The science fiction novel, Ender’s Game, is about a futuristic society where Earth fights wars with alien planets. The main character, Ender, was only permitted to be born because he has the potential to be a military genius. His older sister was too nice, and his older brother was too mean, the government expected Ender to be the perfect balance. As soon as he turns six and his monitor was removed, Ender was shipped off to battle school to become a commander. During battle school, he starts in the lowest class, launchies or people that just came to battle school, and gets drafted to a practice army. During his time at battle school, he works his way up the ranks all the way to commander of his own practice army. While reading this book, you also hear about Ender’s siblings as they command the “nets” with their ghost writings about politics.
Ender is a very interesting character because he is so different from other people is age. He is a child genius, just like his brother and sister. A post about them can be found here. Because Ender is such a genius, he gets oppressed by people that are jealous of him. For example, most other commanders are not anywhere near as skilled as Ender and he easily crushes them in completely unfair battles. Most of the commanders envy his ability to control the battle and always win and they are nice and try to learn his secrets. But some feel bad that they aren't as good as him and they try to hurt him and isolate him.
“Bonzo stopped smiling. It was the thing that he hated most about Ender, that Ender matttered to other people, and in the end, Bonzo did not. You have killed me with those words, Dink. Bonzo does not want to hear that I might save the world.”
In this quote, Ender is talking to Bonzo about how he is jealous because Ender has the potential to win the war. Ender is very good at playing mind games to make Bonzo feel inferior.
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