Power And Manipulation In Ender's Game By Orson Scott Card

he does, and in letting her son go she has not only made him happy but is also asserting her power

obligated to do. She not only prefers this but her bravery, obstinacy and other traits destroy the

she was determined to make them believe she did not. Minerva was later given the choice

wants. Later she states that she refuses to “pretend that the only differences between you and me

A specific example is Roger Goodell, the NFL Commissioner, used his power to affect someone’s life negatively. That someone is Ezekiel Elliott, he was suspended from the NFL by Goodell for six games causing Elliott to go through stress and depression. This shows us that Goodell making this decision caused someone else’s life to take a negative turn. This also shows that Roger Goodell is abusing his power after suspending Elliott because he doesn’t know if he did what he was charged for. Jerry Jones, Ezekiel Elliott’s owner, made a statement saying "We've given (Goodell) a lot of power. I think we need checks and balance of ownership to be in a position to not just suggest, but approve his decisions." This proves as well shows for his using his power like that presents the fact that power can have a negative

She would not let the men on the hills decide when she went below the ground. If she were to go underground it would be because she decided to or because they killed her. But she wasn’t going to do their work for them.” (Pg. 142)

She is beyond the capability of even attempting to control and manipulate the world about her. Obviously she recognizes truth, and the truth is that her life is compounded

Valentine always knew that Peter was too scared to hurt his own sister , but she made that an excuse to herself so she could be Demosthenes. In the book it says “In spite of all of her misgivings, Valentine was having fun being Demosthenes. Her column was now being carried on practically every newsnet in the country.” (229). Which proves how even at the end she didn’t stop being this “horrible person” she thinks she is.

She is empathetic, kind, and gentle. Valentine has always protected Ender whenever Peter tormented him. She was Ender's guardian angel and she loved him tremendously. Colonel Graff told Ender that his family would eventually forget about him and that they would miss him less the longer he is away from home. However, Valentine never stopped loving Ender. She always thought about him and always wrote letters to him even though colonel Graff cut off all communications between Ender and his family. Colonel Graff saw that Valentine's love for Ender and Ender's love for Valentine as a threat. He said, "the sister (valentine) is our weak link. He really loves her… (we need to) persuade him that he wants to come with us more than he wants to stay with her." (Card 16) Valentine is highly intelligent, just like her brothers; however, her compassion and empathetic nature ultimately eliminated her as a candidate for battle commander. She has the potential to be a good leader, but her empathetic and compassionate personality was unsuited for the strenuous and decisive work of a military leader. Valentine assisted Peter with his idea of using fake identities on the nets to voice different political opinions. She wrote columns as Demosthenes. Peter wanted her help because he thought that she was a stronger writer than he was. He also knew that she could easily convince anyone into her way of thinking if she wanted to. In chapter nine, Card wrote, "Writing was something Val did better than Peter… Val could always see what other people liked best about themselves, and flatter them… Valentine could persuade other people to get to her point of view - she could convince them that they wanted what she wanted." (127) Writing under the pseudonym Demosthenes, Valentine formed her ideas and writings so that Peter would ultimately rise to power at the end. All she wants is for Ender to be happy. Valentine is very good at manipulating and

[118] She believed that by feigning homogeneity it keeps us in a cycle of never focusing on actually removing the oppressive relationships between individuals [Lorde

Her choice to deny

Power is destructive because when it gets to someone's head it can cause them to become bigger than others in their head. This causes conflict between people. And conflict is very bad for a community it can cause fights and the fall of that community.

Along with that, Valentine empathizes with others and can relate to their problems just as well as she can to her own. Valentine strengthens her appearance as people smart more and more as the book continued. “One glance at her grandfather told her how much he was suffering, and that he had a great deal to communicate to her” (Dumas 307). Only a person who

With her pleasant smile and questionable personality, she has regained her place with him. In spite of the fact, he cannot understand anything she is trying to communicate. Apparently, she can sense the distance in his understanding, and checks for a moment to make sure Freddie is still paying attention. Satisfied, she

enjoys Marie’s company. But, it seems like her enjoys her as a woman rather than as an