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Valentine And Peter Relationship

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Secondly, on the other hand, Valentine is the very caring and the peacemaker of the three siblings. This can be seen by her courage and determination to break up the soon to be fight between Peter and Ender. Valentine’s repetition of threatening Peter, by saying “Where’s Mom” and “I think I’ll call Daddy” shows her resolution to make amends between her two brothers. Though it did not work on Peter as he rebarted her statements, her word choice was cleverly used to make a deeper impact. “Mom” and “Dad” have a higher superiority than Peter has over the younger siblings, which was emphasised when he stated that “(he’s) in charge”. By calling for a higher level of superiority, such as their parents, she took advantage of it to intimidate Peter

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