Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Introduction

Ender’s Game is a fictional story which is based an invasion of the earth by aliens known as Buggers, and everyone is ready for a third invasion. The military embarks on a mission to breed the eventual military genius to be in charge of the fleet in a proactive attack against the Buggers home world. Kids are consequently trained from the age of 6 years, in far of world facility which is known as Battle School, and their training is majorly based on games. The protagonist Ender Wiggins is the probably the child they are focused on. He is focused, determined, empathetic, and anguished, he is actually the best as compared to other kids in the games. The adults who run the school are focused wiping out the entire species and will stop at nothing to see their goals being achieved, their hope lies on the kids as a means of bringing to an end the species. For that reason, this paper will analyse the book thus providing an analysis and evaluation of the book.

The book majorly focuses on the abilities of children, which is among the main themes, empathy and alienation, the quality of leadership as well as technology and virtual reality. The kids are intelligent and creative, and as read in the book, Ender’s who is also the protagonist is creative in the sense that he is able to come up with strategies of being the best at the game (Car & OverDrive, 2013). This basically makes him the best as compared to other kids. In addition, due to his strong sense of empathy, he becomes a capable strategist who is able to win the game. Alienated from others and being treated like an adult, Ender’s gains skilful traits through careful observation which eventually makes him an active leader.  Finally, Ender’s is able to outperform adults through showing them his reasoning is better than that of adults, which consequently makes them to believe him. On the other hand, Peter and Valentine write articles necessary to influence the country’s political direction through obtaining false identity in order to succeed.

The author achieved his purpose of writing the book, in the sense that he was able to depict the abilities of children if given the chance to be leaders. In addition, the writing is powerful as it clearly illustrates the power that children possess, and how successful they can be if they are not constrained from achieving their purpose in life. According to my point of view, I found the book interesting in the sense that its aim was to educate parents on how they should treat their children, hence allowing them to make critical and significant choices which may of great importance to the world. I would highly recommend the book to other for the reasons that it showcases the ability that children have if given the chance, in addition, it encourages parents not to limit their children because of the abilities they possess.

Conclusion

The book just as discussed, is focused on improving the way children are viewed in the society, thus allowing them the opportunity to make decisions concerning the country. On the other hand, through the book, children can also learn the significance of being empathy and having good traits in order to be the best. The protagonist in the book is an epitome of success due to the skills he possess, which eventually make him to stand out hence being selected as the leader of the military.  

Reference

Card, O. S., & OverDrive, Inc. (2013). Ender's game. New York: Tom Doherty Associates.