Bonzo the Bully

Bonzo Madrid is commander of salamander army. He is bigger and stronger then a lot of the kids at battle school but he is not a good commander. He refuses to let Ender participate in practices and refuses to let Ender fire his laser during battle. Bonzo's major weakness is his spanish pride. Bonzo hates it if anything makes him seem inferior to anyone else. Ender hurts Bonzo's pride when yelling at Major Anderson for cheating poorly at the game. Ender has his smallest soldier named Bean tell Bonzo and his entire army what they should have done. Bonzo doesn't take the criticism well and plans to kill Ender. Bonzo fights Ender in the shower. Bonzo loses the fight and his life. I do not understand how he can be so cruel and take no criticism or any sort of advice with out taking offense. He causes his army to lose many matches and he causes himself to die over his pride. Personally i think Bonzo is a baby if his pride is so sensitive he feels murder is the best solution for embarrassment. I LIKE COLORS

Buggers: What are they?

Throughout the book little information about the buggers is presented. Even after their defeat and Ender is living on their world they still know almost nothing. They have learned that buggers dont have language they dont even communicate. Queens control everything through thought. Ender does learn the Buggers were sorry for what they had done but it was too late. The buggers were also more advanced then the humans they had learned to manipulate gravity and light and were able to rely information istantly. However without communication buggers have not had the ability to think individually. I believe this is what lead the buggers to defeat. Without having many individuals thinking of solutions only the queen can come up with the answers and she can only focus on one thing at a time. This has given Ender an advantage throughout his battles with the buggers. Ender has is most trusted friends from battle school by his side ready to fight and improvise when neccesary.

Ender the Perfect Mixture

Valentine and Peter Wiggin are complete opposites. Valentine is kind and caring, and Peter is cruel and deceiving. Ender is a perfect balance of them both. Like Valentine he is kind and is able to love which allows him to understand his adversary's, but he is also able to manipulate his opponents with his deeper understanding of their tendencies. It makes him the perfect soldier. Ender however doesn't like being like his brother Peter at all. i understand why he wouldn't want to be like Peter, but Ender should realize what he shares with Peter has only made him better.

Language at Battle School

The boys at battle school are the best of the best. Some of the best thinkers and strategist, but when they speak it sounds broken. For example "You not anybody till you gots you first kill."(47) The boys take out words they deem unnecessary and make their slang sound simplistic. I don't understand why these children who are so bright talk like they do. They are just children, but even now, in present time ,children as old as Ender speak more grammatically correct compared to the kids at battle school. 

TKAM Movie reflection 2

The end of the movie we watched today was very accurate to the book. Jem and Scout got attacked by Bob Ewell. Arthur "Boo" Radely saved them. Some of the many other changes from the book throughout the movie were necessary or did not make a difference to the telling of the story. However for this portion of the movie no change was needed or necessary. The scene was almost perfect. The only part I did not like that was removed was when Boo spoke. When he speaks it shows how he is still a child on the inside and is someone broken. Robert Duvall did a good job having a child like attitude and pose without words, but in my opinion hearing him ask to be walked home shows he is a child who is scared.

TKAM- Courtroom Case

After watching To Kill a Mockingbird today the main point that stuck out to me was all the differences. I was surprised to see that so many characters and scenes were taken out. This is understood with movies that have been made about books, but some very vital scenes have been eliminated. For instance the removal of the scene when the Ewell family is introduced makes it much harder to understand the motives and the backgroud of their family.