Ender's Game Literary Analysis

Orson Scott Card’s novel, Ender’s Game, summons images of a dystopia, a futuristic yet, envisioned universal realm oppressed by means of corporal control, dehumanized expectations, excessive surveillance, immerse propaganda, and criticized dissent. Nevertheless, characters throughout his novel condone egregious circumstances, endure restricted individuality, and adhere to homogenous presumptions. The setting oscillates from vexing paranoia on Earth to belligerent distress in outer space. When these parallels converge, readers also encounter a peculiar twist - a fixated identity misconceived by most. Ender’s siblings, Valentine and Peter, write a regressive, yet, angst-filled column, which is disguised as bureaucratic rhetoric, in a prestigious …show more content…
Throughout childhood, Valentine and Peter’s relationship wavers from the extremes of violent apprehension to mutual support, and they decide to accomplish a major attribution -a vital impact on society’s perception- by becoming authors of a newspaper column, which critiques government policy. As they mention possible names and attributes of the column, it appears as, “[t]hey were obvious pseudonyms, but that was part of the plan…[p]eople may be shocked that Demosthenes and Locke are two kids, but they’ll already be used to listening to us” (Card 134). Valentine deceives the government, along with society by disguising her “true” identity, and Card utilizes Demontheses, who deceives society’s foundational beliefs by acting as Valentine’s pawn. Demontheses, Valentine’s treachery method, explores the deception of the totalitarian corruptness and ineffectiveness of government policy; on the contrary, Demosthenes exemplifies the “reality” of the consequences of government action and possible dispersed occurrences in the future. She portrays this archetype, because she “often feels trapped, struggl[es] to escape and helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through...her perspective” ( Terri Chung). Valentine confronts “reality” when she takes notice of a commentary that, “had been discussed in the open …show more content…
Peter encourages Valentine “to call for the Warsaw Pact to lose official status. You have to get a lot of people really angry, Then, later, when you begin to recognize the need for compromise” ( Card 136). Valentine adheres to Peter's encouragement, hides her identity, and presumes the role of Demosthenes. She wants to persuade society members on the method of disposing societal complexities. In her column she writes, “People should be allowed to have as many children as they would like, and the surplus population should be sent to other worlds, to spread mankind so far across the galaxy that no disaster, no invasion could ever threaten the human race with annihilation….the most noble title a child could have is a ...third.”(Card 153). She also utilizes persuasion to discard government regulations. Her literary style emphasizes a blend of deliberative and forensic oratory, and a study explaining the intent of persuasive discourse shows that one “seeks to persuade someone to accept [their] point of view and to ...condemn someone else’s actions” (“The Three Kinds of Persuasive Discourse”). Card’s use of persuasive discourse acknowledges that Valentine desires to influence politics in an oppressed universe, but struggles to escape a society that criticizes oblivion dissent and individuality. Valentine wants to express her