Why do enders parents resent him

Wiggin is Catholic; his wife, Mormon. While they are still feel their religions' call for a large family, they are ashamed of their non-compliant family. It will be easier without Ender around. They also discuss Battle School.

The studies are hard and based heavily on mathematics and computers, military history, strategy, and tactics. In the Battle Room, the children are organized into teams or "armies" and have mock battles in zero gravity. Graff answers Ender's question about whether any girls are there by saying that there are few girls, because "too many centuries of evolution are working against them"--for one thing, they tend to be too caring to pass the tests to get in.

Nevertheless, since Peter was the best they had seen in a long time, they asked the Wiggin parents to "choose a daughter next," hoping that she would be like Peter but less ruthless. Since she was too mild, they requisitioned Ender to be "half Peter and half Valentine. Finally, Graff notes that more is at stake than Ender's happiness; he is needed to defeat the buggers, who "damn near wiped us out last time. But I'll go with you. I love you forever!

This chapter again begins with the two anonymous voices. This time, they are discussing their strategy of keeping Ender isolated while teaching him both to lead and to work well with his subordinates.

One of the voices tells about his plan to "have him completely separated from the rest of the boys by the time we get to the School. The rest of Chapter 4 tells of Ender's flight to Battle School. Right from the beginning, Ender feels isolated from the 19 other boys in his launch. They are joking around and getting to know each other, but Ender does not see the humor and cannot think of any jokes himself. Instead, Ender contents himself by imagining a televised interview in which he is the spokesperson for all of the boys.

Ender considers running up to one of the cameras to ask if he may tell Valentine goodbye but this would be censored anyway, since boys going to Battle School are supposed to be stoic and brave, not missing the people left behind.

Ender orients himself to the null gravity with a game, imagining that he is climbing down a wall and that the ship is hanging onto the bottom of the planet. Ender sees Graff, who turns out to be the principal of the school. Ender is glad to see Graff manipulating his sense of gravity, but when he smiles, Graff shouts at him to explain himself. Ender's good answer leads Graff to reply that Ender is the only boy on the launch with any brains, and this statement makes the other boys look stupid, so they naturally begin to hate him.

One boy directly behind Ender hits him repeatedly on the head after taking off his seat belt. Ender accepts the beating for several minutes until he figures out how to time the hits. Ender grabs the boy's arm and pulls, sending him flying into a bulkhead and breaking his arm. Graff again isolates Ender by reinforcing his statement that Ender is the best of the launch and that the others should not mess with him.

But Ender hates himself for hurting the boy and declares that he is just like Peter. Soon, though, Ender tells himself over and over again, "I am not a killer. I am not Peter. No matter what Graff says, I'm not. Ender sees that Graff is not going to be his friend, despite his hopes, based on the idea that Graff does not lie to him.

Graff says that his job is to create a Napoleon, an Alexander, a Caesar, or a mixture of the three, plus all the subordinates he needs to save the world--but "nowhere in that does it say that I need to make friends with children.

Soon after, Graff meets Anderson and says, "The kid's wrong. I am his friend. In the initial conversation of Chapter 3, one of the anonymous voices says that he will tell Ender the truth, if necessary.

At this point we still do not know "the truth," having just a vague that Ender must save the world, probably from the buggers, and that he will need to be ruthless like he was with Stilson. Again, the conversation shows the manipulation that the adults are willing to use on Ender in order to produce the results they desire. At six years old he enters battle school and begins preparation for the bugger war.

He is the third child in his family. His parents received a waiver from the government granting permission for a third child. For his parents, having a third child was negative. So that he can be accepted into the academy. Why does Ender ultimately decide to go with Graff to battle school? That would mean that all the embarrassment he has been through for being a third would pay off because he would save the world.

Valentine Wiggin Valentine is the only person whom Ender truly loves in the world, and she also is the only one who truly loves him.

She protects him from Peter when they are very young, before he is shipped to Battle School. Valentine is used twice by Colonel Graff to convince Ender to continue with his studies.. Mazer also tells Ender how he learned from his time fighting that, to be successful, they would need a new commander as compassionate as Ender to truly understand the enemy. Mazer Rackman is the first teacher Ender has had who points out things Ender has not already realized for himself. How did Mazer Rackham defeat the buggers in the Second Invasion?

Ender wins the battle by destroying the planet that the enemy lived on, and the room explodes in cheers. Rackham tells him that he has actually been the fleet commander of the Third Invasion and that he just destroyed the buggers completely. The officer asks Ender about the fight with Stilson, and Ender explains that he did not enjoy hurting Stilson but merely wanted to make sure that he would not be hurt in the future.

As he is explaining, he starts to cry and becomes embarrassed. After hearing Ender's explanation the officer stands up, introduces himself as Colonel Graff, director of the Battle School in the Belt, and offers Ender a chance to enter the school.

Ender is surprised, because they have already taken away his monitor, but Graff explains that that was his final test and that he has passed. Ender passes because Colonel Graff is satisfied by the reasons Ender gave for what he did to Stilson. Graff says that he needed to make sure that he knew what Ender motivation was, and he almost slips and says he needed to see that Ender was not like his brother. While Graff talks it becomes clear that Ender, as a third child, was only allowed to be born because of I.

Graff wants Ender to choose to come to school because he will not do well if he does not go willingly. He makes Ender's parents leave the room and tries to convince Ender to leave, by telling him how tough it will be. Graff tells him that he will not be able to see his sister for years. Ender asks about his parents and Graff explains that, although they love him, they will not miss him because of how difficult he has been for them.

His father was one of nine children, and he did not want any child of his to deal with the persecution he had to face. It comes out that there are sanctions against having more than two children that have become stronger over the years. Ender's father was born Catholic, and his mother a Mormon, and although they publicly gave up their religion, they still have religious feelings. Thus Ender torments them because he represents all of the other extra children they wish they could have and he also thwarts their attempts to be like the rest of society.

Graff tells him that Battle School is difficult, but also traces it as his destiny. Peter was good, but they would not take him because of his cruelty.