Inequality In Ender's Game

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Ender’s Game in my humble opinion, is the epitome of an amazing book. This book has sent me on a whirling rollercoaster of emotion with every flip of a page. If it isn’t Ender in danger, it’s his brother trying to take over the world. If not that, then it is dialogue between military corporals, feeding me nonsense that alter my belief in Ender’s ability to overcome the issue at hand “We want to teach him, not give him a nervous breakdown.”(Card 210). Throughout the whole rollercoaster ride, it was apparent that the novel was written with a theme of unfairness and inequality along with bits of sarcasm along the way. For example, when Ender becomes a team commander, the odds are forever against him. Ender is given a squad of forty inexperienced early graduates and is expected to fight the odds that weigh heavily against him “I think you’ll be pleased with the quality of your soldiers. I hope you are, because we’re forbidding you to transfer any of them”(Card 194). Followed by this, Ender …show more content…

Scott tends to maneuver the book from one plot in the book to another, one being about Ender, and his journey in the battle school. Another being, the story of Valentine and Peter trying to take over the world. Through this interchanging story, I begin to forget subtle clues or any theories I have about the book. I can only recollect what I previously thought just before the answer was stated. For example, I always thought the buggers were solely contacting Ender. Although, through the rollercoaster ride that is Ender’s Game, my theories became vague as the book continued. This all changes once Ender and Abra land on a bugger world that is also the same world as Ender’s Giants Game world. Once this was implemented into the book, I seem to remember what I thought at the beginning of the book. All my suspicions and theories were answered and I realized the whole beginning of the book were hints to how the novel would eventually