Ender+Impromptu


 * IMPROMPTU SPEECH [[image:3217723243_df227ce711.jpg width="250" height="250" align="right" caption="Speaking off the cuff..." link="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pj/3217723243/sizes/m/"]]**

For your next speech you will present a short (2-3 minutes) speech based on one of the quotations from //Ender’s Game// below.

Here’s the recipe:

1. Start by reciting the quotation loudly and clearly 2. Give us your interpretation of the quote’s meaning. a. Give an example of how the quote is relevant to your audience. 3. Tell us whether or not you agree with quote. a. Offer reasons why b. Provide an example. 4. Complete your speech: a. Restate quote somehow b. Summarize your points c. Leave us with something to think about.

You will have a choice of three quotes to choose from. You will have five minutes to prepare, and you may take one note card and write whatever you like on that note card.

Look over the following quotations and consider what you might say.

**ENDER’S GAME QUOTATIONS**

Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I’ll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.

When the sergeant picked on you, the others liked you better. But when the officer prefers you, the others hate you.

Human beings are free except when humanity needs them.

Individual human beings are all tools that others use to help us all survive.

Frightened children are so easy to win.

Hot anger was bad.

Fairness is a wonderful attribute, Major Anderson. It has nothing to do with war.

Commanders have just as much authority as you let them have. The more you obey them, the more power they have over you.

The game is everything. Win win win.

Everything I hated in a commander, and I’m doing it.