Ender's Argumentative Essay

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Furthermore, Ender shows he is useful because he demonstrates the capability by playing several roles such as planning, plotting, and thinking everything through twice. "He had made it. He ought to explore. He ought to climb down from the Giant's face and see what he had finally achieved. Instead he signed off, put his desk in his locker, stripped off his clothes and pulled his blanked over him. He hadn't meant to kill the Giant." (Card, 65.) This shows he’s useful because he was the only one who got past that stage, but a little strange that he didn’t want to explore after he had been the only one who finished.

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