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Colonel Grafef In Ender's Game By Orson Scott Card

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Everything has its secrets “Persuade him that he wants to come with us more than he wants to stay... if that doesn’t work ill lie to him”(Card16).In the book “Enders Game” by Orson Scott Card, one of the main characters Colonel Graff leads ender through his missions. Ender is chosen from a mix of his brother and sister’s personalities. Peter was too violent, Valentine was to caring and forgiving, and thus ender has both these characteristics. Graff has been watching him, even before battle school and has secretly been testing him. Graff prepares him for a life changing war between them and the buggers. Graff is a great leader by what he is able to accomplish. Graff was at a point were all his watching and testing could be for nothing. Not wanting to leave is family ender finally makes his choice, “It’s what I was born for, isn’t it? If I don’t go, why am I alive? I don’t want to go, but I will” (card26). Ender could of told him no, and stayed and watched his world die but he didn’t. He knew that he was different for a reason and this was his reason to leave. His parents would forget and move on and he would forget about them. When all is done he can still come back to his family, and most importantly Valentine “Come back to me! I love you forever” (Card26). …show more content…

A bad side of Colonel Graff is that he gets what he wants through manipulation. It gets what needs done but you lose your trust. Graff only wanted the war to end so “Of course we tricked you into it, that’s the whole point” (Card298). Ender was most definitely hurt by this, but hey it got the job done didn’t it? All of Enders commanders knew what he was really doing, all except Ender. Because even “If you knew, then you couldn’t do it” (Card298). Ender was so mad when he found out what happened that all he could do was ignore it and go to sleep. So by manipulating people you get what you want but there is also a default to

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We can see this in real life when an adult may not like something and they put it on a child that they will have the same mindset on these things. For example, a parent may not like a movie or TV show, so they tell their young ones that they wouldn’t like it either. This prevents the child from forming their own opinions, because they are told by their parents what they do or don’t like. While manipulation is often viewed negatively, it could be argued that guiding and mentoring youth is essential to help them develop into young adults. In "Ender's Game," Ender goes beyond his role as just a piece in Graff’s plan, using his experiences to shape his future and do what he wants to do.

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While Graff is speaking with someone in higher military command, he insists Ender remains isolated so he can thinks he can only help his self. Graff ends the conversation implying that Ender may have friends, but no parents. Isolation for Ender is unpleasant, and tries not to focus on the agony by counting powers of two. Ender goes to the game room, however he is quickly bored by most of the games. In the meantime, Ender challenges an older boy to play a game best two out of three, in which, Ender beats him by winning two games, ultimately shocking the other elder kids.

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Though Valentine’s actual motive for attempting to make contact with his ticklish knee was to console him, Ender considered it an act of peril, judging Valentine’s intention as harm to him. As an unintended consequence, Valentine’s perception of Ender has significantly modified for the worse. “A very small, fragile boy who needed her protection. Not this cold-eyed, dark-skinned manling who kills wasps with his fingers.” Ender’s colossal character change essentially reveals what Card inevitably understood he would become: a clone of Peter’s daunting characteristics.

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