Not every child is as smart as six-year-old Bean, one of the best at the battle school. Orson Scott’s novel, Ender's Shadow, is considered a parallax with Ender's Game, where Bean is raised in the impoverished city streets of Rotterdam. He is seen as unique by the battle school recruiters, who therefore enlist him. As Bean starts to climb the ranks, his success is commended by the elders but is simultaneously resented by his peers. He progresses to more advanced schools where he begins to train harder to prepare himself for his final test: an alien invasion. The earth is in peril, soon to be under attack by an alien race called the “buggers,” and it is up to Bean and his friends to finish the ultimate task to annihilate them and spare the
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The perspective of leading others was enjoyable to read because it was relatable since I am currently the president of an organization. At the beginning of the novel, Bean thrived living on the streets of Rotterdam, where he joined a small group of kids led by a girl named Poke, all fighting for one purpose, survival. Eventually, Poke was fatally murdered by a bully named Achilles, leading Bean to guide others to find food and shelter, although Achilles adamantly considered himself the new “leader.” As Bean is recruited and sent to the Battle School, he starts to observe other kids like Ender, to learn from them to increase his leadership skills and become the best. He also advances to new armies and gives others advice on how to value others as an advantage. An example of this is quoted,“The problem isn’t that Dragon is missing, the problem is that we shouldn’t have the board at all. We’re not each other’s enemies. The Buggers are the only enemy. We’re supposed to be allies. We should be learning from each other, sharing information and idea” (Card 362). Following this statement from Bean, he mentions how everyone should attempt to become closer and more open in order to have better chemistry among themselves. This ideology of collaboration ultimately finds them success in the third and final war against the “buggers” despite being outnumbered a thousand to one. Consequently, Bean was the
The perspective of leading others was enjoyable to read because it was relatable since I am currently the president of an organization. At the beginning of the novel, Bean thrived living on the streets of Rotterdam, where he joined a small group of kids led by a girl named Poke, all fighting for one purpose, survival. Eventually, Poke was fatally murdered by a bully named Achilles, leading Bean to guide others to find food and shelter, although Achilles adamantly considered himself the new “leader.” As Bean is recruited and sent to the Battle School, he starts to observe other kids like Ender, to learn from them to increase his leadership skills and become the best. He also advances to new armies and gives others advice on how to value others as an advantage. An example of this is quoted,“The problem isn’t that Dragon is missing, the problem is that we shouldn’t have the board at all. We’re not each other’s enemies. The Buggers are the only enemy. We’re supposed to be allies. We should be learning from each other, sharing information and idea” (Card 362). Following this statement from Bean, he mentions how everyone should attempt to become closer and more open in order to have better chemistry among themselves. This ideology of collaboration ultimately finds them success in the third and final war against the “buggers” despite being outnumbered a thousand to one. Consequently, Bean was the