![]() ![]() ![]() Without this invasion, Ender (as a third child) would never even have been allowed to have been born. ![]() Inciting Event: The inciting event that starts the plot rolling in this science fiction classic is the invasion of the Formic aliens eighty years earlier. As a member of Salamander Army, he’s dropped into a new place, a new social stratum, and a new set of challenges. Almost all of the important supporting characters are introduced, and readers are immediately shown what is a stake, not only for the human race, but also for Ender, if he does not overcome the handicap of his extreme youth in order to flourish in this place.įirst Plot Point: The quarter mark of Ender’s Game finds Ender graduating from his launch group to Salamander Army after a victorious confrontation with the bully Bernard. Aside from Ender’s personal assertion of brains, tenacity, and leadership qualities, with which he claims his spot at Battle School and makes it clear to himself, the other children, and the watching instructors that he will do whatever he has to do to survive, this first major plot point also changes the game (no pun intended!) by once again moving Ender to new surroundings. We see his determination, his kindness, but also his underlying bedrock of ruthlessness-which will eventually become the element around which the entire plot must turn. ![]() We learn about this strange and brutal place through the eyes of the main character, Ender Wiggin, who is a new arrival, and, in so doing, we learn about Ender as well. Or at least as close as we’re going to get.” Just like that, Card’s got us wondering how the speaker is watching and listening through someone’s else’s mind, who is the one, what is the one supposed to do, and why are they settling for a “one” who is less than perfect? He then successfully builds his killer opening into a scene that introduces his unlikely hero, six-year-old Ender Wiggin, just as his life is about to change forever.įirst Act: Card uses his first act to establish his setting, the orbital Battle School, where brilliant young children are sent to train to stave off an alien invasion. Hook: The opening line to Card’s acclaimed science-fiction novel is packed with hooking questions: “I’ve watched through his eyes, I’ve listened through his ears, and I tell you he’s the one. ![]()
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