Ender's Game Analysis

Abbad Akhtar
Mrs.Burton
ENG1D0-B
December, 12, 2015
Enders Game essay A teacher is someone who teaches another person a skill or gives them knowledge. In the real world we are surrounded by them. In society teachers are crucial for success weather its personal success or career success. Teachers are needed. In Enders case he has multiple teachers who teach him how to succeed in battle school. In Orson Scott Card’s Enders Game Enders success as a leader is only possible because of the strong teacher who want him to succeed. This shows that a person needs a teacher who believes in them to have success. Colonel Graff is one of those teacher who develops ender and is necessary for Enders success. Valentine is Enders older sister and is one of
Colonel Graff says, “[w]ith Ender, We have to strike a delicate balance. Isolate him enough that he remains creative-otherwise he’ll adopt the system here and we’ll lose him. At the same time, he needs to make sure he keeps a strong ability to lead”(27). By Colonel Graff saying this he is implying that he is so string in the belief of Enders success that e is willing to put ender in isolation to keep his creativity and still be a good leader. This shows Graff is an effective teacher because he makes big decisions for ender against his will if it means Ender will succeed. Colonel Graff cares for Enders well-being and teaches him to stand up for himself no matter the means. Colonel Graff States, “so what will you do about it? Crawl into a corner? Start kissing their little backsides so they’ll love you again? There’s only one thing that will make them stop hating you and that is being so good at what you do that they just ignore you”(35). When Colonel Graff says this he knows how ender is feeling and is sympathetic but to teach Ender to stand up for himself he has to push ender and make the other boys hate him so
Mazer Rackham teaches Ender that no one is going to tell him what the enemy is going to do. So Mazer teaches Ender how to understand his enemies and that is one of the causes of Enders success as leader. “I am your Enemy, The first one that is smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy, no one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will tell you how to destroy and conquer”(263). When Mazer Rackham says this he teaches Ender that he was to look past the enemy and understand them so he can then predict every single move. This proves Mazer strongly believes in Enders success because he wants Ender to think of him as a bad guy even though he is not. Mazer Rackham Teaches Ender that there is no point in wasting time in trying to be happy because he does not choose when to be happy and this leads to Ender focusing and eventually being the leader that he is now. “I am not a happy Man Ender, Humanity does not want us to be happy it merely wants us to be brilliant on its behalf survival first then happiness”(277). When Mazer Rackham says this he is trying to teach Ender not to waste time on being happy because happiness comes and goes and he cannot control that so he teaches him not to waste time and stay focused and he does and in the end becomes a successful