Ender Game Post 3

At the beginning of "part 3," one of the most important event in the book happened. Ender was progressed to the position of being a commander. He is now forced to give orders, and to discipline. This new role change showed me an important connection; Ender is very very similar to Colonel Graff. In particular cases, Ender picks on a "launchie" named Bean. Although it may seem like he is pointlessly doing so, he truly cares about him and wants to help him. Ender believes Graff is using him, but does not know that Graff wants to help Ender too and cares about him. Some manipulation must be used to train his army, like Graff used to make Ender a commander.

Because of Ender's newfound success, Ender has made enemies. He truly is competing with the teachers, not the other armies. He wants to beat them. However, Ender's anger with the teachers caused him to make enemies, one in particular named Bonzo. He is eventually forced to fight him, and severely hurts two people. Immediately after the fight, he is forced to fight an impossible battle. This in a sense seemed to break Ender. He no longer cared about winning afterwards; he only cares about having no more enemies. When he left Battle School, the similar feelings of indifference towards life returned.

Ender again returns to school, this time Command School. He does not want to go back because when he does, he is forced to become Peter again. When he destroys the Buggers, he is the only one who does not celebrate because he is sad he destroyed another enemy. He simply wants to have no enemies. Ender also felt manipulated because he never knew he was actually fighting the buggers; he just destroyed their humanity. Although the was was justified, Ender is the only one who thinks humanity could have been saved without war.

When Ender leaves, he colonizes to the bugger worlds with Valentine; Peter would use him if he returned to Earth. He dedicated his life to understanding the Buggers and they both come to the understanding that they never meant to harm one another. The buggers forgave Ender for what he did because they knew he never wanted to hurt them. Ender finally finds his freedom because he has chosen the path he wants to follow, not someone elses.