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Ender Wiggin Lord Of The Flies Analysis

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Ender Wiggin being a third has lead to a lifetime of being a stray from the dominant culture resulting in isolation. Graff comes to Ender asking him to join battle school. Graff, trying to persuade Ender to join, bluntly explains how other people in society perceive him: “You’re a badge of cowardice… and your a badge of public shame, because you interfere with their efforts at assimilation into moral complying society” (Card 23). Graff’s words “cowardice” and “shame” reveal how Enders family truly views them. He brings his family shame just by being alive and being a “third.” Society has pushed his family out because they choose to have a third and Ender reminds his parents of that every day. The word “badge” reveals how he truly is a walking, …show more content…

All the other boys in command hated him for being the youngest commander, and his outstanding achievements regardless of his age. Ender is the best and everyone knows it. Card writes, “It was Bonzo who hungered for his death… The other boys were along for the ride, daring themselves to see how far they might go. Bonzo knew how far he would go” (208). The idea that the boys are “along for the ride” and merely “daring themselves” proves that they are only there for the fun of it and they are treating the situation as a joke or a game. They are treating Ender’s life as a joke. Ender has never had a normal life. From being a third to going to battle school, he has never had a normal life, which has lead to him always being an outcast. Ender’s quick success has especially angered Bonzo more than anything or anyone else, resulting in Bonzo being “hungry for his death.” This demonstrates that Bonzo will stop at nothing to force Ender out of society and to be gone for good. He wants to end his life, his breath, his thoughts. Ender’s differences may cost him his life. This is similar to “nerds” in school. They are, generally, ignored or bullied merely because they are doing better in school. They are seen as an easy target and taken advantage of. Those who are less successful see nerds and quickly become jealous. They are also quick to bully “nerds” like Bonzo taunting

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In this scene we can virtually see the whole fight happening between Ender and Bonzo. We can see that Bonzo tried to round house Ender but changes directions into a leap. Ender predicts the movement, goes in closer to Bonzo and ends up getting slapped on the back. As Bonzo tried to grip Ender, Ender lunges at Bonzo, causing Ender 's head to smack against Bonzo face that kills him.

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In “Ender’s Game” Orson Scott Card places a young man named Ender in a program designed to train children for battle, the group (a.k.a dragon unit) he is put into is known to be the group of boys who are the weakest and are not the best soldiers, in fact the leaders of the program are forced to shut down that unit seeing that young men who are put into the unit would fall victim of stereotypes and fail to perform to the best of their abilities. Ender is the leader of the dragon unit, so he is in charge of envisioning new tactics to receive a victory over the opponent. While in training Ender and his team receive notice that they are to battle in the upcoming hours. They are excited for the battle as they know they are ready, seeing that the team spends coupons hours of their day training, when the doors open to let them into the battle arena Ender quickly has his tactic to beat the other team, and he does. Within a couple of minutes, Ender destroys the opponent and his team still has an unheard number of people left standing on his team.

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Comparing Ender’s experience with Salamander and Rat army; when Salamander army’s leader Bonzo first meets Ender he immediately sees him as someone who has no potential and will be an obstacle in the games. While Rat army’s leader Rose first believed that Ender had potential but then learned that Bonzo had lied to him when they had traded Ender and wanted him to be gone. Contrasting Ender’s experience with both armies; Salamander army was organized and precise, whereas Rat army was a bit immature and accepted Ender somewhat quickly.

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