Entry No. 6
6. Entry of my own Choice
How did the characters end up being at the end of the story? How do their reactions reveal truth about the universal human experience?
Ender’s victory did not bring him his triumph that he deserved. Instead, he felt guilt over what he had done to destroy the buggers. His grief worsens when he finds out that buggers did not intend to kill the humans. However, when he finds the fully fertilized egg of the queen of the buggers, his grief lessens. He found a way to turn back what he had done. Valentine ends up helping Peter conquer the world. She works as Demosthenes, a fake name created by Peter and Valentine, to help Peter. She later is kicked out of Earth for her hegemonic ideas. Peter gets what he wants.
Ender’s action provokes a lot of truth, in my opinion, about the universal human experience. Even though he had taken victory over the enemies of humans, he does not take his glory to himself. In fact, he neglects to enjoy his victory. Yet, his actions made sense to me because he was the only one that knew that the humans have killed the buggers in an unfair way. And when Ender found the egg, it was the beginning of everything for him. Although for many other humans, it was the end, for Ender it was the beginning.
This reaction brought up many thoughts into my mind. I discovered how tricky a human’s mind could be. There was glory, honor, and triumph right in front of Ender, waiting for Ender to grasp it. Yet, Ender did not grasp it. He did not even care to take a look at it. And that was all because of the trouble going on in his mind… I saw how just a little change of a person’s mind can turn down infinite glory and honor. Therefore, I came up with a conclusion. True glory, honor, and triumph can be achieved only when our mind is ready to grasp it. After all, our mind is what makes the decisions.
How did the characters end up being at the end of the story? How do their reactions reveal truth about the universal human experience?
Ender’s victory did not bring him his triumph that he deserved. Instead, he felt guilt over what he had done to destroy the buggers. His grief worsens when he finds out that buggers did not intend to kill the humans. However, when he finds the fully fertilized egg of the queen of the buggers, his grief lessens. He found a way to turn back what he had done. Valentine ends up helping Peter conquer the world. She works as Demosthenes, a fake name created by Peter and Valentine, to help Peter. She later is kicked out of Earth for her hegemonic ideas. Peter gets what he wants.
Ender’s action provokes a lot of truth, in my opinion, about the universal human experience. Even though he had taken victory over the enemies of humans, he does not take his glory to himself. In fact, he neglects to enjoy his victory. Yet, his actions made sense to me because he was the only one that knew that the humans have killed the buggers in an unfair way. And when Ender found the egg, it was the beginning of everything for him. Although for many other humans, it was the end, for Ender it was the beginning.
This reaction brought up many thoughts into my mind. I discovered how tricky a human’s mind could be. There was glory, honor, and triumph right in front of Ender, waiting for Ender to grasp it. Yet, Ender did not grasp it. He did not even care to take a look at it. And that was all because of the trouble going on in his mind… I saw how just a little change of a person’s mind can turn down infinite glory and honor. Therefore, I came up with a conclusion. True glory, honor, and triumph can be achieved only when our mind is ready to grasp it. After all, our mind is what makes the decisions.
1 comments:
??? The humans did not kill the buggers in an unfair way. Ender thought Mazer Rackham was being unfair by outnumbering him with so many buggers! Also, Ender did not know he was actually killing real live buggers. He thought he was playing a game.
What is glory, honor, and triumph??killing the enemy?? I think Ender was right in not grasping glory, honor and triumph in front of him. He was tricked into something he didn't want to do, and at the end, he found out that the buggers weren't enemies after all...
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