Ender's Game Characteristics

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Dane Shuler
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06 October, 2017
Ender’s Game Heroic is a trait of Andrew Wiggins in the story Ender's Game by Orson Scott. In the book Andrew Wiggins also known as Ender develops 3 very important traits through the story. The 3 main traits that Ender had to have in the story for it to be a good story are Ender being brave, being heroic, and being loving. If he wouldn't have had those traits then the story wouldn't be good. In the story Ender went threw batte school, command school, normal school where he got picked on, and many more hard challenges. Ender had to go threw battle school and command school because they had to prepare him for the battle with the buggers which were the aliens that had attacked Earth twice.

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“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them” that show how Ender he loves all his enemies and everyone he meets and it hurts him to kill them.“So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other” this shows Ender finds we are fighting with the buggers for a stupid reason and it is all because they can't communicate with us and he thinks we should stop and be friends which shows he is loving. “Ender didn't like fighting. He didn't like Peter's kind, the strong against the weak” this shows Ener is loving and doesn't want to fight people unless it is a even battle or where it is a battle of being smart and not of strength. This was a conversation with Ender and one of his leaders “You made them hate me." Said Ender
"So? What will you do about it? Crawl in a corner? Start kissing their little backsides so they'll love you again? There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you. I told them you were the best. Now you damn well better be." Said Graff.” That shows Ender doesn't like when people hates him and he wants them to love him so he can love them. “I didn't want to hurt him!" Ender cried. "Why didn't he just leave me alone!” That shows Ender doesn't like to hurt people and he is loving but if they fight him he has to fight

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