The Exploitation Of Children In Ender's Game By Orson Scott Card

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is set on a post-war Earth as well as the Battle School. The main character is Andrew Wiggin who goes by the name Ender. At age six he is sent to Battle School. There he trains in battle and strategies and quickly rises to the top. As he ages, he gets better and better. He becomes the top soldier and commands his own army by the age of 11.
Political exploitation of children is a big theme in these books. In Ender’s Game, they use kids as soldiers. The use of children for political advantage in this book is the most noticeable part of the book. They raise kids so they can go kill other people. Ender doesn’t like hurting people much at the beginning but towards the end he becomes a soldier and a killer. Ender leaned his head against the wall of the corridor and cried until the bus came. I am just like Peter. Take my monitor away, and I am just like Peter. This quote shows that Ender doesn’t want to turn out violent like his older brother, but the government forced him to.

Ender’s sister keeps him from getting bullied by his older brother, and she protects Ender whenever she can. Ender keeps going through his training so he can go back and see her. He doesn’t receive any letters from her and thinks she has forgotten about him. The next time Ender sees Valentine, he is tired of fighting and wants to stop. This is when Valentine says, “We play by their rules long enough, and it becomes our game." Valentine says this to comfort Ender and to tell him that he is not a piece of someone else’s game, but that he is a part of