-
Ender gets monitor removed
The monitor was removed to see what Ender would do without constant supervision. No one bullied him when he was being monitored. This led directly to the next event -
Ender fights Stilson
When Ender was bullied by Stilson he decided decisive force was needed to prevent further bullying. Ender miscalculated the amount of force needed and killed the bully. This cold calculation made him a candidate for battle school. -
Ender Joins Battel School
Battle school, a space station, exists to create a commander capable of beating the Formics. Each cadet is placed in armies that fight each other in zero-g . After arriving the leaders covertly isolate Ender from other cadets -
Ender's Jeesh Forms
-
Period: to
Ender's Jeesh Forms
Members are:
Petra Arkanian
Bean
Alai
Carn Carby
Crazy Tom
Dink Meeker
Dumper
Fly Molo
Han Tzu
Shen
Vlad
Ender's Jeesh forms throughout Ender's time in Battel School, and includes the people he came to trust. This core group become his squad leaders in command school -
The Enemy's Gate is Down
This is a core strategy developed by Ender. He realizes that zero-g direction doesn't matter and pointing your legs towards the enemy would only allow them to shoot non-vital parts. This is a repeated theme throughout the book that plays a vital role at the climax of the book -
Ender is Promoted to Leader of the Dragon Army
Ender is convinced that the teachers are manipulating things and is done with the game. Ender doesn't agree with the promotion. There wasn't a dragon army because it always lost. Gets a perfect score for a while. Completely made out of raw recruits -
Ender fights Bonzo
Bonzo(Ender's ex-commander) attacks Ender. Ender attacks back again using decisive force. This leads to the decision to send him to command school. -
Ender Joins Command School
Here Ender starts using a battle simulator. At first, he is controlling a ship but they move him to commanding ships. At some point, it stops being a simulation and he is commanding real ships without knowing. -
0 BX
Start of In book time system -
Ender Leads Destruction of Formic Homeworld
Under the guise of “simulated” battles, Ender has destroyed most of the other Formic forces. Ender’s “graduation” battle is around a planet. When Ender sees the enemy forces around the planet he thinks it is impossible but Bean says “The enemy gate is down” which prompts Ender to order the ships to ignite a WMD that propagates through the mass inside of their ships to give further range. This results in the total destruction of the planet and all the ships around it. -
Ender Finds the Last Formic Egg
After the last battle, Ender finds out that the battles were real and he becomes depressed. Around this time, he starts having odd dreams. These dreams lead him to an egg that he realizes is the last Formic Queen. After finding the egg Ender learns that the Formics didn't know humans were sentient.