Brief Summary Of Ender's Game

Ender Wiggin is the third child of a family of geniuses and is selected by the military force to save Earth In this society, each child wears a monitor so that the heads of the military are able to see and hear exactly what the child hears. Ender and his siblings, Peter and Valentine, all wore this monitor, although both Peter and Valentine were not selected. Ender, however, has the monitor longer than both Peter or Valentine, and this causes Peter to hate Ender, even when the monitor is taken out. The same can be said for Ender's schoolmates, and he is eventually forced into beating the leader of a gang in self defense. As a result of Ender's actions, the Colonel Graff of the International Fleet comes to take Ender to Battle School after Ender finally passes. Ender leaves behind Valentine, the only person who loves him, in order to help save the world from the buggers, which are an alien race determined in destroying Earth. …show more content…
On the trip to Battle School, Graff points out Ender's brilliance, which causes the other "launchies" to resent Ender. Inside the battleroom, Ender figures out how to maneuver in null gravity, along with another recruit named Alai. Ender and Alai eventually become friends, which helps Ender to fit in the with rest of the launchies. In Battle School, Ender manages to get farther in one of the computer games, called the mind game, than anyone ever had before him, which the military officials notice. Ender is then suddenly promoted to Salamander Army. There Ender becomes friends by Petra Arkanian, who is the only girl in the army. Bonzo Madrid, army commander, despises Ender and does not want him around, but fortunately, Ender is then soon traded to Rat