ENDER’S GAME
V.
HARRY POTTER
BY: MEEEEE!!!!!!!
a.k.a. Nicole Thiele
The Ordinary World
Hero’s environment, personal history, and something that is causing stress
ENDER’S GAME
On Earth, Ender is a third.
Not counted as part of the
family, or treated equally
Ender is fearful of his
harmful, bully, brother,
Peter. Yet, he is protected
by and protects his loving,
sweet, kind, and careful
sister, Valentine.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
An orphanage, living with his
aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon,
and fat little brat, Dudley
Dursley. Harry is out of place
at his stuck-up temporary
living quarters. Living in the
cupboard underneath the
stairs Harry wears Dudley’s
old hammy down clothes and
goes to Smeltings, a public
school while Dudley went to a
private school.
The Call to Adventure
The hero must face the beginnings of change
ENDER’S GAME
Once Ender has his monitor
off and he has killed Stilson,
a bully that messed with
Ender on the wrong day.
Graff, his mentor, comes
over to invite him to Battle
School. Ender and his
parents think that he is in
trouble but then they find
out they’re trying to recruit
Ender for Battle School.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Harry’s life begins to change
when owls start to arrive at
his home with letters
addressed to Harry Potter, t
he cupboard underneath the
stairs. Finally, after weeks of
these mysterious owls
showing up with all of these
letters Harry gets a hold of
one letter and it turns out
Harry is invited to go to
Hogwarts of Witchcraft and
Wizardry.
Refusal of the Call
Character may turn away(even briefly) or may express uncertainty
ENDER’S GAME
After Ender is asked if he
would like to attend Battle
School by Graff, Ender
almost decides against it
because he doesn’t want to
leave his precious (besides
Peter) family, especially
Valentine.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Once Hagrid asks Harry if he
wants to go to Hogwarts
Harry says that he is not a
real wizard.
Meeting with the Mentor
Hero meets an experienced traveler who gives training, advice, etc, or the
character finds courage from within.
ENDER’S GAME
Ender is introduced to
his mentor, Mazer
Rackham. In this
meeting, Ender is put
into a group of
experienced fighters
that Ender has
worked with
throughout Battle
School. But to Ender’s
surprise Mazer
Rackham is training
Ender to kill of the
Bugger’s through a
simulation (game).
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Harry is introduced to
Dumbledore through a
mysterious way. Harry gets
his first look at Dumbledore
from a card found in a pack
of frog candies. Harry, in
person, is introduced to
Dumbledore through the big
ceremony where you feast to
start off the year of school at
the great Hogwarts.
Crossing the Threshold
Hero enters a new place with unfamiliar rules and values
ENDER’S GAME
Ender first finds a place
with new unfamiliar rules
and values when he
steps foot on the
spaceship to take him to
Battle School.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Harry has to cross plate from
9 ¾ to find different values
and rules that will apply to
the rest of his life. Once he
figures out how to cross the
plate form he gets on the
Hogwarts exspress.
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Hero is tested and sorts out allies and enemies.
ENDER’S GAME
Ender is first tested on the
spaceship ride because of
Bernard, the kid that Ender
breaks the arm of, after
Bernard kicks Ender’s seat.
Ender sorts out friends from
enemies because of who
hangs with Bernard and who
will actually talk with him.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
On Hogwarts train Harry is
sitting with Ron, Hermione,
and Neville when Draco
Malfoy comes to greet Harry
and tells Harry he is making a
mistake by hanging out with
Ron and Hermione.
Approach
Hero prepares for major challenge
ENDER’S GAME
Ender is prepared for the
battle of the Bugger’s.
This comes through
training, sleeping, eating.
Repeat. Ender doesn’t
even know what day it is
or how long he has been
at command school.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Harry prepares for his major
challenge by studying about
the topic and learning as
much as he can about the
sorcerers stone.
The Ordeal
Hero confronts death or faces his greatest fear
ENDER’S GAME
Ender has woken
up to no Mazer, no
one making him
eat, so Ender
makes his way to
the simulator to
find a bunch of
people waiting for
him to (pass the
exam) or kill off
the Bugger’s.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
While Harry, Ron, and
Hermione are trying to get
the Sorcerer's stone back and
safe from Quirrel the defense
against the Dark arts teacher
who wants the stone to give
to Voldemort so he can grow
strong and never die. Harry
has to face the fear of seeing
Voldemort and possibly not
being able to accomplish the
task.
The Reward
Hero takes possession of the treasure by facing death. There may be a
celebration, but also danger of losing the treasure again
ENDER’S GAME
In Ender’s game the
reward of Ender killing
the Bugger’s is that
there is now a place for
the humans to colonize
and Ender can be the
governor there.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
After Harry faces Voldemort
for the first time Harry’s
reward is keeping the stone
safe from Quirell and
Voldemort long enough to get
it back into the safe hands of
Dumbledore.
The Resurrection
The hero is severely tested once more, he or she is purified by one last
sacrifice, one more moment of death, but on a higher and more complete
level.
ENDER’S GAME
Ender is tested for the last
time when he discovers the
place the place the
Bugger’s made for him and
he has already seen it from
the game and he finds the
last queen Bugger and her
eggs buried in there for
him to find and make
everything okay.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Harry at the end of the series
is tested one last time by
having to kill all of the
horcuxes and then kill
Voldemort himself for once
and for all. Harry then is
entitled to use the Elder wand
but decides to break it.
The Road Back
The Hero must complete the journey to make sure the treasure is brought
home
ENDER’S GAME
Ender talks with the
queen Bugger and
takes her and puts her
inside his coat.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Going back to the first book,
Harry keeps the stone in his
pocket until he gives the
stone back to Dumbledore for
safe keeping.
Return with the Elixir
Hero returns home or continues the journey, carrying some part of the
treasure that has the power to transform the world.
ENDER’S GAME
Ender travels to other
planets looking for the
right place to begin a
new colony of Buggers.
V.
HARRY POTTER!!!
Harry kills Voldemort and
brings happiness and peace
to wizards, witches, and even
muggles.