The death is usually represented by a descent in that, the hero travels to a place of death and when the hero returns, he or she is speculated to have been reborn. At the end of his time in Battle School, Ender is mentally and psychologically exhausted to the point where he refuses to carry on his education or “quest”. Instead of moving forward, he gives up and returns to Earth. There he stays for two months instead of the intended three days. He spends his days lethargic and despairing until his sister Valentine visits him. Valentine appeals to Ender, for her sake, to destroy the buggers and save mankind. Valentine’s plea urges Ender and also gives him the courage to return to space and enter Command School. This return is Ender’s rebirth where it gives him enough strength and conviction to see him through the harder trials he must face in the
The death is usually represented by a descent in that, the hero travels to a place of death and when the hero returns, he or she is speculated to have been reborn. At the end of his time in Battle School, Ender is mentally and psychologically exhausted to the point where he refuses to carry on his education or “quest”. Instead of moving forward, he gives up and returns to Earth. There he stays for two months instead of the intended three days. He spends his days lethargic and despairing until his sister Valentine visits him. Valentine appeals to Ender, for her sake, to destroy the buggers and save mankind. Valentine’s plea urges Ender and also gives him the courage to return to space and enter Command School. This return is Ender’s rebirth where it gives him enough strength and conviction to see him through the harder trials he must face in the