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Author Topic: Common mistake when giving synopsis of Ender's Game to friends *Ender's Game Spoiler*
Carl Conrad Coreander
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On many threads about Ender's Game I've noticed that many people have said that it's about a little boy who saves the world. Well, actually it's not right to say it. It's actually about a little boy who goes to a military school in space to be prepared for a future war. If you say it's about a little boy who saves the world, you are totally spoiling the ending. [No No]
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[ June 04, 2007, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: Carl Conrad Coreander ]

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Xavier
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And he never actually saved the world. The buggers weren't coming back. He destroyed another sentient planet's world.

Unless you mean he helped open the universe to human colonization, in which case I would say he saved humanity [Smile] .

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Bob_Scopatz
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Are you sure we're talking about Ender's Game here? That's not what it's about at all.
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Carl Conrad Coreander
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"That's not what it's about at all."

What isn't it all about?
http://thethiefhekindlyspoke.pbwiki.com

[ June 04, 2007, 07:00 PM: Message edited by: Carl Conrad Coreander ]

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Bob_Scopatz
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Exactly!
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Carl Conrad Coreander
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"Exactly!"

No...really... I don't know whose post your response is for. [Roll Eyes]

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Kama
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[Wave] newbie, meet Bob. Bob is mean to newbies.

Interestingly enough, I remember Bob as being one of the two people who welcomed me to Hatrack (the other being Ralphie). Bob said, and I remember the exact words,

quote:
Hi, Kama, Sutra self!
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[ROFL]
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Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
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Kama...your back! I wondered where you went...

[ May 07, 2005, 11:28 AM: Message edited by: Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged ]

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Kama
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[Confused]

I never went anywhere...

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Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
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OK,correction. I didn't see any of your post in awhile.
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Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
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Hmm, it seems you've posted everyday. Just not in the threads I read....
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Bob is certainly NOT mean to newbies, or anyone.

So, welcome!! He will probably answer your question seriously, but in the form of a pun, and moment now.

(and what he meant by "exactly," was, I believe, saying that Ender's Game is pretty much about everything. "What isn't it about?"

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Have you ever heard a dialogue like this:

Guy: Forget I said it.
Other Guy: Forget I said what?
Guy: Exactly.

That's the kind of thing Bob was trying to do. And now we've ruined it by explaining it.

Forget I said it.

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Elizabeth
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Forget you said what?
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Exactly.
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[Evil Laugh]
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