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Card purposefully wrote Ender to be blameless, he didn't have intent to commit violence yet he still Roland00 Send a noteboard - 05/11/2013 04:18:27 AM

View original postRoland00's claim that Ender is presented as "blameless" in this is laughably untrue; indeed, he is wracked by guilt throughout the book and is almost driven mad by the revelation that he committed xenocide. In the later books, his two drastically different personae are presented as separate entities in humanity's view: they cannot truly believe that the empathic and generous Speaker for the Dead and the vicious and violent Ender the Xenocide could possibly be the same person.

Card purposefully wrote Ender to be blameless, he didn't have intent to commit violence, yet he still performs violence regularly.

Intent is important when one performs a crime. Intent is the difference between murder and manslaughter. Yet at the end of the day the person is still dead even if the perpetrator never intended to kill said person.

Ender didn't intend to kick the bully to the point he either was seriously injured or killed the bully at the beginning movie. Yet that kid was seriously injured or killed (it is not made clear but I am betting on dead.)

Ender did intend to seriously hurt Bonzo but in the end Bonzo is either dead or a crippled

Ender didn't intend to commit genocide in real life, he just intended to commit genocide in a video game to show those pesky little adults that he was ready. He was given a death star in the video game and he was want to show the adults that he was willing and knew how to use the death star. Yet in the end the Ant people are practically wiped out besides 1 queen for it wasn't a video game it was reality.

Motives are not the only thing that matter in reality, the act and the consequences do matter!

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So how is Ender’s Game a good story? (Book / Movie Spoilers) Roland00 - 04/11/2013 03:38:59 PM 1103 Views
Well, I think your point #3 is pretty off beetnemesis - 04/11/2013 03:51:01 PM 700 Views
I disagree Roland00 - 04/11/2013 04:08:44 PM 597 Views
What you just said is utterly preposterous A Deathwatch Guard - 04/11/2013 07:06:50 PM 709 Views
Oh wow, yeah, he hasn't even read the book beetnemesis - 04/11/2013 08:54:18 PM 628 Views
Some of my friends read the books Roland00 - 05/11/2013 03:45:43 AM 573 Views
Not really? It's about the same, but with more non-violent bits. beetnemesis - 05/11/2013 03:26:46 PM 667 Views
I don't think it was baseless Roland00 - 05/11/2013 03:58:02 AM 668 Views
What a load of tosh Wibble - 04/11/2013 04:05:06 PM 737 Views
Hm. I've only read the book, but I'll take a shot beetnemesis - 04/11/2013 04:06:35 PM 711 Views
Re: Hm. I've only read the book, but I'll take a shot DREWRULESWOT! - 04/11/2013 08:16:55 PM 599 Views
Card purposefully wrote Ender to be blameless, he didn't have intent to commit violence yet he still Roland00 - 05/11/2013 04:18:27 AM 657 Views
You're still missing the point. DREWRULESWOT! - 05/11/2013 07:54:31 PM 659 Views
Yeah like I said- the book makes things a lot better *NM* beetnemesis - 05/11/2013 09:41:05 PM 304 Views
I read the book, didn't see the movie A Deathwatch Guard - 04/11/2013 07:02:03 PM 643 Views
The funny thing is, Ender's Game ISN'T a YA novel DREWRULESWOT! - 04/11/2013 08:20:46 PM 678 Views
The best YA novels are ones that have deeper levels beetnemesis - 04/11/2013 08:56:38 PM 681 Views
I was shocked when I found out it was shelved in YA. *NM* Jasha - 29/11/2013 06:34:01 PM 356 Views
My problem with the film was that the character's most hyped trait was irrelevant Cannoli - 05/11/2013 02:15:09 AM 711 Views
I think it was a short story that was later expanded to a novel *NM* beetnemesis - 05/11/2013 02:33:46 AM 288 Views
OK, I've seen the movie now. I can see some of your issues. Honestly, just go read the book. beetnemesis - 05/11/2013 02:30:57 AM 701 Views
It is a good story Isaac - 08/11/2013 01:12:04 PM 730 Views
Reads like you have more of a problme with OSC that the story random thoughts - 09/11/2013 08:40:57 AM 626 Views
Re: So how is Ender’s Game a good story? (Book / Movie Spoilers) Jasha - 29/11/2013 06:24:48 PM 647 Views
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