SongheeChang

E.Wilson
2018LangA
December15th2014

Rationale:
The intentionof this writing pieceis to portrayacharacterspointofviewfromEnders
Game, written by Orson Scott Card. This piece will focus on the scene when Alai kisses
Enders cheek and whispers Salaam, meaning peace in Arabic, which is known to be a
catch phrase. Ironically, the word Salaam juxtaposes in the context as Ender and Alai are
learning about war in Battle school. Although this scene mayseem as a minor sectionofthe
story,itplaysa significantroleinthiswritingpieceasthispiece focusesonAlaiasacharacter
and displays his point of views. The piece will be written in first person narrativeto help the
audience to obtain a better understanding and vividly view the situation from Alais
perspective. It will be written as a narrative with monologues from both Alai andEnderalong
with some indented paragraphs and maybe even some dialogues from their conversations.
Important terms will also be included from Cards novel. These terms are Salaam in its
context of beingreligious and the I.F as the organization whichprohibithumanstotalkabout
religion. These areimportanttermsbecausereligionwasforcefullytakenawaybytheI.F.due
to some unknown reason or reasons. This is why Alais religious act stood out from the rest
and is important, because religion was banned by the I.F, yet Alai took the risk to carry out
thisactforEnder.Therefore,IthinkitisimportanttoseethisscenefromAlaisperspective.

Ender and I were sitting down at the Cafeteria. I, trying to make Ender confessabout
howheperformedthatbrillianthackhedidtohumiliateBernard.
"Ifinallyfiguredouthowyousentthemessage.UsingBernard'sname,"saidAlai.
"Me?"askedEnder.
"Comeon.whoelse?Itsurewasn'tBernard.AndShenisn'ttoohotonthecomputer.
AndIknowitwasn'tme.Whoelse?Doesn'tmatter.Ifiguredouthowtofakeanew
studententry.YoucreatedastudentnamedBernardblank,BERNARDspace,
sothecomputerdidn'tkickitoutasarepeatofanotherstudent."

"Soundslikeitmightwork,"saidEnder,tryingtobeasmysteriousaspossible.
"OK,OK.Itdoeswork.Butyoudidthatpracticallyonthefirstday."Istated.
I find it amazing how Ender, whos younger than myself can actually hack into the

security system with only using his desk, although he still cant seem to admit it. It isutterly
humorous how a kid like Ender can undertake advanced challenges like this and succeed, I
can see hes more advanced than any of the other kids in our group including myself. Ender
will strive far, for sure. I find it strange howthe security system of thisBattleSchoolis set up
poorlyenoughforakidlikeEndertohackinto.
"I found something else. I can't do it with your name. Anything with Ender in it gets
kicked out. I can't get inside your files at all, either. You made yourown security system." I
stated.
"Maybe."Enderreplied.
Ender is smart enough to set up his own security system. This is outside the box of
anything I could havethoughtof.Hesagenius,maybealittletoosmart.Ineedhishelpsince
Ivetrashedakidssystemandhesrightbehindme.Ineedprotection!

"I got in and trashed somebody's files. He's right behind me on crackingthesystem.I
needprotection,Ender.Ineedyoursystem."Ipleaded.
"IfIgiveyoumysystem,you'llknowhowIdoitandtrashme."
"Yousayme?"Iasked."Ithesweetestfriendyougot!"
Enderlaughed."I'llsetupasystemforyou."
"Now?"Iasked.
"CanIfinisheating?"
"Youneverfinisheating."
Youproveapoint.Letsgothen.
I followed Ender down to the barracks. I was like his little sidekick except bigger. He
asked me to bring my desk to him, I did exactly as he asked. When I brought my desk to
Endersbed,Enderwastryingtoopenhislocker.
"Whatsup?"Iasked,curioustoknow.
In answer Ender palmed his locker. "Unauthorized Access Attempt," it said.Hislockerdidn't
seemtoopen.

"Somebodydoneadanceonyourhead,mama,"Isaid."Somebodyeatedyourface."
"You sure you want my security system now?" Ender walked away from his bed. I

lookeddownonhisbedandtherewasapieceofpaper,Ihelditupwithonehand.
"Ender,"Isaid.
Enderturnedaround,"Whatisit?"
Ilookedupathim."Don'tyouknow?Thiswasonyourbed.Youmusthavesatonit."
Ender took the piece of paper from my hand. I stood right next to himscanningthe
words carefully. It read, ENDER WIGGIN ASSIGNED SALAMANDER ARMY
COMMANDER BONZO MADRID EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY CODE GREEN GREEN

BROWNNOPOSSESSIONSTRANSFERRED.Enderssmart,Iknowheis.Bythewayhe
dealt with Bernard and how Graff praised him when we were in the launch forthe firsttime.
HoweverIwassurprisedhewaspromotedsoquickly,sinceheisstillyoung.
You're smart,Ender, butyoudon'tdo thebattleroomanybetterthanme."Istated, happyfor
himandhispromotion.
Ender stared downat the piece of paper, shaking his head sideto side. Somesortof
anger seemed to appear. He didnt say anything after, he didnt even move one single
muscle. It was a moment of stillness. Ender reached down and pulled me up offhisbed,still
silent. His jaws tensed and hestarted to cry tears. I felt sorry for him, hes young and smart
buthestooyoung.Ididntwanttomakehimfeel upsetevenmore,They'refartheads,Ender,
theywon'tevenletyoutakeanythingyouown."
Endergrinnedandstoppedcrying."IThinkIshouldstripandgonaked?"
Ilaughed.
On impulse Ender hugged me, tight, almostasifIwaslikehismother."Idon'twanttogo,"he
said.Ihuggedhimback,beingempathetic."Iunderstandthem,Ender.Youarethebestof us.
Maybethey'reinahurrytoteachyoueverything."
"Theydon'twanttoteachmeeverything,"Endersaid."Iwantedtolearnwhatitwas
liketohaveafriend."
Inoddedsoberly.
"Alwaysmyfriend,alwaysthebestofmyfriends,"Ireplied.IgaveEnderagrin.
"Gosliceupthebuggers."
"Yeah."Endersmiledback.
Enders a smart kid, but I can sense he misses someonedearly.Hesstilllostinwhereheis.
We became friends, yet hesalreadylosingafriend.Iknewhewas goingthroughalot,itwas

like a war inhishead.Withouthesitation,Ikissedhimonthecheekandwhispered,Salaam.

As the war inhisheadwillsoonbecomepeaceandI prayforthegodstoprotecthimfromthe
evil and fault ahead as this was a traditional act for Arabians. I walk to my bed as my face
turns red, hoping Ender would have never thoughtI was religious. Asreligionisforbiddenby
the I.F, with reason, I do not know. I tucked myself in bed and locked eyeswith Ender. He
was confused, I could tell. But his eyes read, Thank you. As he turned around and left
towardstheexit.EnderhasamagnificentfutureaheadandIwishthebestforhim.