Q. What is the main theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2008?
In this novel, Ender Wiggin, who is a extraordinary genius, uses his outstanding abilities to become a war hero, in spite the fact that he is young. I think this is the theme of this novel, and I think this is closely related to our lives as a teenager living in the 21st century.
From the beginning of the story, Ender gets chosen as the child to be sent at the Battle School. In the story, we know that Ender is the youngest of his siblings. Peter is his older brother, following Valentine, Ender’s older sister. After he goes into the Battle School, Ender becomes the first to get promoted to an army, which is Salamander, among his “launchies.” The novel clearly states that the earliest boys usually get promoted at the age of eight, but Ender becomes a soldier before he becomes seven. And at the end, Ender being still young becomes a war hero. As we can see, Ender does everything though he is young.
Then, what is the theme of this story? All the four steps of finding the theme, which is title, characters/conflict, climax, and resolution, all at least imply that Ender is young, but did all the great things. Furthermore, we can obviously see that the whole novel emphasizes that Ender is special because he is young. Thus, I think the theme is that “Although teenagers are young, they can accomplish many things. Therefore, don’t use being young as an excuse.”
This seems significant to a teenager living in the 21st century. Nowadays, at least in Korea, there are many crimes done by teenagers, starting from bullying to raping. The problem is that these teenagers get less punishment because of the fact that they are “young.” I don’t think the society should permit this and teenagers should use this as an excuse. As one of the teenagers in 2008, I am somewhat proud of Ender, being so superb and young, and I think we shouldn’t use being young as an excuse. We can still do anything regardless of the fact that we are young.
In this novel, Ender Wiggin, who is a extraordinary genius, uses his outstanding abilities to become a war hero, in spite the fact that he is young. I think this is the theme of this novel, and I think this is closely related to our lives as a teenager living in the 21st century.
From the beginning of the story, Ender gets chosen as the child to be sent at the Battle School. In the story, we know that Ender is the youngest of his siblings. Peter is his older brother, following Valentine, Ender’s older sister. After he goes into the Battle School, Ender becomes the first to get promoted to an army, which is Salamander, among his “launchies.” The novel clearly states that the earliest boys usually get promoted at the age of eight, but Ender becomes a soldier before he becomes seven. And at the end, Ender being still young becomes a war hero. As we can see, Ender does everything though he is young.
Then, what is the theme of this story? All the four steps of finding the theme, which is title, characters/conflict, climax, and resolution, all at least imply that Ender is young, but did all the great things. Furthermore, we can obviously see that the whole novel emphasizes that Ender is special because he is young. Thus, I think the theme is that “Although teenagers are young, they can accomplish many things. Therefore, don’t use being young as an excuse.”
This seems significant to a teenager living in the 21st century. Nowadays, at least in Korea, there are many crimes done by teenagers, starting from bullying to raping. The problem is that these teenagers get less punishment because of the fact that they are “young.” I don’t think the society should permit this and teenagers should use this as an excuse. As one of the teenagers in 2008, I am somewhat proud of Ender, being so superb and young, and I think we shouldn’t use being young as an excuse. We can still do anything regardless of the fact that we are young.
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