In Enders Game the book by Orson Scott Card, who is Demosthenes in reality ?

[Palidors]

Answer THAT~!


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Eli Samaha

[RealityChuck]

Been a while since I read it, but Demosthenes was clearly his sister.

[CatInHat]

According to the World History web site,

Demosthenes, born in Attica, was the greatest Greek orator who is best known for his 'Philippics', a series of speeches in which he attacked king Philip of Macedonia. The king of Macedonia had gained a foothold in central Greece and Demosthenes tried with great oratorical skill to unite all Greeks in an alliance against submission to Philip. But Philip prevailed and Athens made peace. Demosthenes defended his policy in his speech 'On the Crown'. Many critics consider this the most nearly perfect speech in history.

It's been a while since I read Ender's Game and its sequels, but IIRC, Ender's sister (Valerie?) was really PO'd that she had to be Demosthenes and her brother (Peter?) got to be Locke. I guess Demosthenes (the original one, I mean) wasn't too popular after King Philip prevailed.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/ppersons2_n2/demosthenes.html

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The Cat In The Hat

[CatInHat]

My big long URL screwed up the message board!

Sorry :(

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The Cat In The Hat

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for the Straight Dope

[Pixoid]

Valentine, Ender's sister was unhappy because (noting that I am not familiar with the works of either Demosthenes or Locke) she felt that her personality was better suited to Locke, while Peter's was better suited to Demosthenes. Peter originally made them switch because he didn't think Valentine could write as Demosthenes without his help, and he didn't want her to become independent. She was a pacifist, and he was overly aggressive.

And BTW, there's another Ender book out: Ender's Shadow. It's set at the same time as Ender's Game, but it's from the point of view of Bean.

You can read the first chapter at http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/shadow01.shtml

[Czarcasm]

In the book Ender's Game, in reality he was a character in the book.

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