Ender's Game Heroism Analysis

Would you be able to command a whole fleet when you were 12 years old? When Ender was 6 years old he was taken by the International Fleet to help in their fight with the buggers, an alien race that had attacked Earth many years before. Little does he realize how much weight is being put on his shoulders and how high expectations are for him to persevere against the buggers. He is tricked, isolated, and attacked, but they claim he needs this in order to win. In the end he ends up defeating the buggers and killing their whole species, while thinking it was still a game. He then spends the rest of his life searching for a home for the buggers as well as helping the humans adapt to the new colonies. The book Ender’s game was much better than story

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Unlike Valentine, Ender doesn’t stop to even contemplate the possibility of bestowing mercy on the insect. Instead, he focuses solely on the fact that a wasp stings without instigation and in order to prevent the risk of an “attack”, he eliminates the threat. Ender is becoming increasingly comfortable with killing in order to prevent harm on him self; his humane nature reaching the first steps of diminishment as his comfort increases.

“Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you. To do something. Maybe humanity needs me—to find out what you're good for” describes that each person has a purpose in society (23). In Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game, a young boy named Ender Wiggin is chosen to fight an alien race called “the buggers” because he has the greatest traits in order to become a successful military commander. Ender Wiggin is an innocent boy, whom everyone seems to have a problem with due to the fact they are jealous of him. He feels this is unfair and soon realizes what he does is beneficial to humanity. Ender Wiggin changes his view of things when he goes to battle school, he learns that every person really is a tool in society.

They want Ender to be fearful of his future, and therefore willing to lead an army. This fear is a product of the officials giving him orders and making him feel unsafe, whether it be against the buggers or even among his peers. According to the Milgram’s Obedience to Authority Experiment, when people are put into a role where they are being told what to do by a higher authority, almost always the people will comply, even if they aren’t bad people. This information can prove that Ender, through human nature, is being willed to commit these acts from a higher administration. Ender shouldn’t be held accountable for those actions.

Ender is a young boy that is very talented coming from a well known family. His mother, father, sister, and brother live on the planet considered earth, however, because the world is at stake he has been sent to space to train for war.“Battle School is where the best and brightest are trained to be military commanders through participation in intricate war games.” “I'm crazy," said Ender(Chapter 8). "But I think I'm OK(Chapter 8). Ender is not letting these fears and obstacles get in his way of achieving his goal as a commander and his understanding of what and why he was chosen to be in battle school so early. Based on the quote as they train him in the different direction from the way he used to live and the way they live the grown ups soon come to the understanding that he is intelligent and can be a great help for the battle against the buggers. As they continue to train through different section they become more and more interested into his thoughts tracking his every movement and soon inform him he will play a big part in their mission to save the

We haven’t seen each since you were left at the age of 6. I know you hate me, hate my violence, and you have never thought that I would become the alliance commander in chief, the Hegemon. It was true, I had plans for you, and I took advantage of your appearance to reach my popularity peak. But, Ender, you have to admit, you know me likewise yourself, Ender, I’ve been watching you for a long time, I know you have been the hero who saved humanity, and I have seen your video about The Last War with Buggers more than once, you destroyed all of the hive queens, hence, you would understand that we have the same temperament fluids in our blood. Now, I’m 77 years old, I have been ruled the earth nearly 60 years, it is time to tell my story to people. Ender, since you can speak for the buggers, surely you can speak for me. No one can understand more about the meaning behind my decision except you.

I don’t have murder in my heart” (Card, 84). Because Ender is afraid of becoming like his brother, he struggles with what he is and the things he did since he left home. Man vs. Society: “Nobody controls his own life, Ender. The best you can do is choose to fill the roles given you by good people, by people who love you.” (Card, 219) Valentine tells Ender that the government can control everyone. Families are not allowed to have more than two children unless the government gave them permission. The government allowed Ender, a third child, to be born in order to put an end to the bugger invasion. Man vs. Technology: The Battle School invented a computer mind game that challenges the children’s mind. Ender tries multiple times to beat the game, but the game always presents new obstacles. Man vs. Supernatural: “It’s the buggers themselves. I don’t know anything about them, and yet someday I’m supposed to fight them.” (Card, 167) The buggers are a race of aliens who invade Earth. They are a mysterious species that seem to possess one mind altogether. Several decades before Ender was born, the buggers were defeated, but they are invading again. The buggers’ Third Invasion is the reason Ender is taken to Battle School.

Ender can either run from the past or learn from it. Every choice Ender makes throughout his life has a negative impact on him because of fear and Colonel Graff. Now, Ender obtains a chance to make a decision on his own with no repercussions. Once Ender finds the buggers a new home he will be able to accept his past and face the future head

Ender was determined to find a new home for the buggers because he didn’t want anyone else to get hurt. For example, it says, “Your children are the monsters of our nightmares now. If I awoke you, we would only kill you again” (Card 320). Ender knew that reviving the buggers would only lead to another war because the humans would still not understand the buggers intentions. Additionally, Ender knew that the buggers had their own lives to live and wanted to convey this to the humans. He was able to prevent more bloodshed while also educating the humans on everything he knew about the buggers by writing a novel, on everything from their faults to their intentions, as the speaker of the dead. Specifically the novel says, “‘I’ll go from world to world until I find a time and a place where you can come awake in safety. And I’ll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps in time they can forgive you, too.” (Card 321). Ender decided to spend the rest of his life dedicated to the buggers to enlighten people on the reality of the genocide they forced him to commit. This helped him explain to the human kind how wrong it was to commit genocide against the

For Ender, extending his existence means a choice choose between victory and sympathy. This unjust election between good and bad stems from his personal longing to be exempt from attacks. With Stilson, Ender forgets his humanity and continues to inflict pain even though “Stilson could not make a sound; he only doubled up and tears streamed out of his eyes” (7). Ender attacks on the helpless to prevent further, possibly fatal, attacks on himself and for the chance to warn others by stating “ You could probably beat me up pretty bad. But just remember what I do to people who try to hut me” (7). Ender demonstrates the same selection of his life over another’s with Bonzo. When given the chance to “walk out of the room and end the battle” (211), Ender refuses because “The only way to end things completely was to hurt

“You won’t fail, Ender. Not this early in the course. You’ve had some tight ones, but you’ve always won. You don’t know what your limits are yet, but if you’ve reached them already you’re a good deal feebler than I thought.” (Card 286). Ender’s Game is a dystopian novel by Orson Scott Card that follows the training and thoughts of the protagonist, Ender, ultimately ending with the destruction of an alien race, the buggers. Ender’s militaristic and desperate society forces him to unwillingly commit genocide to an extent where Ender’s withering and empathetic mind begins to question the consequences of his actions.

     The novel Ender’s Game is written by Orson Schott Card. It is about a young boy who is sent to battle school. He meets friends and makes adversaries. In battle school, out in space, Ender, the young boy is a genius and is taught many tactics to destroy their prime enemy the buggers. He excels in school and battles his way into command school before the required age. There he is told he is battling buggers in simulations or is he? Throughout the novel, Ender is manipulated, bullied, and isolated, which creates many themes and messages. In this novel Ender’s Game the main theme is life is a game. Three characters that best prove this are Ender, Peter, and Bonzo.

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Anyone who influences anyone else by saving or helping save his or her lives can be a hero. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. changed the lives of millions of people by bringing justice to minorities. Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest heroes, led a nonviolent revolution to free his country. Even a parent can be a hero to his or her child by leading them in the right direction. All teachers are heroes when they make it their job to teach a child anything that will help them in life. You don’t have to go to great lengths by risking your life to make a difference in someone else’s life.