Ender's Game Short Story

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In all three of my short stories people have a hard time accepting others and their differences. My first short story I will be talking about is Ender’s Game By Orson Scott. In this story people don’t accept Ender because he was born third in his family making him a third. He also has a chip in his neck that was put in there when he was born because having a third child where they’re from isn’t normal and is shun upon by the people. “Perhaps it's impossible to wear an identity without becoming what you pretend to be.” I believe that this quote really says a lot about Ender and how he had to grow up not being accepted by others, especially the kids at his school. In my second short story there was the same problem with people not accepting

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