Locke and Demosthenes

Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. Locke was the first to define the self through a continuity of consciousness. He postulated that the mind was a blank slate or tabula rasa. Contrary to pre-existing Cartesian philosophy, he maintained that we are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge is instead determined only by experience derived from sense perception.
Demosthenes
Demosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. He gave his first public speeches. He went on to devote his most productive years opposing Macedon's expansion. He wrote his speeches about the political views. He speaks about how Athens was corrupt while Valentine does the same thing but with her own world. 

Technological Advancements

• The Nets
• The Desks
• The Giants Drink Game
• Battle Room
• Freezing Guns
• Space Suits
• Finger Print Lockers
• Space School

Do you think that the story presents technological advancement as being positive or negative?

I think that the story presents technological advancement as both positive and negative. Some of the positives are the desks and the lockers. One example would be the fingerprint on lockers which is a huge success. But there is also negatives included with Technology. One of them being the net where Valentine and Peter pretend to be what they are not and cause many disruptions and problems. So the answer to the question is yes, the story does present technological advancement as being both positive and negative.

What part do humans play in this advancement of technology? Do they drive the advancement or are they victims?  

Humans play a major part in the advancement of technology. They drive the advancement and they are also the victims. They drive the advancements by using there brains to figure out new ideas but they are also the victims, when the buggers invaded they brought not only a bad smell but new weapons and gadgets. These gadgets were then copied into the human world.  

What kind of story do we have as result of your character?

Antagonists

Without the bullying from all the antagonists Ender would not have gotten far. It sounds crazy but Ender actually needed bullying in life. The bully's make Ender learn to become more resilient to problems that he faces throughout his life and especially when he is going to fight the buggers.

Enders Game Quiz 1-7

1) The narrative is told in 3rd Person
2) A third is a third born child
3) Buggers and Astronauts
4) He doesn't want to leave his sister and family and also he is afraid of going in case he becomes a different person
5) There is a realisation and the audience now sees what role each character has in the book
6) He treats him badly because he is aiming to make Ender the odd one out
7) Bonzo
8) He plays a game against one of the older kids and beats them
9) Bernard is another person who started battle school with Ender. At the start of the book they are both enemies and despise one another
10) Alai is Enders friend but he is also Bernard's friend. So Alai's role was to try make Ender see that Bernard was not such a bad person
11) He makes a bad start with the leader by talking back to him. This made Ender even more hated by the other boys. During the fight against condor Ender was told not to shoot anyone and he did so. But he got recognition because he had not been shot at all.

Enders Game - Chapter 3

1) Ender gets chosen to go to a battle school in space, he was chosen to fight an Alien race that was going to invade the Earth at any time
2) They want to put him into isolation
3) He says that religion was a harsh thing many years ago and he also said that having large families was very bad. This is a secular society because they don't rely on religion.

Enders Game - Chapter 2

1) You don't know exactly who is speaking, its kind of a mystery

2) It allows them to see what he is doing

3) They agree with the way Ender reacted

4) They say that he might get jealous because of the fact that they are spending more time with Ender instead of Peter

5) We switch into Enders view of things with his family

6) Her name is Valentine, her name makes her sound like a nice person and friendly to Ender

7) He has a side which makes him angry and aggressive, then he has another side which makes him passionate and calm

8) We learn that the buggers were other people from other planets who attacked the Earth and we also learn that the Astronauts were the protectors of the Earth (Good vs Evil)

9) She says that Peter won't be able to achieve goals in life if he killed Ender. This is because no-one would want to hire a murderer

10) The government tells the Wiggins to have 3 children, this tells us that the government has major power and can even control the birth of life itself

11) Ender cries at the end of the chapter, this tells us that he is a very confused and emotional boy who just wants to be left alone by his psychopath of a brother

 

AGE

The age of the book partly changed my opinion. It gave us the idea that the people back then thought the same as we did. It also tells us that some things haven't happened yet i the future but some things have happened. Some things that have happened was that they thought about internet back then when there was no such thing. Overall it has made me think that this future back then was just like us and i think that some things should have been made by now.  

Ender's Game Chapter 1 - Questions

1) You can tell that there is two sides to the story
2) The story is in third person
3) The goal of the speakers at the start is to describe that they are watching over someone and that they are going to take him somewhere
4) They are watching a boy called Ender and are deciding if they should take him somewhere they want. The irony is that they are in charge and have Ender on puppet strings
5) Enders Game is the title of the book and is describing that a person called Ender is about to do something like a game of some sort
6) It is talking about a boy called Ender and about his life
7) The central theme is lies
8) It means that he is a loser because he is being watched by other people and is being tested
9) He has to pay to go to school while his other family members got to go for free, he is disrespected and isn't liked by many people
10) He notices that he is a lot smarter than the other boys and he notices that he can use his intelligence against them
11) He beats up the leader of the gang and makes him go to hospital
12) He is very weak on the inside because he doesn't like hurting people because he is afraid that he will turn into his evil brother
13) That he is a cruel human being and whom Ender dislikes