Ender And Valentine Character Analysis

Ender’s personality is manipulated a countless number of times in this book. Multiple times Ender worries that he is like Peter, his brother. Ender’s sister and friend, Valentine, assures him that he isn’t like Peter and that he is better than Peter. While Ender is a combination of both personalities, his personality fits Valentine, since he was incredibly remorseful when he killed the Buggers. Ender, while resembling both Peter and Valentine, is also different than both of them. Ender is like Peter in many ways. Ender is very violent towards people he doesn’t like. Peter hates Ender, and almost strangles him to death while playing a game. While Ender is gone at Battle School, Peter tortures squirrels, and leaves them for dead. Ender, while
Valentine is sweet, and was too soft for Battleschool. When Ender kills all of the buggers, Ender is extremely remorseful, suggesting that he never wanted to hurt them. Ender also hates having to beat up Stillson and Bonzo. He never is told that he killed Stillson and Bonzo, and if he had been told, he would’ve been emotionally traumatized. Ender is also different from both Peter and Valentine. Valentine is one of Ender’s only real friends. Ender’s parents were only allowed to have him with permission of the government, and never pay attention to him. Peter, his brother, hates him, and everyone at his school ignores him. At first he is hated at Battleschool as well. Eventually, he makes a few friends, and they help him out through his tough times. Valentine, however, loved Ender since when he was born. Ender also loves Valentine, and agrees to go to Command School only to protect her. Ender has many sides, and struggles with who he really is throughout the book. Eventually, the reader realizes that he is just a kid, who just wants to be accepted for who he is. Ender realizes this as well, and travels to the destroyed Bugger planet, and spends the rest of his life trying to live his life the way he wants