Friday, April 27, 2012

Reading Diary Blog #4

11. What do you wish to learn when you read again tomorrow; what do you hope will happen in the story or to the characters? Why do you wish for that to happen?

         Ender's Game, is a science fiction novel written by Orson Scott Card. The section of reading my post is in reference to is when, Ender graduates Battle School and attends Command School. In the story, what I wish to learn when I read again tomorrow is, what happens in Command School and what Ender accomplishes. I'd also like to learn the skills Ender needs to know in order to strive, and if he will ever be able to fight the "buggers".
         What I hope will happen in the story or to the characters is that, Ender will be able to make it through Command School. I hope that Ender won't give up, and that he will remain strong. I'd like Ender to make new friends, that would accept him as he is. Also, I hope that Ender can see his family again, and become closer with Peter. I wish for these things to happen so that Ender can be successful and become the best soldier. Also because I don't want him to be underestimated by others, like he was when he first came to Battle School.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Reading Diary Blog #3

10. As you read today, what surprised you? Explain how this will affect the story or how it changed your thinking about the story.

         Ender's Game, is a science fiction novel written by Orson Scott Card. The section of reading that my post is in reference to is, how much Ender has improved from the beginning of training. As I read today, what surprised me is that Ender has changed so much from the beginning of his training. He is currently commander of the Dragon Army. Everyone looks up to him. Before, he was this weak little kid but now, he has grown to a mature boy. Ender is now strong, confident, and harsh on his soldiers, not anything like he was before. I think that he wants to put his soldiers in his shoes to show them what he had to go through, and to let them know that it's not easy to do this.
         How this will affect the story and change my thinking about the story is, I thought that Ender wouldn't change and have a hard time getting used to training but, he is now a commander and he is not afraid anymore. Also, it will affect the story because since Ender is successful in the military now, I think that he will strive even more.
     

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Reading Diary Blog #2

9. If you could ask any character a question, what would you ask? If you could ask the author a question, what might that be? Explain why you chose these questions.

         Ender's Game, is a science fiction novel written by Orson Scott Card. This post is in reference to Ender switching to a different army. If I could ask any character a question, it would be Ender and I would ask him, how did you feel about being moved to a different army? I would ask him this question because if I were Ender, I'd feel scared and worried about moving to a new army. Also because, since Ender made new friends in his old army, I'd think that it would be hard for him to leave that behind. If I could ask the author a question it would be, how would you feel if you were Ender in this situation? I would ask the author this question because it will show how the author feels and if he or she felt the same way as Ender.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Reading Diary Blog #1

11. What do you wish to learn when you read again tomorrow: what do you hope will happen in the story or to the characters ? Why do you wish for that to happen?

         Ender's Game, a science fiction novel, written by Orson Scott Card. My question is about what I learned and what I hope will happen. What I wish to learn when I read again tomorrow is the skills Ender needs to learn to be ready to fight the aliens. What I hope will happen in the story is that Ender will get used to life in the military and will make new friends, and what I hope will happen to the characters is, Ender will learn what he needs to know to save the Earth and he will be successful in life. I wish for this to happen because if this happens, Ender won't need to struggle anymore. Ender already had to go through things back at home so it would be worse if he had to go through even more harder things in the miltary.