Ender’s GameBy Orson Scott Card

Presentation by Emily Steele

The HeroEnder Wiggin• In the beginning, Ender is portrayed as a quiet boy who was

misunderstood by his parents and bullied by his schoolmates• The worst of his bullies was his older brother Peter.Their sister, Valentine, was the mediator between the two; she kept Ender safe from Peter’s harm.When ender is faced with confrontation from his bullies, he wants nothing more than for them to leave him alone to avoid anybody getting hurt. However, he proves his power to overcome his attackers with the gruesome beating of Stilson.

The HeroEnder Wiggin• After the dispute with the Stilson kid, Ender instantly gains a large

amount of respect from his fellow classmates. He is later approached by an officer from the Battle School, Officer Graff, who has come to Earth to recruit him as a new member of the school.

Ender’s parents agree this decision was for the best. Ender was deeply saddened to leave Valentine, his beloved friend and sister.While he was happy to escape the wrath of Peter, his journey to train in Battle School terrified him.

The HeroEnder Wiggin• Ender’s experience in Battle School caused a major change in his

characterJust as his experience in Earth schools, Battle School was no different when it came to Ender facing bullies. The other boys were highly competitive and singled out Ender for being a quick learner.Any time that Ender began to settle in with his new surroundings, his commanding officers would promote him or move him to a new team. Ender feels lonely, isolated, and discouraged at the school, and although he advances outstandingly, it is evident that he no longer wants to partake in this journey he set out for.

The HeroEnder Wiggin• After years of Battle School games, Ender grows tired, and returns

home to EarthValentine is requested to speak with Ender about his decision, and after careful consideration, she agrees with Officer Graff that he should go back to save Earth from the buggers.Ender is faced with choosing between his own desires, or making the one person he loves most happy. This is the crucial point in Ender’s journey that was going to set his fate. He would sacrifice his own life to save his sisters.

The Final Game

The last game Ender is faced with, he is unfairly outnumbered. This “final game,” was to determine whether or not he would graduate from the school. In this simulation, Ender destroys his enemy by destroying the planet from which they came from.After successfully wiping out his enemy, he is congratulated by his superiors with the news that he destroyed the entire bugger race and saved Earth forever.

This does not make Ender happy, rather, infuriates and hurts him to discover that he was never given the choice. He has only ever hurt others out of self-defense—because he had no choice. But in this case, he was never given the option to choose.

His Journey as a Dystopian Hero• From the beginning, Ender has never been like the others around him

—he was ridiculed and bullied for it.• Once the Call to Adventure to attend Battle School to learn to fight an

enemy race was recognized, he hesitantly agreed to begin his departure on his journey.• He is greeted by few friends and even more enemies. His allies and the

obstacles he faced built his character’s skills in becoming the best commander in the school—but ultimately it exhausted him and he wanted to go home: refusing his journey.• After reconsideration and persuasion from Valentine, he reluctantly

returns to the school to finish his journey and save Earth.

His Journey as a Dystopian HeroAlthough Ender completed his initial journey, it was not what he wanted to achieve.The final chapter in the novel describes Ender returning to the destroyed planet to learn the history of the race he destroyed and teach it to others.He discovered how to rebuild their species—discovering, in the process, humans were wrong about them. They didn’t want to destroy the Earth or human race: it was all a miscommunication.

This makes him the dystopian hero because he decides to undergo a whole new journey entirely to make better of his previous mistakes. This goes against everything his superiors were trying to accomplish, and disagrees with the status quo.

The bugger planet

The Novel’s Warning Towards SocietyOrson Scott Card’s novel has a continual theme that games are very much like reality. That some games (or aspects in life) require the rules to be broken to overcome.This theme leads me to believe that Card is making allusions to government, it’s corruption, and how that affects the lives of citizens.

Just as how Ender’s superiors manipulated and used Ender and his friends to achieve the goal of destroying the bugger species.

How the Warning is Connected to Society

This warning is connected to our society because it is making the conclusion is our responsibility as a whole to stand up for the moral good and to see through false authorities with ill intention. To stand up for ourselves instead of giving in to oppression.