Symbolism In Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card uses his characters Valentine, Peter and Ender to represent the good, the bad and the blended aspects of human nature in Ender’s Game. Valentine, Ender’s sister represents the good character. Peter, Ender’s brother represents the bad character. Ender the main character of the novel, which represents the blended character. This is how Orson Scott Card’s characters have been represented in the novel.

Despite his insecurities and loneliness, Ender becomes a commander in the battle that successfully leads his team to victory in destroying the alien species.

After Ender’s important battle, they tell him that all of it was real and that he had actually defeated the buggers. Ender thinks to himself, “Real. Not a game. Ender’s mind was too tired to cope with it all. They weren’t just points of light in the air, they were real ships that he had fought with and real ships he had destroyed. And a real world that he had blasted into oblivion. He walked through the crowd, dodging their congratulations, ignoring their hands, their words, their rejoicing” (Card 297). When Ender realizes that they have been lying to him and using him as a weapon, he becomes angry. Ender yells at Graff and Mazer, “‘ I didn’t want to kill them all. I didn’t want to kill anybody! I’m not a killer! You didn’t want me, you bastards, you wanted Peter, but you made me do it, you tricked me into it!’” (Card 297). If Ender would have known that he would have killed people and creatures, he would not have gone to battle school in the first place. Death is very hard on Ender and he does not know how he can live with such a burden. Ender’s change in character is due to him being a victim of

Ender has a lot to think about towards the end of the book. He had became a captain earlier then a lot of the other captains. Ender was a smart kid and his brother Peter was jealous of him because he got accepted to battle school. Ender also had a sister that was sweet and he loved her. Ender is kinda like both Peter and Valentine they kinda are the same in a way. Ender He killed a lot of people but he isn’t anything like peter. He also have a good heart but he’s also isn’t like valentine. He’s kinda mixed with both of them because he is violent but has a great heart.

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.

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.

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.

Valentine does go to see Ender. "For she had, after all, done just what they wanted. She had talked Ender into going back into his training and he wouldn't soon forgive her for that" (Card 242). Ender feels responsibility toward Valentine and toward his own Army and then eventually toward the world. "All your tricks worked, Valentine, too; she was another one of your tricks to make me remember that I am not going to school for myself" (Card 244).

Firstly, Valentine provides Ender with her unconditional love, and supporting companionship. She is the only thing that helps Ender get through his loneliness, and deal with his struggles of being an undesired Third. Secondly, Valentine is the main reason for which Ender develops enough courage and motivation to return to command school, and eventually confront the buggers, “The voice of one girl, who had protected him from terror. The same voice that he would do anything to keep alive…even leave earth behind.” (245).

Ender is finally free and he must make up for all that he did while under someone else’s control. Valentine, however, believes something different from Ender when she says, “’Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life Ender’” (241). Ender does not realize it, but fear of failing and constant pressure from others control the outcomes to his decisions. In the end, Ender may not completely agree with

Ender goes through many hard things, including bullying, being overworked, sleep-deprived, and trying to not be like his brother Peter. While Ender is at school in space, Peter and Valentine try to gain trust of the people on Earth. Ender gets promoted to be the commander of the entire fleet. And with the help of his friends, and

Some things are better off left together because they intertwine and work together. A person’s actions and intentions can be dominant in certain situations depending on the situation.. When one says one is more important constantly, then people can completely dismiss a majority of situations, mold people into what they want to see, and lead to a lack of crucial information. Choosing between two things that work hand in hand can cause multiple miscommunications that can easily be avoided when people realize that they should not try to separate and bring superiority to actions and intentions in all situations. When people say that actions are more important than intentions and vice versa they aren’t really taking account of multiple situations

It may have appeared that Ender had changed on his outward appearance, but he always had his compassion and soul intact. He did not change despite the fact that he was in an environment where everything was being done to change him in order to result in the best possible commander. Even after he had defeated the buggers his compassion remained as he is dedicated to finding a new planet for their race to flourish. Throughout this novel I think that Orson Scott Card did a phenomenal job of conveying this as one of his inspiring messages: stand by what you think is right, stay strong and don’t let anything or anyone change you. Ender proved that to us, as the world tried to manipulate him, he remained true to

After a few years, Ender gains control of the Phoenix Army. his army excels and he holds daily practice sessions for the whole school. Even though things are better, he still feels depressed. Back on earth they make Valentine write a letter to cheer him up. It works and he stays in the game.

When Ender is at the battle school, it is evident that the training and harsh atmosphere is taking a toll on him, “Since becoming commander, he never slept more than five hours a night…Sometimes he worked at his desk…straining his eyes to use the dim display. Usually, though, he stared at the invisible ceiling and thought” (Card 174). Later, he is not even able to get a joke, “therefore Dr. Device. It was a joke.’ Ender didn’t see what was funny about it” (Card 273). When Ender discovered he was tricked into destroying the entirety of the buggers, he became depressed thinking about the genocide that he had just committed, “Real. Not a game. Ender’s mid was too tired to cope with it all. They weren’t just points of light in the air, they were real ships that he had fought with and real ships he had destroyed. And a real world he had blasted to oblivion” (Card 297).