Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Ender's Game Chapter 10
In Chapter 10, Ender gets his own army, the Dragon Army. Graff informs Ender that Dragon Army has not been around for many years. I think the reason that Graff brings out the Dragon Army for Ender, is that Ender is unique and needs an unique army to raise. I found it extremely intriguing when I realized that Ender was treating one kid in his army in the same cruel way that Graff and Ender's commanders treated him. Ender immediately tries to isolate the kid that seems to be the brightest. This is the exact same thing that Colonel Graff did to Ender. I think Ender is again showing similarities to Peter, and Ender realizes it. At the end of the chapter, Ender says that he is angry enough to defeat his real enemies: the teachers. This is the point where Ender realizes that his greatest enemies are the teachers and not the buggers that he is supposedly saving the world from. I believe Ender is using the anger that he felt when he realized the teachers had used Valentine to manipulate him, and redirecting it to bring down the teachers' lies and find the truth behind Battle School.
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It's cool that you picked up on the fact that Ender treats the bright child as Graff treated him; it kind of corroborates the phrase 'monsters beget monsters'. You do summarize the chapter a bit too much, though... Try to provide more of your thoughts than textual events. We can read the book to learn more about the story, but we can only know more about what YOU think from these posts!
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