Ender’s skill also intimidates some of his peers, who become jealous and eager to see him fail.Įnder befriends Alai, a similarly gifted student. Graff frequently isolates him from others, knowing that Ender must learn to not rely on anyone else to accomplish his goals. He lives with “Launchies,” the new recruits, though he has some difficulty making friends. In Battle School, Ender excels in several activities, including maneuvering through zero gravity and defeating complicated computer games. This life ends when Graff escorts Ender away from his home and into Battle School.Įnder, with several other intellectually gifted students, travels to Battle School, which is on a ship in outer space. Valentine intervenes to protect him from the bullies as well as from Peter.
Jealous peers also bully Ender at school.
The oldest child in the family, Peter, is intensely jealous that Ender is chosen while he and their middle sister Valentine were not. Humans around the planet have dubbed these aliens the “buggers.”Ĭolonel Hyrum Graff of the International Fleet (I.F.) recruits Ender to Battle School, an operation that attracts the most promising children from around the world and trains them in the battle tactics that will defend Earth from the upcoming alien invasion.
All his life, Ender Wiggin has been told by his family, school, and government that a hostile alien force threatens to return to destroy planet Earth. The novel opens with six-year-old Andrew (Ender) Wiggin having a monitor removed from his neck.
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