Elliott Meeks
Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and manipulate the entire country of Haiti. While he was president he tourcherd and killed everyone who got in his way; nothing stopped him from keeping his power. The use of fear to manipulate and stop at nothing attitude is a central theme in Card’s novel Ender's Game. Card suggests the dangers to society of having a win at all costs attitude when it comes to power. He illustrates this through the adults in IF, as well as Peter, whose pursuit of power leads them to control and manipulate others.
Elliott Meeks
Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and …show more content…
When ender and Valentine meet for the first time since he joined the IF he held up his “limp” hands saying, "See the strings?" (105). Ender feels as if he is being manipulated by the adults in IF and has no freedom. The IF has full control over ender and what he does in his life. He is being controlled by their strings and has as much of a say about what happens in his life as a puppet would. They use his knowledge and strength as a tool to help them gain power. They do not care what he thinks or believes because he is a tool and who cares about what a hammer feels. Later when Dink is telling ender how the I.F. are abusing their power he says, "As long as people are afraid of the buggers, the I.F. can stay in power” (162). Although no one has really seen the “war” the IF plays with people's fears in order to stay in power. The IF uses propaganda to Influence and trick people into trusting them to “save” the world so they can have all the power they want. As long as people are afraid of something, and as long as they believe the IF are the only solution to the problem they have no choice but to give the IF all the power they want. When Ender had been “tricked” into killing the whole bugger race Graff said, "It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it” (392). This is the most blatant indication of the IF’s use of manipulation. The adults had to manipulate
Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and manipulate the entire country of Haiti. While he was president he tourcherd and killed everyone who got in his way; nothing stopped him from keeping his power. The use of fear to manipulate and stop at nothing attitude is a central theme in Card’s novel Ender's Game. Card suggests the dangers to society of having a win at all costs attitude when it comes to power. He illustrates this through the adults in IF, as well as Peter, whose pursuit of power leads them to control and manipulate others.
Elliott Meeks
Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and …show more content…
When ender and Valentine meet for the first time since he joined the IF he held up his “limp” hands saying, "See the strings?" (105). Ender feels as if he is being manipulated by the adults in IF and has no freedom. The IF has full control over ender and what he does in his life. He is being controlled by their strings and has as much of a say about what happens in his life as a puppet would. They use his knowledge and strength as a tool to help them gain power. They do not care what he thinks or believes because he is a tool and who cares about what a hammer feels. Later when Dink is telling ender how the I.F. are abusing their power he says, "As long as people are afraid of the buggers, the I.F. can stay in power” (162). Although no one has really seen the “war” the IF plays with people's fears in order to stay in power. The IF uses propaganda to Influence and trick people into trusting them to “save” the world so they can have all the power they want. As long as people are afraid of something, and as long as they believe the IF are the only solution to the problem they have no choice but to give the IF all the power they want. When Ender had been “tricked” into killing the whole bugger race Graff said, "It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it” (392). This is the most blatant indication of the IF’s use of manipulation. The adults had to manipulate