Summary of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Nov 25, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638158219

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Insights on Orson Scott Card's Enders Game

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The doctor told Ender that the monitor would come out soon. He said that when he removed it, he would have a feeling of something being missing, even though it turned out to be the monitor.

#2

The author was late to school one day, and when he got there, he was like everyone else. He just blended in with the crowd.

#3

When Stilson pushed Ender, he grabbed at him and missed, so he started laughing. He couldn’t fight all of them by himself, so he decided to try and make the best of it.

#4

When Stilson insulted Ender, he didn’t back down, and in fact, he went on to severely injure Stilson.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Peter and his friends would play buggers and astronauts, a game where the bugger would hide and the astronaut would hunt for him. The game would become more and more intense as time went on, and eventually Ender would be forced to play as the astronaut.

#2

Peter was holding a meeting with several other children to discuss how to handle the new third child, who was thought to be a genius. However, Peter was planning on framing the third child for the murder of his siblings in order to win the election.

#3

Peter turned out to be a murderer at heart, and when the government found out about their scheme, they didn’t want to take any of them. So