Enders Shadow essays

Ender's Shadow essays Throughout the novel, Bean has demonstrated his defiance to lose heart over Poke, the first person to die that he had formed his first social bond. In the streets of Rotterdam Bean fought to stay alive. He eventually relied on Poke the captain of her crew. Even though Bean faced hard times surviving his life up to the point where he meets Poke he does not give up. His philosophy to not hold grudges allows him to easily pass through hard times of his life. Bean and Poke meet and decide upon a plan to protect Pokes crew. This plan eventually fails and winds up having Achillies, a bully, taking over Pokes crew and turning the crew into his family, and Achillies himself, the papa. Achillies eventually visously murders Poke at a fishing dock. Bean witness Achillies actions but can not think of a way to avoid her death. Bean feels guilty but he refuses to hold a grudge against Achillies and wait for revenge. In Battle School Bean path once again falls upon Achillies. Bean suspecting his serial murders lures him into a trap and makes him confess his murders. Unlike Ender who decided to permantly end his problem, Bean the hoodlem from the streets of Rotterdam hands Achillies over to the authorities. Atticus is a man whom greatly values moral actions and like Bean does not lose hope during gloomy times. When he is asked to defend a black man in a small racist town in Alabama, he excepts because as a lawyer he feels that it is his duty for justice. He contains a moral fiber inside of him to defend Tom Robinson. In this racist town, Atticus and his family are looked down upon. Scout brings home news of the kids and school calling him a Negro lover as well as many other racist comments. Atticus is able to survive the hardships of defending Tom Robinson because he believes that increasing the court supplying justice to the Town will decrease the racisism within the town. He believes that ...