Compare And Contrast Ender's Game And Unbroken

In the books “Ender’s Game” and “Unbroken” there are many themes, some being of games, others of survival and suffering. However one theme that can be found in both novels is that of the strong impact of war, both during and after it happens. In “Unbroken”, Louis Zamperini created a timeless story with his courage and will to survive through both his tribulations in war and throughout his everyday life. His story includes everything from a childhood full of mischief to an eventual trip to the Olympics. In “Ender’s Game”, Ender Wiggin provides a prime example of perseverance when it seems like there’s no reason to go on. These two protagonists, real and fictitious, young and younger, show an exact reaction to hardships, and prove that even

Louie’s return home only left him with flashbacks to the war and an obsession with his past persecution. He fell deeply into alcoholism and his marriage was slowly crumbling. Though Louie did eventually find peace, during those few years directly after the war finished, he was plagued with symptoms of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), and nothing seemed to be going right for him. Similar to Louie, Ender felt somewhat lost after the war was over, though they were both filled with guilt because of all the people he had killed during the war. Nobody can truly ever be the same after enduring such ghastly events, but the struggles and recoveries that both Ender and Louis experience after their hardships are true testaments to their

Though each member of the family testified that they never believed him dead for a moment, the stress of the possibility weighed on them constantly. Comparably, the last time Ender ever saw his parents was at the age of six, at which point he was flown off to Battle School. After training for years there, he was a very different person, and was most likely barely recognizable to his parents. His older sister, Valentine, was the only member of the family permitted to see Ender when he went back to Earth for a short period of time. After winning the war, his parents were notified that it was, in fact, their son who had saved the planet from utter destruction by the Buggers, but whether it was was the son they had raised or one who had been hardened by the stress of competitive schooling was unclear. Ender and Louie were both disconnected from their families, and though Louie returned home, Ender never saw his family after he was six years old. The stress put on their close relatives because of this must have been nearly