Humanity In Ender's Game

On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ceased to exist. The lives of their inhabitants were taken to save the lives of others. The destruction of these cities was deemed necessary by those in power to reduce their own casualties and to save their own people. The inhabitants of those cities died for what may seem to be selfish reasons from their point of view, killed to protect those they have never met. But to the destroyers, it was deemed necessary, for the protection of their own people, the people they serve and leave. Orson Scott Card builds upon these point of views in “Ender’s Game”. He asks the question, “if it is in the name of protecting one's own people, in the name of protecting humanity, is anything necessary? …show more content…
These people are the patriots, the people that put their own people above anything else even if it means the commitment of a great evil (Tyson 9). This view of survival is mostly present in the adults of the novels. Carefully manipulating Ender and his classmates and committing evils along the way in the name of protecting humanity. Card shows that the people in charge will always make the patriot’s decision if the situation presents itself (Tyson 10). At the beginning of every single chapter there are conversations between several “mysterious” figures discussing the manipulation of Ender and whether it is right to do so. These figures are usually Colonel Graff or someone else and they provide further insight on the patriots decision. The first chapter has one of the people in the conversation having some doubt whether it is right to just take Ender, but when he is convinced he says, “All right. We’re saving the world, after all. Take Him.” (Card 1). This person is obviously one of the high ranking officers in the military and his view of the situation ultimately falls in line with the patriots view. And through all these conversations, Card proves that those in charge will always fall in line with the patriot’s