This is a Sc-Fi story in which hostile aliens attack the earth and features a young boy, Ender Wiggin, who is sent to a training academy named Battle School, located in orbit above the Earth.
The adults are the enemy because they are the puppet masters who trick, control and manipulate a group of children who are recruited and trained to fight and kill to help the human race survive.
In Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card clearly shows that he has some strong views regarding ethics in the information age. Primarily, he shows his belief that when a large conflict happens, humanity loses all sight of ethics and tries to be as efficient and deadly as possible. The central conflict in the story, Ender's Game, is the war between the Buggers and the Humans in which each battle for survival. Violent brutality (kids killing kids) and bad language are present in the book.
Ender's Game Themes
- Love, Empathy, and Destruction. ...
- Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality. ...
- Morality and Survival. ...
- Leadership. ...
- Childhood and Growing Up. ...
- Control, Manipulation, and Authority.
Verdict: violent brutality and bad language are present in the book so for these reasons, we do not recommend this otherwise great read, for study in the classroom at Junior Level.
This is a really good story but I would object to my kids studying this in the classroom as I don't agree with encouraging violence or bad language. Also, video games feature a lot in this story and surely we don't need to encourage more of that!
Michelle M, Parent Co. Cork
This book is too mature for many students at Junior Level. Also, it does contain unnecessary offensive language. There are many other books out there with the same kind of theme, which don't have bad language in them.
Julie T,Teacher, Co.Dublin