was a human being and Bean had been allowed to see” (p. 197).

Thank-You.