Loneliness In Ender's Game

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In the book, “Ender’s Game,” there was a 6 year old boy named Ender Wiggin. Ender Wiggin was offered to go to Battle School, where he can go through training to defeat the buggers, an alien species, and was motivated by thinking that he needs to save his beloved sister Valentine so he accepted it. Over at Battle School, Ender showed his ability to visualize gravitational effects, how to maneuver in null gravity inside the battle room, and managed to get farther in a mind game than anyone else. The whole entire time Ender was isolated on purpose so that Ender would physically and mentally be strong. Ender was promoted to Salamander Army, then in Rat Army and then later became a leader in Phoenix Army under his friend, Petra Arkanian’s command. …show more content…

The character Colonel Graff, on purpose tried to keep the students to stay away from Ender. Stated in the book, “Ender’s Game”, on page 31-32 that Colonel Graff said was, “There’s only one boy on this launch with any brains at all, and that is Ender Wiggin. Take a good look at him, little boys. He’s going to be a commander when you’re still in diapers up there”, and also stated on page 32, “ He felt a sharp pain on the top of his head…giggles from behind him…then it became clear. Graff had deliberately caused it. These 2 quotes explain how Colonel Graff tried to isolate Ender by insulting other boys that were also newcomers like Ender and praising Ender that he is the wise one from the others. Therefore, this caused the boys to turn against Ender leaving no one to accept Ender as a friend, making Ender to be independent, instead of relying on others. Also, the character Mazer Rackham, who was Ender’s trainer, also tried to make Ender to not contact with others from face to face. Stated in the book on page 260-261, “He was in the room when Ender awoke in the morning…was an old man, sitting cross-legged on the floor… the door locked…seemed to go on for hours…Mazer Rackham.” This quote explains how the character Mazer Rackham tried to isolate Ender by locking the doors and not letting Ender go out causing Ender to not even meet new people neither new

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