Literary Techniques:
Some literary techniques used in this book are foreshadowing, symbolism, imagery, repetition, internal and external conflict, and allusion. The author uses foreshadowing a lot, especially when something big is about to happen to Ender. " 'I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one. Or at least as close as we're going to get.'" (Card 1)
In the book, Ender himself is a symbol. Ender symbolizes that everything has good in it. Even with him having to destroy things, he feels sorrow as he does it, because behind his ruthless commander self, he is kind an compassionate. He was being manipulated by generals and didn't even have the intention to wipe out the alien race. Although in the end, when the race was wiped out, he wasn't mad at the generals for manipulating him, but was still filled with sorrow that he wiped out an entire race. The author used a lot of imagery throughout the book, especially when introducing new settings and places. " They filed clumsily into the battle room like children in a swimming pool for the first time, clinging to the handholds along the side." ( Card 55). Card also used repetition throughout the book, especially with the phrase "The enemy gate is down.", which Ender had said multiple times throughout the book. There was a lot of internal conflict(man vs. self) that Ender faced, especially when it came to him having to hurt someone else. After a fight, he would fight with himself on how he could of avoided the situation, or how it made him a bad person. He also had a lot of external conflict (man vs. man). Since he was the best out of all the soldiers, the others would get mad at him and pick on him a lot. There was allusion, because the adult characters would refer to historical people such as Napoleon Brutus, Caesar, and Wellington, on how the battle school kids would act. Peter had also referred to Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, and Demosthenes when he was explaining to Valentine how they could make a difference in the world.
In the book, Ender himself is a symbol. Ender symbolizes that everything has good in it. Even with him having to destroy things, he feels sorrow as he does it, because behind his ruthless commander self, he is kind an compassionate. He was being manipulated by generals and didn't even have the intention to wipe out the alien race. Although in the end, when the race was wiped out, he wasn't mad at the generals for manipulating him, but was still filled with sorrow that he wiped out an entire race. The author used a lot of imagery throughout the book, especially when introducing new settings and places. " They filed clumsily into the battle room like children in a swimming pool for the first time, clinging to the handholds along the side." ( Card 55). Card also used repetition throughout the book, especially with the phrase "The enemy gate is down.", which Ender had said multiple times throughout the book. There was a lot of internal conflict(man vs. self) that Ender faced, especially when it came to him having to hurt someone else. After a fight, he would fight with himself on how he could of avoided the situation, or how it made him a bad person. He also had a lot of external conflict (man vs. man). Since he was the best out of all the soldiers, the others would get mad at him and pick on him a lot. There was allusion, because the adult characters would refer to historical people such as Napoleon Brutus, Caesar, and Wellington, on how the battle school kids would act. Peter had also referred to Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, and Demosthenes when he was explaining to Valentine how they could make a difference in the world.