Ender's Game: Fear's Control

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Ender’s Game: Fear’s Control
“The only way to end things completely was to hurt him enough that his fear was stronger than his hate (Page 211).” – Andrew “Ender” Wiggin. Fear and the power of fear are very delicate things. If someone has too much fear, it turns to anger. Not enough fear, and they have no respect. The book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is about fear, especially of the unknown, and the controlling power it has.
Sometimes fear can come from lies. Lies about what is happening or going to happen. Lies can make you believe something that is not true, and that can be scary. When we first meet Ender Wiggin, he is only six years old. He is being monitored for a special program that trains children for the eventual war against the buggers, an alien race that almost wiped out the humans. He soon gets his monitor taken out which means he should be washed out, or didn’t pass through the program. The nurse that is helping take out the monitor tells Ender that is won’t hurt a bit. Ender knows she is lying. “…he could count on that statement as an accurate representation of the...

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