Ender's Fight Vs. The Buggars

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Nice caring person, very smart. He is a great leader under Ender Wiggins. He faces the obstacle of being trusted with half of the fleet, due to his extreme intelligence. No it is not a human rights issue. This is just an act of trust by ender to be able to trust his friend with control of half the army. He responds to this by working very hard to help ender win the battle vs the buggars. “Alai, who was almost as good a strategist as Ender and could be entrusted to do well with half a fleet and only vague instructions.”
Page 288. The time period affects this characters approach because he has to prove he can do it quickly before the real war beigns. He interacts with others by always being the nicest guy in the room, he’s really kind

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