Ender's Game Theme Essay

In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, a young boy named Andrew, Ender for short, faces the challenge of adult control. As a soldier in Battle School, Ender is forced to rely on adults’ commands , which is both good and bad. As a result of this, Ender begins to see through the adults’ words to their true intent. This leads Ender to try to make his own choices, which shows him how tough the words and actions of adults’ truly are.Throughout the story, the theme- Never underestimate the strength of adults- is developed through the author’s use of dialogue, repetition, and inner thinking.
Orson Scott Card uses dialogue throughout the novel to express the theme “Never underestimate the strength of adults.”For example, at the beginning of the novel Colonel Graff pays a visit to the Wiggins. Graff …show more content…
For instance, towards the end of the novel Ender’s army starts getting assigned two battles per day, more than the standard single battle. This continues for many days which causes Ender and his army to tire quickly. Orson Scott Card is showing that the adult in charge of assigning battles has no remorse for using his power against the students’ well-being. Card also uses Ender’s skills to the adults’ advantage with the constant promotions. Whenever Ender got trouble or acted up, the adults would just promote him instead of resolving the issue. If Ender was not as talented as he was, it would look suspicious when he was promoted. The first time Ender was promoted he was still six, the age he was when he entered Battle School, The author even includes, “The ten- and eleven- year olds towered over him, even the youngest were eight, and Ender was not large for his age” (page 74) to emphasize how young Ender was in comparison to his fellow soldiers. Ender also lacked the training required for the ranking. Card is explaining that the power of some adults is so strong that no one is allowed to any skeptical