Siblings In Ender's Game By Orson Scott Card

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

Ender’s passion for killing someone when he’s angered and his ruthlessness are inherited from Peter. Angered by Stilson’s continuous bullying and torturing that Ender’s not able to control himself, “So Ender walked to Stilson’s supine body and kicked him again, viciously, in the ribs” (7). Provoked, Ender can not control his anger towards Stilson, and treats him just like Peter treats him. While hitting Stilson he doesn’t think about stopping, Peter is just as cruel to Ender when hitting him that he forgets to stop and almost kills him. Physically hurting others, Ender becomes like Peter and

One reason why this is true is because Peter and Ender are working with two different commanders. Peter is commanding with. And Ender is commanding with Graff and soon became a commander himself. And then Ender has always been nicer than Peter especially to his sister Valentine. Ender views himself as an independent commander and doesn’t need any help from anyone else.

In the beginning of the book, the bond between Valentine and Ender is very strong, seeming to be unbreakable. So when someone tries to hurt one of them, the other is going to step in and protect him/her. In this case it was Valentine who was protecting Ender and herself from their unruly elder brother. Peter is known to have very bitter feelings towards Ender because he is a third, whereas Valentine is the total opposite, she cares for and loves Ender unconditionally. When Peter bullies Ender, Valentine is always there to step in and help him out. She is shown to be able to get Peter to stop bringing harm to Ender, and even shows no fear to his threats. In a conversation between Valentine and Peter, she states “Ender and I aren’t stupid. We scored as well as you did on everything. Better on some things. We’re all such wonderfully bright children. You’re not the smartest, Peter, you’re just the biggest.” (13). By Valentine standing up for herself and Ender and from Peter, she is being daring, showing courage and being a hero. She is facing her fear, the dangerous Peter, and standing up for what is right by keeping those that are close to her heart,

Ender does not want to be Peter, who was a cold-hearted killer. Ender was beginning to understand the buggers and find out their reasoning behind the war, but before he could fully understand, the I.F. made him defeat the buggers without even knowing. It also made Ender upset when he found out that he not only just killed one queen, he killed an entire colony and world of queens. Another situation that also upset Ender was when Ender killed Bonzo. Ender didn’t mean to hurt him, but he had to, for self-defense. “’Why should I want to beat anybody?’ Ender pressed his palms against his eyes. ‘I hurt Bonzo really bad today, Bean. I really hurt him… I knocked him out standing up. It was like he was dead, standing there. And I kept hurting him… I just wanted to make sure he never hurt me again’” (222). Although Ender disliked Bonzo, Ender loved him because when he truly understands his opponent to defeat them, he also cared for them. This not only disconcerted him, it made Ender despise the

Ender Wiggin was a timid boy who wanted to have his brother and parents to love him. Prior to joining the Battle School, Ender did not have the belligerence that he would soon possess. He did not want to be like Peter, so

1- As humans, we have certain morals that guides our lives. Our parents and society that surrounds us guides us to believe in rules and proper actions but in Ender's Game, these moral codes of our idea of humanity are challenged and questioned. Card's use of a utopian world in his science fiction novel sometimes do not obey the concepts that individuals today in the United States are raised to stay true to. This can be seen in the novel as Ender is a Third and is not as welcome in his family as Peter and Valentine by society and putting others down to feel better about themselves. In addition, Ender was placed within his family by the government in order to grow with a family, but when old enough, train and become a military genius for all of Earth's wars.

One of the many ways Card is able to create sympathy for Ender is through the pain and torment Ender goes through. One example is from the article,”Ender’s older brother Peter torments Ender out of all proportion to any rational motivation, and his abuse goes completely unnoticed and unchecked by their parents.”(Miller, 4) In the quote we see that Card created Peter so the reader can

Ender is different from the other boys because he wasn’t laughing and joking around like they were. Ender couldn’t recall any jokes, and theirs didn’t seem funny to him. “He was afraid, and fear made him serious.” (Card, page 28) Ender seems like the outsider of the group. He is acute and reserved, while the other boys are boisterous and rowdy.

In these times he would look up to no one but her sister. Valentine always supports, cares and fights for Ender, and that's what makes their relationship grow stronger. In the novel, Valentine is a mother to Ender when she hugs him goodbye, a friend when they reconnect after years apart, and a protector as she shields him from their malicious brother, Peter. Valentine is first introduced as a loving and caring young woman who has the best intentions for Ender, whom she treats like a son. It is evident within the first few pages of the novel that Valentine and Ender have a very close relationship.

Ender is the most innocent-looking, sweet little boy ever. But he is more correctly a genius, bad to the bone soldier that could ever be chosen for the program. As for Peter, Ender’s brother, he’s a terrifying monster… until he thinks no one’s watching. One night, after tormenting Ender, he thought the little boy was asleep. “I’m sorry,” He said. “I'm sorry, I know how it feels. I'm sorry, I'm your brother. I love you.” You really can’t judge anyone in Ender’s Game by what they do, you need to know more because they always turn around and do something completely out of their character. I also learned that your best friends are the one’s you can count on one hand. Ender trusts so few people, and he’s right to. His sister Valentine, his Launchy friends Alai and Shen, and his Salamander Army friend Petra are Ender’s trustworthy friends. Those are only two of many different lessons one can learn from Ender’s

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is a novel set in the distant future about Ender Wiggin, a boy sent by government leaders to save the world from an alien race. Ender’s older sister, Valentine, goes through a drastic character change throughout the novel due to the brother she loved leaving her with their abusive brother Peter. Since Valentine had always stuck up for Ender, she didn’t know how to stick up for herself, leading to her dramatic transition. Throughout this novel, Valentine goes from caring to hardhearted, a change which affects her greatly since her entire character is based off her kind, nurturing personality. Peter and Ender are constantly quarrelling over how Ender kept his monitor on for so long, this annoys Valentine and her natural instinct is to protect Ender.

Ever since Ender beat up Stilson he had viewed himself as “just like” Peter. Peter is mischievous and an awful person, he hurts people and it doesn't get to him. I think Ender may hurt people, but he is not just like Peter.

Ender’s brother and sister had a very big influence on Ender, if it weren’t for them being so smart the International Fleet wouldn’t have authorized Ender’s birth and if it weren’t for Peter he wouldn’t have known how to cry silently and Valentine helped him cope with Peter while also teaching him how to love and helping him when he visits Earth right before going to Command School.

From the moment he was born, Ender has faced isolation as a Third. Because he has more potential than his siblings, Ender is forced into greater solitude. With only himself to rely on, Ender is pressured into giving 110%, especially during confrontations with his enemies. It soon becomes clear that standing in his way can prove to be quite dangerous. The adults think that he has the potential to become a great leader, but they know that it will be difficult to make sure that he pursues the right path.