1) Compare what you have seen or read in the Ender's Game book to whatever you have seen in the movie. Can you say a few differences in a scene or in the whole thing? What are some things the movie can do that the book cannot easily do? Or what are some things the book does better, in your opinion?

        In my opinion, I think that the book gives better descriptions of people's feelings and ideas, but the movie shows everything very directly to make us have clear images of what's happening. Besides, the movie makes me feel as if I was right there in the scene. Since the movie is short, people watching it find out the resolution of conflicts swiftly, while readers of the book are engaged in a longer process of discovery that requires more patience.

A) Manipulation - Why do adults always seem to lie to Ender in the story? Do you think adults always do this in real life? Is lying to people, especially younger people, a helpful thing?

        
        I think that adults lie to Ender because they want Ender to face his problem and get to know his actual strength. What I think is that adults sometimes tell lies for good reasons. For instance, they tell lies because they do not want to hurt our feelings, and it is called "sweet lies." They also tell lies because they don't want a person to face pain. Unfortunately, young people sometimes use lies in the wrong way such as telling lies because of not doing homework or doing something inappropriate. They mix up the function of lies which the function is more than just to protect them from hard truths.

B) Competition - What is the purpose of organizing the young people into "armies" and having them fight each other in groups at battle school? Do you think competition against classmates is helpful?

        The purpose of organizing young people into groups to fight against each other is that they can earn and obtain the tactical fighting experience. It is an natural way to figure out who has better strategic strength than others. Although competing with opponents may be useful at times, when those competing exhibit too huge of a desire to win, they may turn their rivals into enemies. Competition, done wrongly, can be harmful to relationships between classmates.