* what is the mood of this novel? do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?
The mood of this novel is complicated. It contains elements of regret, remorse, death, and despair. These components may make the novel seem dark and dreary but there is always a certain hope or happiness that resurfaces. The mood is witty and swift throughout the book during the battle and strategy games. The author, Orson Scott Card, wastes little time in explaining and capturing Ender's feelings and moods throughout this novel, and this is what shapes the novel.
I was sad when Ender is tricked into killing the Buggers. He knew that if he didn't kill them, they would kill him, but there is still remorse for the lose of lives. I the scene touching when Ender finds the Queen larva and decides to give it a chance at new life. I felt saddness towards Ender because all the people who had made him to be who he was, was not really what he wanted to be. They molded him into a "perfect soldier" but in fact they were making him into something he hated and at times could not control. In these parts of the book I felt sad, towards the Buggers and towards Ender.
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The fact that Ender was forgetting who he really was because of the battle school made me feel sad in a way. When he began to think that he was turning into Peter made me feel sorry for him. It wasn't his fault that he was turning that way. When Ender thought that the school was separating him from having a normal life made me feel sorry for him as well. He had so many friends there to support him but all he saw around him was isolation. :(
I'm just getting started to read Ender's game:). Sometimes I think about the Iraq war; if it is rational to have a war in Iraq. However, War should not be started with any excuse. Looking back at the wars that was taken in the past, we know the consquence very well and how peace is important to our world today. War makes the whole country into sadness and agony. It's just not right. It's a fight between the presidents not the people.
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