Ender's Game Theme

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card should remain on classroom shelves because it teaches life lessons for teens. Ninth graders can relate to the themes expressed in the book. This novel is pertinent to freshman. One of the novel’s major themes is that “children must be taken seriously, for they are capable not only of killing and manipulating-the worst features of adults-but also of creating and helping”(SparkNotes Editors).This theme is relevant since it so specifically applies to the day-to-day components of students’ lives. Each day, teenagers are told how to act, feel, and think by adults around them. They are taught how to behave in society from the moment they are capable of uttering words. In this way every speech, action, even thought is influenced by adults in one way or another. Children in the book Ender’s Game are so much like adults for the reason that they are formed to be that way. Even the main character Ender is constantly manipulated to perform more like an adult than the child he is.

This is developmentally significant because it enlightens us to recognize just how much influence we as children genuinely have over our lives (Card). The main character’s actions are continually precalculated to create a specific result and he is fully aware of it. Just like Ender, it is vital for students to become aware of the manipulative control adults have over their lives, because just like Ender it is crucial for them to find their own mindset and their own views. Realizing their own thoughts will help students embrace individuality rather than regurgitate ideas handed to them by adults. Some freshmen are aware of the control,