Ender's Game Case Study

Q1. From the fact that Ender's parents had to receive permission to have a third child, I can imply that extreme global population growth has affected Earth in a negative way. Overpopulation created harm to the earth's natural resources and environment, causing the government to take action and issue a two-child policy, where families with more than two children are penalized. In Ender's Game, the term "third" is used degradingly and to dehumanize the third child in a family. This can be seen when Stilson remarks "We're people, not Thirds." The third child is seen as inhuman and is shamed for further harming nature and general wellbeing of the world, despite not being responsible for their birth. In Ender's case, however, he was born to be
The bugger queen's thoughts mentioned "We did not mean to murder, and when we understood, we never came again." Similar to how Ender "finished" his future fights with Stilson and Bonzo, the IF finished the buggers. Despite this, Ender's decision to use the ansible against the Formic homeworld is never justified. The Third had enough of the adult's games and lack of respect and took his frustration out on the "simulation." Even he didn't think his actions were justified; "I didn't want to kill them all. I didn't want to kill anybody!" Ender's impulsiveness and resentment brewed from mistreatment by the IF resulted in the lost of ten billion lives that can never be given back.

Q4. Ender never redeemed himself from his violent actions against humans, but he did (or is going to) find atonement with the buggers. The xenocide of the buggers did not make up for the deaths of Stilson or Bonzo. For example, most believe that Ender's redemption had been fulfilled after the deaths of ten billion "hostile" aliens, but the buggers had not once again been near Earth for years counting; they had stopped attacking and humans were no longer in danger. What Ender had "saved" them from was