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Shared on Sat, 12/22/2007 - 21:04This may be clear to some, but for those who don't read or just never pick it up think about this.
I just finished reading Ender's Game for the first time and what was lost to me was the fact that this book is about children. What became clear is that Card seemed to have 3 distinct personalities of himself he wanted to express. He wanted to express his need that sometimes evil isn't what you make it out to be. That accomplishing the task of preventing further attack sometimes require brute force, ending the threat for good. It also seemed that compassion weakens our conviction to kill those who threaten us. I think the first 2 are well defined the third is one that I perceived but I see it being interepreted a different way. What to me became important in the novel was the simple influence this one man had on shaping a thought in my head. I think this is what great writers are able to do, force their own beliefs on you in such a way that unless you look back and assess the situation you may never take notice of it. I may not get any reply's but I felt like blogging and I was hoping for some ideas from other people as what they thought of ender's game or some other books and who has influenced you the most.
This brings me to a quote that I have always loved from Issac Asimov
Never let your moral precepts, prevent you from doing what is right.
If you don't feel like commenting on the first item maybe you have a quote you would like to share yourself.
I just finished reading Ender's Game for the first time and what was lost to me was the fact that this book is about children. What became clear is that Card seemed to have 3 distinct personalities of himself he wanted to express. He wanted to express his need that sometimes evil isn't what you make it out to be. That accomplishing the task of preventing further attack sometimes require brute force, ending the threat for good. It also seemed that compassion weakens our conviction to kill those who threaten us. I think the first 2 are well defined the third is one that I perceived but I see it being interepreted a different way. What to me became important in the novel was the simple influence this one man had on shaping a thought in my head. I think this is what great writers are able to do, force their own beliefs on you in such a way that unless you look back and assess the situation you may never take notice of it. I may not get any reply's but I felt like blogging and I was hoping for some ideas from other people as what they thought of ender's game or some other books and who has influenced you the most.
This brings me to a quote that I have always loved from Issac Asimov
Never let your moral precepts, prevent you from doing what is right.
If you don't feel like commenting on the first item maybe you have a quote you would like to share yourself.
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