Heroism In Ender's Game And Hare Moon

A hero’s interaction with others & the world around them can enhance or limit their heroism. This creed of a hero’s relation with other’s & the world can develop or constrain their heroism is conveyed & supported within the texts “Ender’s Game” & “Hare Moon” through a hero’s willingness to sacrifice in order to achieve a greater good. Many textual techniques are involved in the novels to show this as such.
The composer’s context of “Ender’s Game” was of historical thus making “Ender’s Game” an allegory of a historical event. Said event was the Cold War. This has influenced the text to represent heroes as unlikely but able to make a difference on small or large scales. However, the composer’s context of “Hare Moon” is personal which contrasts
In “Ender’s Game” the “others” are the “buggers”. ‘Buggers are out there…with weapons we don’t understand. And a willingness to use those weapons to wipe us out.’ (Page 35, Ender’s Game) The “buggers” are portrayed as evil beings. ‘Wont split her head open with a beam so hot that her brains burst the skill & spill out…’ (Page 93, Ender’s Game) The “buggers” being part of “Ender’s Game” in the way they are portrayed, increases Ender’s heroism (although he does not interact with them directly), as he is the one to save the world & humanity by killing the “buggers” for the “world” in which is the human race. A similarity is shown in “Hare Moon” with the “Unconsecrated” being depicted as the “others”. ‘…There’s no escaping the Unconsecrated. They shuffle along the fences, pushing, pulling & grating & needing.’ (Page 220, Hare Moon) They, similar to the “buggers”, are also described to be malevolent. ‘They need to Infect. The Unconsecrated never leave a fresh kill if they can sense more blood to be Infected.’ (Page 220, Hare Moon) Tabitha’s heroism is amplified by the “Unconsecrated” as she unwillingly endeavours to destroy them as they (“Unconsecrated”) attempt to wipe out Tabitha’s world. Within both of these texts, Ender & Tabitha do not directly wish to eliminate the “other” but do so for the greater good of their own society. This indirect elimination of
The use of foreshadowing in the novel gives evidence to Ender’s heroism being intensified although it is manipulated & unfair as well as the fact that he (Ender) does not directly interact with the world around him. ‘”Think of other ways to bend the rules. Late notification. Unequal forces. We want an intelligent progression here. We want to bring him along.”’ (Page 97, Ender’s Game). In “Hare Moon”, foreshadowing not purposely used like in “Ender’s Game” but none the less it is used to foreshadow following events. “What will you do?” one of the sister’s asks… ‘I will do what is necessary.” Sister Tabitha responds.’ (Page 247, Hare