Mood

Even though Ender’s Game is a fun, action packed book, the mood is very depressing and cold.Ender spent 6 years of his life at the Battle School, following orders and fighting battles. But he was never happy there. The teachers isolated him from everyone in hope that he will become a better fighter. Not only did they isolate him, but they also forced him, and his army, to complete outrageous tasks (like fighting 2 battles in day one). The teachers weren’t the only ones who Ender feel sad, depressed and angry. Ender, because of his greatness, was often bullied and backstabbed. Even some of his friends started acting cold towards him, when Ender became the number 1 commander (Alai for example: he was friends with Ender when Ender was a commander, but not a close, true friend). All of this pressure and isolation made Ender depressed. Ender was never truly happy at the Battle School. That’s why I think the mood is depressing. The mood is also cold. Not cold as in temperature cold, but cold as in unaffectionate and unfriendly. When reading this book you get the impression that the battle school is a place where hardly any love lives. In fact, nearly everyone is the book is cold towards each other (with exceptions of course). The teachers tried so hard not to be Ender’s friend, people often acted distant with Ender because of his rank, and there was unspoken hatred between armies and ranks. Overall everyone was cold towards each other, not really wanting to make close relationships. However, even though I thought the mood was depressing and cold, I really liked this book. It was full of adventure and suspense; I couldn’t put the book down. The author wrote this book in an attention-grabbing way.