Major Themes In Ender's Game, By Orson Scott Card

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Ender's Game Themes

In the book Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, there are many topics that are protrayed to the reader. Topics such as bullying, friendship, isolation, self confinenment, manipulation, self creation, self image, deciete, lying, and combat. All of these topics help us to gain a better understanding of the book and the authors message. In Ender's Game, these topics presist, meaning that they are always an on going topic. These on going topics will help us better understand themes and ideolgy in this book. Bullying is described in this book a lot. In fact, almost in every chapter we see people bullying each other. For example, in the first chapter a bully named Stilson antiganises Ender. Stilson says "Hey, Third, …show more content…

In Ender case, Ender is forced to follow all of the rules and deals he made with Conell Graff. For instance, Graff says "I'm sorry if you're lonely and afraid. But the buggers are out there. Ten billion, a hundred billion... And the way we do it is by straining and straining and, at last, every few generations, giving birth to genius" (35). Graff is taking about how he is going to have to train Ender. Graff is willing to take neccasary steps like, self confienment, to achieve his goal. Manipulation is used a lot through out this book to get characters to do what they want. Ender has to fact the reality that people are going to use his. Ender get a liitle word of edvice from Graff which is "Individual humans beings are tools, that the others use to help us all survive"(35). This qoute helps us realize that the whole book is going to be about how Ender is being lied to. Self creation has taken a grematic effect on Ender. Ender always is thinking about how he is like is brother Peter. He say in chapter 1, "Take away my moniter, and I am just like Peter" (8). This leads us to belive that Ender is truly good at heart, but when people try to hurt him he will act like

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