However, there is no correct answer to the puzzle-the player’s avatar is killed no matter which cup they drink from, and the “game” is meant to test for suicidal impulses among the students at Battle School.īut Ender refuses to give up. One is poisoned, the giant claims, while the other will take the player to Fairyland. In the game, a giant cyclops presents the player with two strange drinks, and demands that he or she choose one to consume. One game in this simulation, called The Giant’s Drink, is particularly vexing to our hero. Take the Third OptionĮarly in the novel, Ender is introduced to a training simulator meant to challenge his critical thinking when he’s not in combat training. Remember that rules are meant to be broken, especially when they’re arbitrary-and particularly when somebody else made them up.
This leads him to conclude that “the enemy’s gate is down,” rather than forward, as it had been presented merely by reorienting his thinking, Ender is able to master the game and dominate his opponents over and over again. Often these tests have grossly unfair odds or seem to have no win condition, and it is only by defying the internal logic of these “games” that Ender manages to prevail.įor instance: in a zero-gravity combat simulator, Ender quickly realizes that the lack of gravity renders traditional directional thinking useless. All throughout his time in Battle School, protagonist Ender Wiggin is confronted by dozens of puzzles and tests designed to mold him into a ruthless and efficient military leader. Problem-solving plays a huge role in Ender’s Game. So whether you’re a super-fan of the novel or you’ve never even heard the name, these are 7 great Ender’s Game moral lessons you can take from this sci-fi classic.Įditor’s note: Be warned-spoilers for Ender’s Game follow! And even though I didn’t know it at the time, the novel would have a deep and lasting impact on both my writing and my life-just as it’s affected so many others before me. I first read Ender’s Game in 2015, just as my writing career was getting off the ground. The novel won the Nebula Award in 1985 and the Hugo Award in 1986, and is considered required reading for many military organizations across the globe-and for genre fans of all ages. The publication of Ender’s Game in 1985 is widely regarded as a watershed moment for the genre of science fiction. This week, we’re counting down 7 awesome life lessons we learned from Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game. Last time in this ongoing series, we introduced you to 10 big life lessons we learned from Divergent.
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