Orson Scott Card - a Literary Genius

          Although Enders Game is a staple of late elementary school reading, I respect the book now more than ever. With a few more years of experience under my belt, Card's craft is easier to find and analyze. Enders Game is, in fact, the masterpiece it has been labeled so frequently mostly because of Card's ability to respect writing as the art-form it is, and to master such technique.
         Enders Game is a sci-fi novel about Ender Wiggin, an extremely gifted boy who gets recruited by the military to save the world from the alien-invasion. He goes to battle school and works his way up from a useless young-un to commander of one of the war-game armies. Author Orson Scott Card uses writing technique to enrich the story.
     
         Card uses metaphors to describe specific setting and emotion. Metaphors can take description where literal meanings simply can't go. Enders Game is a perfect example of this. At one point, Card says "He imagined the ship dangling upside down on the undersurface of the Earth, the giant fingers of gravity holding them firmly in place.". This example is one of many metaphors strategically placed through the book.          To conclude, Orson Scott Card is a writer who's works should be included in all ELA curriculum. Ender's Game's success is a testament to Card's craft.