Ender's game publish

Ender's game was first published in Great Britain by Century Hutchinson in 1985. This changes my perspective of the book a little in that when I first red it, I thought that it wouldn't be a good book because it didn't have all these huge titles and awards, not knowing that the age of the book itself was the main factor there: that because it was published so long ago, there was little chance it would've received an award. Otherwise, my perspective is still the same despite the fact that it's an old book that was published almost twice my age ago because its set in the future with no exact date given. Therefore, the themes, the concepts, characters, adventures and setting are just as relevant as if the book were published today. It simply means that the author, Orson Scott Card, had a bit  less material to work with and thus had done an OK job.

The style and sophistication of the first chapter, is done quite cleverly now that I've finished the book and know what the the characters were talking about which was done deliberately to leave gaps for the readers to fill to try to guess what is happening in the story and get up to date with what is going on. It isn't till the book is finished that you know and understand most of what is happening and even then, it sets up a sequel.

What we expected of first chapter:
Orientation, main character, characterisation, setting, plot

What we read:
Conversation (dialogue), un-named characters, unknown third, lots of 'gaps' in detail, 'chosen one,' 'saving the world.'

The effect::
Sparse information which activates reader, draws them in, creates suspense/mystery, labels untold war/enemy/important

Language: (words, sentences)
Young adults, middle complication/sophistication.
First sentence: repetition
First word: "I've" - informal, simple language
Verbs: Watched, Listened, Tell, (active verbs). "Is" and "have" (inactive verbs) - state of being verb

Soldiers = action (^^^verbs ^^^), tells us this will be an active story will stuff happening: saving world, testing boy, fighting buggers.

3rd person narrator ----> knows Ender's thoughts
omniscient - all thoughts of characters
Limited - thoughts of 1 characters
Short sentences - active sentences