Chapter 15 seemed to be a very important chapter in the book. Some say it could've been its own story by itself. Although it is the name of the sequel, Speaker for the Dead, it is also part of Ender's Game. During this chapter, Ender is still confused on why no one cares about the buggers and their queen anymore. Valentine soon goes up to Ender and tells him he has to leave Eros and Earth because Peter is taking control of it. Valentine also states that Peter will use Ender of his smartness to get things done Peter would never be able to do. Valentine also says for Ender to go as far away from Peter as possible so he has no way of contacting him, even through the ansible. Ender wants to go to the buggers world and build a new civilization of buggers. Ender finds the mirror and behind it is the pupa of the bugger queen of all buggers. The queen communicates with Ender and says that the humans were mimicking the Buggers. She also says that there was supposed to be a hundred thousand buggers that would eventually take over the world. When the buggers found out the humans were smart enough to realize they were capable of thoughts, they did not attack. Ender then signs Speaker for the Dead in his written book and it is towards the buggers. Ender soon finds a new mission of bringing Valentine with him to different worlds and colonies so he could find new bugger civilization. Clearly, a lot happened in this chapter and this changed the plot a bit. Ender is now searching for worlds and this is where the book ends.
Quote: "And always Ender carried with him a dry white cocoon, looking for a place where the hive-queen could awaken and thrive in peace. He looked a long time." This quote means a lot and is very relevant to what happened in Chapter 15. After Ender killed the queen bugger and all of the buggers, there has been no civilization on their world. Ender travels there and finds the queen bugger lying there in sadness. He brings her to a mirror where there is peace and finds a pupa belonging to the queen. In it is a hundred thousand buggers that were about to attack Earth except the humans were able to find out what they were doing. This quote is important to the plot of the chapter and the story because Ender wanted to help the buggers and he found out a way from the queen and Valentine.
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Relating to Chapter 14, there are many quotes that are important throughout this chapter. One is that said by Mazer Rackham, "The teacher is only your enemy." This quote has a lot of meanings to it. It means that a teacher is trying to be your enemy because they want to challenge you. In Ender's Game, Mazer Rackham fights Ender but is teaching him without Ender even knowing. Mazer Rackham is Ender's enemy by fighting him.
Many important events occurred during Chapter 14 including some plot twists. In the beginning of the chapter, there is dialogue, as every chapter has started with, between Admiral Chamrajnagar and Colonel Graff as they talk about Ender. Graff states that Ender has a "spirit of magnitude." Ender hates Eros because of its quality and his position on it. Ender starts playing on a new simulator to see how good he is in real time while watching himself play. Ender soon runs into this old man that beats him up as soon as he shows up. He teaches him a lesson already, "Don't trust an old man." The old man says to Ender that he is his teacher and then Ender beats him up a little until the old man tells Ender that his name is Mazer Rackham. Mazer is very experienced which is why he is there for Ender. Mazer and Ender later talk about and watch films from the first, second, and third invasion and how much he had one against the buggers and other enemies. Ender has been having dreams and not enough sleep. His dreams were about fighting Bonzo and killing him, which actually happened. Ender has a final examination to see how much he has improved. This is shown in front of a large crowd of people.
During his examination, Ender is outnumbered and is about to give up before Bean says that this is a dumb game even though adults take it seriously. This makes Ender eager to cheat, so he blows up the enemy planet. Later in the chapter, he soon finds out that his bomb killed the entire planet and all of the buggers. Ender was not aware of this at first, but then feels guilty like when he killed Stilson and Bonzo. Clearly, chapter 14 was where the story started to get interesting with Ender and what he has done to other people and planets. He and Mazer Rackham tend to work well together because of the saying, "Great minds think alike." In a conversation while Ender and Graff are on their way to Eros, Ender says, "So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other." How many wars in the history of the world do you think have been caused by a similar inability to communicate or to understand one another? If a nation is threatening us, and for some reason we can't fully understand one another, what options do we have? What should we do in such a situation?
Chapter 13 is mostly about the dialogue between Graff and Ender. They realize that their war is not in correct communication with other countries and they are guessing what people are trying to say. There have been many wars similar to those consequences and they have affected our country in a big way. If another country is threatening us and we don't understand what they are saying, we might think they are bad but they could actually be good. If this were to happen, we would have to assume something and if we are wrong, we're wrong. If we are right, then we're right. We can't do anything about it except improve our and the enemy's communication system. Us and them will know what we're saying to one another and there won't be conflict with the communication trying to get from country to country. |
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