Cav's guide to writing an essay

o writing an essay

1. Read- Active

• reacting

2. Hypothesis - Question + Idea

    > Opinion                   > unpack question

                                        > reaction

3. Research

     >examples

4. Stream of consciousness ---> strong views/ opinions= thesis
5. Organise- structure  

6. Draft- editing

Elective History

Influence of the Enlightenment

Many important enlightenment thinkers were French, they attacked the French government and society because of their 'radical' beliefs. They thought that;

• All men are born equal and should have equal rights
• All people had the right to rule their own country
• People had the right to overthrow an unjust government

Because of these thinkers such as; Voltaire and Montesquieu, these idea quickly spread like wildfire. 

Influence of the American War of Independence

As a result of  the joint war effort between the French and the Americans, many French soldiers and people started to develop democratic ideas. Quite ironically, there were fighting for a cause which declared 'no taxation without representation' , which back at home in France they had no control over taxation, they had no parliament to represent them. They wanted reforms. 

Notes on Assessment

Questions: In the Science Fiction world of Ender's Game progress is propelled by fear.

Thesis

• The fear of failure and the feel of death has propelled the need for advancement of technology in Ender's game
• The fear of the buggers and the fear of superiority had propelled the need for 

Key Words

Science Fiction

• Genre
• Conventions (What makes this science fiction, the characteristics of sci fi)

Progress

• Technological Advancements
• Species (Genetics of kids (Smart kids) buggers )
• Human Capabilities/ health
• Societal (Society's progress)
• knowledge

Propelled

• Pushing forward

Fear

• Failure ( Ender being like Peter who he is becoming, not succeeding)
• Not being advanced enough ( Failure again)
• acceptance 
• death (fearing the buggers, ender and the fantasy game)
• Loss of control (Motivates Ender to strive not to be like Peter, 'to advance his self control')
• Fear of loss of respect/ ego

Ender's Major Events

Motivation for Battle School

• Fear of Peter
• Fear of the buggers

Isolation (By Graff) - Ender; better leader, stronger character, failure/death, saviour

• Start of battle school
• room leader
• lunch  <---Has to be done, stimulated by fear of the buggers. Ender needs to be developed into this amazing leader
• launch                             
• command school

Fighting

Ender feels he must fight he has a 'fear of the future'

'if he doesn't fight now it will

 keep happening'

Stopping negative outcomes

• Stilson
• Bonzo
• Bernard (cyber)

Ender's Game Relevance 


Sci fi = fear > propell > progress

Science Fiction                                        

• Aliens
• Unknown
• Space - Battle school 
• Space travel
• technology
• Future
• Apocalypse 

Fear (Themes) 

• Vunerablity
• control
• Not being good enough - Graff/ humans, Ender
• Not being sophisticated enough
• death
• Peter - mean (Aggressive), mentally unstable

Propel

• buggers better tech
• Ender's concerns

Progress

• Weapons, Ansible
•  mental development

Demothenes and Locke

Demosthenes, Valentine

A radical who opposed the rule of Athens by Macadonia (Alexander the Great)

Radical - Disband "Warsaw Pact" anti-Russia (Warsaw pact is important, keeps everyone together to fight the buggers)

Use of persuasion - Fear

Locke, Peter

Moderate "Social contract" balance must be struck between individual rights + what is best for the greater good