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1) Ender's Game is science fiction. It takes place in a future time and in space. Do the games they play have anything to do with Wide Games in a Scout setting?

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2) Does the anybody in the movie show leadership, or is about selection and survival of the fittest? If so, who is more fit, Bean or Ender?

3) Do any of the adults ever lead? Why would they manage and create situations in which boys will rise to the level required or die?

4) Are the boys are pre-selected for the type of leadership abilities required by a specific set of circumstances? Or are they selected for their ability to think outside the box as the circumstances change?

5) Do you know any Wide Games in which you Scouts are left to your own devices, even allowed to "kill" each other in the quest?

6) Could Ender be an example for youth leadership in Scouting? Is he perfect for his situation, or does he need Bean? Ender turns out to be the "chosen one," but he is not even told that the battle against the Buggers is the real thing. Was that good or bad?

7) Ender is picked for certain abilities. What are they? Is he thrown into a meat grinder and manipulated to succeed? If he is just manipulated, then why didn't the adults think of blowing uo the planet themselves?

8) Is there nowhere in the novel an example of adult leadership? If not, to whom do the boys turn for leadership? Why do the adults set up grueling games for the kids to play?

9) Twice in the story Ender sees no solution, so he breaks the rules. What does Bean yell to him both times? ("The Enemy's gate is down")

10) Finally, the ending is absolutely devastating to Ender. His discovery on the alien planet and the revelations that come with it would completely destroy most young people, but not Bean. How and when does Bean figure out that the battles are real and not a game? Why does Bean tell Graff not to tell Ender?

11) Was what was done to Ender evil?