Technological advances in Enders Game Ideas

Technology in Enders Game 
- the desks
- freezing guns
- the space suits
- the rocket
- the locker with thumb print
- Space school
- Lights leading a path to their next destination

Good Technology                                                Bad Technology
- the desks                                                          - freezing guns
- the space suits                                                   - the locker with thumb print
- the rocket      
- the locker with thumb print   
- Space school      
- Lights leading a path to their next destination      

Do you think that the story presents technological advancement as being positive or negative?


I think the story presents technology as a positive as the story shows us all the potential for future technology in space and in ways which it can help humans. In enders game there is technology such as lights on the path that show the students at the school the way that they need to go to get to their destination is just one of the many examples in Enders game that show that technology in ender game is a positive.

What part do humans play in this advancement of technology? Do they drive the advancement or are they victims?
Humans play a major role in the advancement of technology as they are the ones that create all of the technology on earth. Humans both drive the advancement and are the victims. humans always think up a way of making either a new item of technology or make existing technology better. Humans are also the victims as humans may get addicted to some existing technology such as television, computers, or gaming systems.

Without the antagonists in the story  ender would not learn "resilience" and he may not have even gone to battle school. Bullying is a big part in this story as ender is a very sensitive kid and without the bullying he would not have had the courage to go and fight the buggers.

Characterization

What are the important elements of characterization?

- what the character says
- the thoughts of the character
- the actions of the character
- the characters reaction
- feelings                                               - Literal Facts 
- appearance
- Personality
- there goals
-objectives
- wants

Why is characterization important?

Characterization  is important so we can:

- get an understanding about the character
- it builds the story
- understanding the character
- makes sense of the story
- connections with character
- help the reader connect with the character

Chapter 2 questions

Chapter 2 questions 

1. Who are speaking at the beginning of the chapter again? The two people of whom we do not know of yet and have been researching ender.
2. From what these voices say what can we speculate the ‘monitor’ allowed these people to do with Ender? When the monitor is off they can realy see how ender reacts to a violent situation.
3. How do the soldiers react to Ender attacking the bully? They were glad to see that ender reacted to the violent situation as they hoped he would.
4. What effect do the soldiers admit that they had on Ender’s brother Peter? That as soon as the monotor was turned off peter would not be able to control him self and leap out and attack ender 
5. What voice do we switch into when the soldiers section of the text is through? Valentines voice
6. What is Ender’s sister’s name and what is implied by her name? Enders sisters name is valentine. from this name we can tell that she is kind and loving.
7. What are the two sides of Peter? one side of peter is an innocent little boy whilst the other side is a violent murderer 
8. What do we learn about the greater world from the description of the game that Peter forces Ender to play called Buggers vs. Astronauts? we learn that the buggers are the things/people that will atack the earth and only because of our astronoughts we did not get distroyed
9. What informatioin does Valentine have that she uses to keep Peter under control? unyil she dies Valentine sets up a library card that is not to be used 
10. Who tells the Wiggins to have 3 children? What does this tell us about the power of the government?The government tells the wiggins to have 3 children. this tells us that they have information about everyone and it also tells us how powerful they are.
11. What does Ender do at the end of the chapter? What emotional state is he in? Why? he cries this shows that he is sad that his brother is like this 

The origins of Science fiction

Sci-Fi links back to the beginning of mythology from texts such as "Lucian’s true history" written in the 2nd century AD. But the genre Sci-Fi is a relatively new Genre. The name "scientist" was first used only in 1840. But the term Sci-Fi or Science fiction was not used until 1851. Ludwig Holberg from Norway, in 1741 wrote the book Niels Kims reise til den underjordiske verden or in English The Journey of Niles Klim to the World Underground. This book is considered the first science-fiction novel ever written, although it was not under the genre science fiction as the term had not been created as yet.

Categories of Sci-Fi

There are many different types of science fiction. All these topics include:

Space opera, this includes  Melodramatic adventures, often involving space battles an example of this includes Philip Francis Nowlan’s “buck rodgers”

Utopia this includes Description of a perfect society, at least in the author’s mind an example of this includes Ian M. Banks’ “Culture”

Dystopia this includes Description of a society gone wrong an example of this includes George Orwell’s “1984”

 Hard SF this includes Scientific rigor marks the story’s focus an example of this includes Hal Clement’s “Mission of Gravity”

 Soft SF this includes Characterization and ideas about society mark the story’s focus an example of this includes “Star Trek”

 Feminist SF this includes Deals with women’s role in society an example of this includes Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Left Hand of Darkness”

Cyberpunk this includes High tech in a society that has broken down an example of this includes William Gibson’s “Neuromancer”

Alternate histories this includes History has diverged from the one we know an example of this includes Harry Turtledove’s “The Guns of the South”

 Alternate futures this includes A possible future never comes to pass, often because a character travels back in time and alters the past an example of this includes Back to the Future II which is now also a novel

Slipstream this includes Fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries between science fiction and contemporary literature an example of this includes Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity's Rainbow”

Science fantasy this includes Elements of fantasy and of science fiction are melded an example of this includes Anne McCaffrey's Pern novels

 Dark SF this includes Elements of horror and science fiction are mixed an example of this includes the movie Limitless which is now also a movie and Americas no.1 movie

New wave this includes A movement of 1960s, it boasted a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content an example of this includes Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

New space opera this includes A movement of 1990s, the stories tend to be more military-themed and literary than original space opera/space western an example of this includes David Weber’s “On Basilisk Station"

New weird this includes A movement of the early 21st century, surrealism or transgressive horror is used in a science fiction or a fantasy setting an example of this includes China Mieville’s "Perdido Street Station"

Conventions of Science fiction

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