The climax of the book is when Ender is fighting the major game in the Command School, which he is tricked into thinking that it is his final examination. The major turning point is when he defeats the buggers and is told that the games he was playing in Command School were actual real battles of the Third Invasion; so that game was the final battle of the Third Invasion.
To defeat the buggers, Ender commanded to blow up the main land/world of the buggers (where the queens are) and destroyed every one of them completely. Finally, all the conflicts were over.
This is the climax because it is when Ender makes his most significant decision. Even though he is sick of all the games and on the verge of giving up to go home he rather wanted to win unfairly than to be defeated unfairly. So he made that important decision of blowing up that bugger home planet with his special tactics. This decision solved the major conflicts of the book: the war between buggers and humans which Ender has to win to save the humans as well as the problems with Ender and games. It is another reason for why the part was a climax.
Also, this scene was tensest part of the whole book (another characteristic of a climax) and it made me curious to keep reading. The enemies seemed so powerful compared to Ender's tiny army, which built up the suspense. Plus, the suspicious response and atmosphere of the officers made things much more tense. Also, it included the major turning point; it turned 180. The problems of Ender and his constant, stressful games were at the highest point because it was his last game regarding buggers, battles, and commanding.
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Good job Jane! I also thought that the climax of this book was when Ender had won the Third Invasion. By this last game, every stressful things that he used to had at the Commander schook was finally over. When I read this part, I felt very sad because the most fun part of this book was reading the part when Ender had his game and that now he had his Third Invasion over, there will be no over games for Ender to play. I agree with you that because the climax was was tensest part of the whole book, it made me curious which made me want to continue reading the book!!
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