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Ender Wiggins Character Analysis

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“I am six years, nine months and twelve days old.”-Ender Wiggins Ch. 7 page 77. Ender Wiggins is a very intelligent boy who is the genius who will save the Earth. Ender is the only one of the “launchies” that is capable of defeating the aliens from attacking Earth again. Ender has two siblings, Peter who is really mean, but can be forgiving at some points. Then there is Valentine who is very sweet and looks out for Ender all of the time. Ender is a “third” which means he is the illegal third child between his siblings. He does not know what he is capable of in any way, shape or form. Ender Wiggins has to face Aliens and save the Human Race in a matter of time. He does not realize what he is getting into. “You launchies are all alike, you don’t know anything.”-Mick Ch. 5 page 43. Ender is part of the “launchies” and he is really confused on what is going on. Ender is very thoughtful of people and cares about what others think. Ender tries to do his best with collaborating with his groups but some people tear him down. His brother and him always have their differences with one another. Ender is very nice and tries to meet others but …show more content…

6 page 64. Ender faces a war simulation that he is going again the Giant. Ender has no intention of hurting something or someone, he is very loyal to everyone. “ I am a murderer even when I play, Peter would be proud of me.”-Ender Wiggins Ch. 6 page 65. Ender faces the Giant and defeats him and he feels really guilty at the end of the game. The game is not beatable but Ender proves them wrong and he feels proud of himself knowing that he succeeds. “What matters now is that he won the game that couldn’t be won.”- Colonel Graff Ch. 6 page 66. Ender is sometimes very deceiving of what his abilities really come to. Ender was really sad when he defeated the Giant the way he did. He had felt guilty for what he had done but it needed to happen to pass the

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He is a very different character from the other characters in the book. He has his own way of thinking from the other characters he can knows how to handle things that are thrown at him. Mostly the constant pressure. His actions are thought out he just simply knows what he is doing. Ender has a very unique personality no character in this book has personality that relates to his.

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Ender’s sister keeps him from getting bullied by his older brother, and she protects Ender whenever she can. Ender keeps going through his training so he can go back and see her. He doesn’t receive any letters from her and thinks she has forgotten about him. The next time Ender sees Valentine, he is tired of fighting and wants to stop. This is when Valentine says, “We play by their rules long enough, and it becomes our game."

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This starts from the very beginning of the book. At the beginning of the book, Ender is given the choice by Colonel Graff, whether or not he wants to attend Battle School. Even though he is given a choice, because the I.F. continually monitored Ender for three years, they know how he is likely to react under most circumstances, as seen in this quote, “You live inside somebody for a few years, you get used to it... I’m not used to seeing his facial expressions. I’m used to feeling them (Card 39).

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no games, the battles were real” (340-341). This deception ends up giving Ender the most power because he was now a hero to the human world. Yet, when Ender assumed the game was merely a simulation, he could do the harmful deeds without so much of a conscious, since there was no one real threat of someone being hurt. Therefore, the false sense of security and safety blanketed by the word “simulation” allowed Ender to let his genius flow, and save the Earth from its supposed “threat” of the buggers: even though he thought the game only counted as practice for what was to come. Without this deception, Enders actions would have been less about winning, but making sure he left his armies as safe as possible.

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To win the battle, Ender’s ability to understand the bugger's tactics was needed, but his empathy for the buggers was not. Since Ender Wiggin didn’t want to injure anyone, in fear of becoming like his brother, they made him believe that what he was doing was just a practice simulation and nobody would get damaged by it. By not telling Ender, the authorities were able to get him to command against the buggers and ultimately save the human race. Having Ender assume he was fighting Mazer Rackham gave him motivation to win the final battle because he didn’t want Mazer to win. For example, Ender states, “I won’t let you beat me unfairly---

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However, his friends now regard him as a teacher and “legendary soldier”. They stopped including Ender in their friendly conversations. Ender yearns to be a part of his old company but is frustrated at being excluded instead. This is evident from Ender’s realisation of his exclusion by his friends to for which he states “How could they think I was part of it? Did I laugh?

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In Orson Scott Card’s book Ender’s Game, Ender is continually set up against impossible odds by the International Fleet, which is part of a plan to train Ender to fight in the Third Invasion and end the bugger wars forever. Ender’s trials are portrayed more convincingly in the book, as the book shows him struggling with the expectations placed upon him more so than in the movie. An important theme in Ender’s Game is that Ender is continually kept in the dark about the events happening around him. This theme is prevalent throughout the book, and sets the stage for the book’s climax, the Third Invasion.

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After he destroys the alien species, he is told that it was all real and he breaks down. The valuable lessons that Ender learns from this victory helped make the book such a successful one that won

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