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2006-08-28 04:02:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Just an opinion...it's not like I've spent hours or days coming up with a complex theory...but I think the title's "significance" is that the adults were trying to keep the war--an actual deadly war--to be "just a game" in the eyes of the kids. The kids (except for Bean who was a genius) had really no clue that their battle games (particuarly at the asteroid command school at the end of the book) were real. Yes, they were stressed. Yes, there was pressure. But they didn't know that winning or losing had any consequences. The worst that they knew could happen is that they'd "fail" and be sent back to earth to be with their families...they might be a 'disappointment' but nothing life or death. So the fact that this so-called "game" was in actuality a war--a matter of life and death is very significant. The title reflects the manipulation of the children at the hands of the adults.
2006-08-28 04:09:33 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It showed how, although the adults knew that the "buggers" Ender was fighting against were real- and a real threat- Ender simply thought of them as a game, and so did not realize the importance of the "games" he was playing.
2006-08-28 11:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by annna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The significance of the title is that, in the end, what he thought was a game wasn't one. He saved humanity while thinking it was just another simulation.
2006-08-28 11:07:10 · answer #3 · answered by sonvegetausagi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You haven't acutaly read this book, have you? It's a fabulous book, you should, even if it is for school and you're trying to get out of it. Don't, it's worth it.
Please excuse if you have read the book, it's just that your questions are so basic.
2006-08-28 12:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Alobar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋