Second Analysis Of Ender:

Ender Wiggins have changed a lot since the first part of the book. From where I left off on the first post, Ender’s internal conflict, which involves isolation and the fear of becoming a harmful being, slowly left him. His small group of launchies had become closer and people began to respect him instead of making fun of him. 

But Ender was not given this peace for long. Graff continued to direct hatred or jealousy towards him. Graff broke up his group and turned Ender into the enemy by disowning anyone who is practicing with Ender. Ender was promoted into the position of toon leader and eventually the commander of his own army, Dragon Army. He was promoted in order to stimulate enemies and resume to isolation again.

During this period, I believe Ender had found the core of his enemies, which are teachers, not the Armies. Graff broke rules in order to create obstacles for Ender. Ender’s armies were consisted of mostly non-experienced soldiers, but Ender managed to train them into a team that are able to work together unpredictably. His armies were told to battle 6 months earlier than the usual date and the schedules of battles came as fast as 10 minutes before the battle. He still did not lose any games and people hated him more than ever.

In order to overcome this injustice, Ender had to think fast and develop techniques at the top of his head. He decided to watch videos of the buggers during battle in order to learn from them. At this point, he was stricken with the realization that, “...it was the buggers, not the humans, that Ender learned strategy. He felt ashamed learning from them, since they were the most terrible enemy...But they were always very good at what they did. Discipline was apparently very tight” (188). I believe this realization strengthened his inner doubt of becoming a murderer. The inner conflict is aroused once again. This event led me to think, Is it the brain or the murderous heart that is needed to succeed in battle? In relation to the training in battle school, I believe both are needed. Ender is successful because of his brains, but  he does not have a heart for murder. However, Graff is trying to train Ender into the best soldier by making him excel to his full potential. His manipulation of putting the hatred of others on Ender refers that negative feeling is needed to succeed. 

Overall, by the analysis of this event, I can conclude that Battle school is training human beings into insensitive machines that feed off of others’ failures. I believe the author Orson Scott Card, wrote this book to connect this negative affect to soldiers training for war in real life- the change and pain soldiers have to go through in war.