All throughout history tyrannical leaders have existed. Infact, tyrannies happened, and still do, so often that authors input their opinions about it in their literature. An example of authors that have written about tyrannical leaders include Frank Stockton with The Lady or the Tiger?, and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Both authors wrote about a tyrannical leader to some degree, with the king in The Lady or the Tiger? playing a game of “this or that” with his citizens, and Peter in Ender’s Game torturing his siblings in order to have more power against them.
Evil older siblings are common in literature and TV, but have never been taken as far as Peter Wiggin in Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Peter Wiggin, Ender and Valentine Wiggins eldest brother, is a malicious young boy who had previously threatened to take over the world after murdering his younger siblings, mainly …show more content…
Peter created fear in Ender by controlling the way he thought and acted at home and school. For example, Ender would be cautious of everything he would do at home in fear that Peter would punish him later, but would act tough and aggressive at school, where Peter was not around. In the beginning of the book, Peter nearly kills Ender while playing a game of buggers vs astronauts, suffocating him. “He lifted his foot, took a step, and then knelt on Ender, his knee pressing into Ender’s belly just below the breastbone. He put more and more of his weight on Ender. It became hard to breathe.” (Card O.S. Ender’s Game. pg 12. Tor. 1985. Print.) In addition to controlling Ender’s actions, Peter also influenced not only Ender, but Valentine as well. For example, Ender becomes more and more aggressive as time goes on, killing two boys and breaking another’s arm. What makes this more interesting is that Ender is aware of this change of behavior whenever he hurts someone, or something. For
Evil older siblings are common in literature and TV, but have never been taken as far as Peter Wiggin in Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game. Peter Wiggin, Ender and Valentine Wiggins eldest brother, is a malicious young boy who had previously threatened to take over the world after murdering his younger siblings, mainly …show more content…
Peter created fear in Ender by controlling the way he thought and acted at home and school. For example, Ender would be cautious of everything he would do at home in fear that Peter would punish him later, but would act tough and aggressive at school, where Peter was not around. In the beginning of the book, Peter nearly kills Ender while playing a game of buggers vs astronauts, suffocating him. “He lifted his foot, took a step, and then knelt on Ender, his knee pressing into Ender’s belly just below the breastbone. He put more and more of his weight on Ender. It became hard to breathe.” (Card O.S. Ender’s Game. pg 12. Tor. 1985. Print.) In addition to controlling Ender’s actions, Peter also influenced not only Ender, but Valentine as well. For example, Ender becomes more and more aggressive as time goes on, killing two boys and breaking another’s arm. What makes this more interesting is that Ender is aware of this change of behavior whenever he hurts someone, or something. For