Ender's game Questions Chapter 1

• (pg1) Strange that the first chapter is called ‘Third’

1. What can you tell about the story through the use of two different fonts? The first font is used for the conversations that Colonel Graff has with his peers about the fate of Ender and is always at the beginning of the chapter to set up the rest of the chapter. The second font is for what happens to/with Ender, usually leading on from Graff's conversation.
2. What person is the narrative told in? The narrative is told in 3rd person

• We learn about a ‘special’ family. 

1. What is the goal of the speakers at the start of the book? Their goal is to turn Ender into an army general to command a fleet of space ships to fight of alien buggers in order to save the world. 
2. What are they watching and what do they decide about their subject? What type of irony is used by the audience having more information than the main character? They decide that he, (Ender), is 'The One,' to fight the buggers and the irony is that Ender thinks they simply picked him for battle school to be cruel, when they're trying to save the world and he's the person who's going to do it.
3. What is interesting about the surname of the title character? What does it say about his role in the story? He's sir name is Wiggin and that actually says little about his role as a character in this story
4. What perspective is the narration for the other section of the opening chapter (not the starting bit)? The perspective is second person.
5. “Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.” (2) What is a possible central theme of the book? A possible theme is deceit because all through, Graff is hardening Ender and being cruel to him, but not telling him why so he can control Ender. 
6. What does the title ‘Monitor’ represent to the other boys? It represents weakness in him to the other boys and so they go out of their way to persecute and pursue him. 
7. (5) What connotations does Ender being a ‘third’ have? It suggests that Ender is a child too many in the day and age that the book is set in
8. What does Ender know about his intelligence in regards to the other boys? He knows that he is a literal child genius and the other kids are normal
9. (7) What does Ender do to the bullies? Ender scares off the bullies by making an example of their leader, Stilson. After having knocked him out and injured him, the other bullies want nothing to do with him

• The narrator is sympathetic to Ender: ‘This would not have a happy ending. So Ender decided that he would not be the unhappiest at the end.’

1. (8) While Ender seems emotionally stable on the exterior how would you describe his emotional state on the inside? On the inside, Ender is depressed and barely holding back tears and is worried that he has turned into Peter. 
2. How has the perspective of the narration changed in this statement: ‘I am just like Peter. Take my monitor away; and I am just like Peter.’ What does this imply about Peter? Peter is a child genius too, but he uses his intelligence to fool his parents and teachers and get away with doing terrible things to Ender and others such as skinning squirrels alive, all the while everyone else loves him, except Ender and their sister Valentine.