Enders Game

Journal Entry

 Activity 1:

Bernard

• He’s friends with Alai
• Ender broke his arm in the launch
• Bully’s Ender

Alai

• He is a bridge between Ender and Bernard
• Bernards best friend
• Practices with Bernard and the launchies in the battleroom

Bonzo

• Leader of Salamander Army
• Hates Ender (wants to get rid of him)

Petra Akanian

• A girl in the Salamander Army
• Helps Ender with his shooting
• Best shooter in Salamander Army

Rose the nose

• Rose is Enders new commander in the Rat army when Bonzo Traded him in
• Rose graduated

Dink

• Enders platoon leader in the Rat Army
• Makes good strategy with Ender (helps him train)
• Enders leader after Rose graduated

Mazer Rackham

• The one who defeated the buggers the first time
• He is known as the hero when the first bugger attack came

Ender

• 6 year old child who is a third child (born for military purposes)
• Has 2 siblings Valentine and Peter
• Valentine older then Ender and Peter is 10 years old ( also older then Ender)
• In battle school: Salamander Army to Rat Army
• He is loving and caring for Valentine but hates Peter because he bully’s him
• He has Valentines kindness and Peters aggressiveness
              

Activity 2


Dear Diary,
Even though I am Indian, I have many different cultures in my family. A few summers ago my cousin got married to a Catholic guy. I always had questions about what they do at church and the difference between a temple and a church; this was because a church has different rituals than a temple which I would like to know about. Now that I have a Catholic cousin brother in law I can learn about his culture. Also, another one of my cousin got married to a Filipino guy. Now that he is my cousin brother in law, I can learn about his culture and try different things like any traditional food they might eat. I didn’t know anything about him or where he came from. But now that we are relatives and family, we can learn a lot from each other. The disadvantage for both of my cousin brother in laws has is that they don’t know Punjabi. But the advantage is that they have us to teach them so they can communicate to my grandparents or other elderly people that can’t speak English. The first time I met my second cousin brother in law who is Filipino, I didn’t know how or what to talk to him about, it was really awkward. At first I had nothing in common with him, but now having other cultures and backgrounds in my family; it allows me to be more open and more social with other people. I have a better understanding of different people that have different cultural backgrounds. I like the fact that I was born in Canada because I think being grown in a place where multiculturalism is embarrassed and it is a big thing is really good. This is because everyone gets to learn so much from other people that come from different countries and have different cultures. If I ever came across a person from another country, I would approach them and ask them if they need any help with anything because coming from a different country and trying to learn your way around in a new country is hard. I know this because my dad came from India and he had to learn so many things and get over his fear of talking to people if he needed to get a job. After, he made friends that helped him with his English and all his teachers were really nice as well. So after helping the person out, I would ask him/her questions about where they came from because every culture and country is unique and finding out about new things is interesting. Overall, being in a family that accepted two new cultural backgrounds is a great thing. I got to learn so much, this gave me the opportunity to speak to other people besides my family who have the same background as me. My overall experience with different cultures and countries has been really great and I would like to learn more about other countries with different cultural backgrounds in the future.