Regret In Ender's Novel

regret. The idea of time and how it is finite is one of the main

At this point, Ender starts seeing another side to things. Even though Ender realizes and admits to himself that he is being manipulated and tricked, he still continues onward.

She’d written before, and they didn’t let any of those letters through. Those might have been real, but this was asked for, this was part of their manipulation. And the despair filled him again. Now he knew why. Now he knew what he hated so much. He had no control over his own life. They ran everything. They made all the choices.. The one real thing, the one precious real thing was his memory of Valentine, the person who loved him... and they had taken her and put her on their side. She was one of them now.”(Ch. 9 Pg 150-151). Ender’s thought proves that he only had one thing he loved and that was the sister that was now on everyone else’s side but Ender’s making him fall into even more despair. Though isolation creates creativity, despair and unhappiness are the side effects that will make any child

The only enemy that Ender truly fears, the buggers in the end prove to be friendly. The earth's greatest enemy, the alien race it was at war with, turns out not to have been intentionally hostile. The author constantly proves that friends and enemies are not

The events from the past matter because they have already occurred and some will likely repeat in the future. The past is a group of mistakes and successes that someone can learn about and learn from so that they do not make the same mistakes:, instead, they create more successes. The literary devices that the author used in this novel are symbolism, imagery, and allegory. In Jack Gantos’s narrative Dead End in Norvelt, he uses the theme of remembering history to demonstrate that past mistakes should be learned from, and therefore, avoided;. Yet, also allowing people to grow and improve their overall human nature.

These people wanted to manipulate Ender’s natural character by taking him from those he loves, Forcing him to depend only on himself and not need assistance from anyone. While this learned self-reliance looks good for the I.F, Ender will break after being detached from everyone he grew close to during this book. My point is the fact that it changes the way a person behaves, this passage explains how after they completed what they wanted to do (isolate him)he became depressed. I feel that a message the author was trying to send was that no compassion for the way someone else is feeling leads to ruthlessness. The people that were talking about Ender did not care for the fact that they were making a six year old depressed, this ruthlessness changed a shy boy into a sad, lonely

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Ender believes that he is a brutal person and sees his actions as nothing but pure destruction. He is ashamed of his inability to control his actions and believes that deep down he wants to cause pain of that immensity; his belief convinces himself that there is no hope for him. Above all, the overwhelming guilt Ender experiences causes him to struggle with believing that he possesses his

Ender had many conflicts in his life. He had conflicts with himself like if he should quit playing the battle games or when he was fighting with Stilson and Peter that threaten Ender. Also, the buggers were a threat or when ender tried to defeat the giant. There should have been a way that these conflicts could be solved so that not only ender, but the other characters could have peace. If conflicts are not solved right away, then someone could get hurt as well as having severe punishments or consequences for their

My reasoning for this is because Ender was forced to be a dangerous person all out of other people’s jealousy. Next, Ender was manipulated easily, having to face torturous and unfair training, Lastly, in the end of the book, Ender realizes that buggers aren’t as harmful as they seem from Eros. So, in the end the war had been pointless.     Ender’s dangerous attitude had come people’s decisions to be jealous of him. Ender was faced with an altercation where Colonel Graff scolded everyone, but Ender.

He learned that the buggers never meant to start to war with the humans and the whole thing was a misunderstanding. One example of when the theme was shown was in the quote where Ender said, “In battle I killed ten billion buggers…who had not even launched a third attack against us, and no one thinks to call it a crime” (Card 309). Ender regretted killing the buggers, but made up for it by letting the new bugger queen live and revive the species.

Graff tricked Ender into coming to the Battle School in the first place by saying his family didn't love him, although they did. Ender loved his family, for the most part, and they loved him even though he was different, and Ender knew that until Graff told him differently. ‘You won't miss your mother and father, not much, not for long. And they won't miss you long,

Robert was hiding from the Vampires and then he found out that one of their weaknesses is light so then the author says “The first excitement he’d felt in months made him break into a run for the station wagon.” Through his reaction we can tell that Robert is just tired of being scared and alone. He is willing to be able to do anything just for that to stop which is why he was so excited. During Enders road of trials, Ender went through a lot, physically, mentally, and spiritually. He had made enemies just for being good. He would be willing to do anything to whatever stands in his way. During the ride to battle school, Ender was approached by a boy who wanted to hurt him for being good so Ender had reacted in a way that the other boy got really hurt “Ender felt sick. He had only meant to catch the boy’s arm. No. No, he had meant to hurt him” Ender was willing to do anything to that boy to prove a point to everyone. At one point Ender was eating alone and a boy named Mick approached him and said “I noticed you eating all alone... I think the teachers do that on purpose”. This proves that Ender went through a lot during his time at battle school. But Ender was willing to bear all these hardships that were befalling

Regretting the past is one of the biggest issues that leads to depression and possibly suicide in military veterans.Relatively, Ender Wiggin exclaims his empathy for the buggers he destroyed e when it is found that the buggers did not actually want to harm human race. Genocide happen all because of some miscommunication and judging leaders. Ender says, “In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, in the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, and that very moment when I love them…”(240). Ender is upset because he understands the I know me so much that he can for many good connections and evaluations. Ender kills the buggers and has many regrets later because he knows they have good sides too. Only a good leader and soldier is able to compete at that level of moral combat with oneself and

However, the pacing towards the end of the book might possibly be too fast. After Ender is done with his training, ready to quit out of despair and actually finishing his training, Card reveals many details incredibly fast that throw off the reader. Going from preparing for war to visiting a deserted Bugger planet and randomly being friendly towards a baby bugger is like something out of an entirely different book. The fast pace of the book occurs on page 263, where Ender’s new “enemy” is revealed. Orson doesn’t put much explanation into the ending where it might be useful, and his lack of explanation may be a bit overkill for trying to leave the book