urvival for an adult during times of war can be a soul-crushing task, but the toll can be even greater on the children of the affected nations. Ender Wiggin, from Orson Scott Card’s science fiction novel, Ender’s Game, however, is capable of enduring more than any man alive. Ender is also an unusual case as he is a third child to his parents in a society in which such a thing is frowned upon. One gets a taste very quickly for Ender’s particular method of coping as he disarms a group of bullies by injuring their leader at the age of six. It is clear from the very beginning that this young man’s abilities are extraordinary. Despite his distaste for violence, Ender knows when it is an appropriate solution, proving him to be an incredibly efficient potential war leader, capable of making diplomatic and aggressive advances in times of strife. Ender Wiggin has survived thus far thanks to his intelligence and his …show more content…
On the shuttle to the Battle School, it is made very clear to all the children aboard that Ender was favored over all of them, instantly earning Ender a great amount of loathing from the other kids. This led very quickly to a child deciding to beat Ender over the head repeatedly and Ender throwing him across the ship into a wall with the intention to “hurt him” (33). This is his most reliable solution and the other launchies do not bother him from this point on. This is also the case in the aforementioned skirmish during his free-play with the older boys at the battle school. As several of the larger boys surround him, in envy him for his superior thinking skills, Ender fights back “scattering blood in the air” as a necessary consequence of their mindless aggression (115). Although he is disturbed with himself, Ender still understands that if he were to not respond violently, he would have been just as badly injured, if not