Enders Game: Movie Analysis Of Ender's Game

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Ender’s game is mainly about a little boy, Ender Wiggin, who is very special and talented for his age of six years old. He was noticed by a man named Colonel Graff, who at the time was the leader of a place in space called Battle school. Graff needed someone talented enough to lead the IF Fleet in the Third Invasion against the buggers. Ender joined Battle school really early for his age, he progressed and learned things faster than anyone else there. He was promoted all the way up to Command school earlier than usual. Soon enough he lead the IF Fleet into the Third Invasion and destroyed the buggers. Ender ended up being the hero and exterminating the “dangerous” buggers from existence. The book is better than the movie because it has a lot …show more content…

The removal of his monitor leads to Stilson and his boys confronting Ender and getting into a fight with him, Ender beat Stilson to death without knowing he had killed him. Graff showed up at Enders house, inviting him to go and join Battle school for the way he handled the situation with Stilson, this shows that Ender who is a Third has potential to do good things and is being offered to take it to the next step at Battle school. Ender making the struggling Dragon Army into a success by winning every battle whether it be against one army or two armies, this showed that Ender was in fact the one, he was very talented, he had good leadership skills, and people respected him, a huge step for Ender and Graff in becoming a commander. Last but not least, Ender leading the IF Fleet into the Third Invasion and destroying Eros, this shows that all of Enders hard work that he was put through has paid, he had done what they had brought him there to …show more content…

One similarity is at the beginning when Ender got his monitor removed, Stilson confronted him and attempted to beat up Ender since he no longer had a monitor, but, Ender was the one who came out victorious in the end, beating Stilson to death making sure he never messed with him again. This situation was a main part in the book so it was important to include it in the movie because it is what set up the rest of the story. Another similarity is all the things that go in Battle school, Ender meeting practicing after hours with Petra, Ender joining Bonzos army, Ender running his own army, Ender winning a battle against two teams, and most importantly Bonzo and Enders confrontation in the bathroom when Bonzo attempted to beat Ender up and Ender hit him back, Bonzo stumbled backwards, fell and hit his head and died. This is important to include all of these scenes from the book in the movie because it shows the obstacles Ender faced in Battle school, even though he knew things were unfair he is still pushed himself through everything. The last similarity is when Ender was promoted Command School, there he practice day in and day out to become the leader of the Third Invasion. Going into his final test, thinking it is a simulation, he destroyed the planet of Eros and eliminated the bugger race. It was important to include this scene from the book in the movie to because it represents all of the work Ender put in

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