All 5 Uses of
objective
in
Ender's Game
- Bored, he ignored the objectives of the game and used the little player-figure, a bear, to explore the animated scenery around him.†
Chpt 10
- The first ships we sent to the most distant objectives, the more recent ships to the closer ones.†
Chpt 13 *
- He might have two enemy ships at once; there might be obstacles, the debris of space; he began to have to worry about fuel and limited weapons; the computer began to assign him particular things to destroy or accomplish, so that he had to avoid distractions and achieve an objective in order to win.†
Chpt 14
- He spoke commands to simulated pilots of four fighters, and instead of merely carrying out the computer's instructions, he was allowed to determine tactics himself, deciding which of several objectives was the most valuable and directing his squadron accordingly.†
Chpt 14
- Ender didn't like games where the rules could be anything and the objective was known to them alone.†
Chpt 14 *
Definitions:
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(objective as in: our objective is to...) a goal (some end desired to be achieved)
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(objective as in: an objective viewpoint) fact-based without the influence of personal feelings or preferenceseditor's notes: Objective is often contrasted with subjective--which means "influenced by personal belief, feelings, or preferences (rather than being based purely upon fact)."