10/5/2023 0 Comments Ender's game conflict quotes![]() ![]() ![]() Ender hits Bonzo defensively, then finishes the fight to ensure (preemptively) that Bonzo will never hurt him again. Ender avoids Bonzo for as long as he can, finally fighting him in a shower when Bonzo corners him. A more disturbing example of Ender’s defensive instincts comes when Ender learns that Bonzo Madrid wants to kill him. This only happens after dozens of rounds in which the Giant kills and eats him, though-Ender doesn’t consider the Giant a threat until it’s overwhelmingly obvious that the Giant leaves him no other way to survive. ![]() In the virtual reality game he plays with the Giant, however, Ender ultimately decides to “think outside the box” and attack the Giant. As the book goes on, Card poses a far more challenging version of this question: is it morally justifiable to attack an entire species (the Buggers) that’s known to be dangerous to human beings, even if the species shows no signs of wanting to fight again?įor most of his time at the Battle School, Ender doesn’t have the willpower to attack his opponents preemptively-his innate sense of right and wrong tells him that he has to wait to fight back. We might ask, then, if it’s ever right to attack an enemy before the enemy has struck first-or if it’s only morally acceptable to defend oneself from one’s opponents. It is this act of calculated violence that ultimately wins Ender a place in Battle School.Įnder’s attack on Stilson is thus both defensive and preemptive: he didn’t want to fight Stilson, but when he does, he doesn’t show Stilson the mercy that most people would. Ender realizes that he can either walk away and expect to face Stilson tomorrow, or kick him while he’s down, effectively winning all the “future fights.” Ender makes a decision that few have the stomach for: in order to protect himself, he kicks Stilson while he’s already down, inadvertently killing him. Ender gains the upper hand in the fight, and knocks Stilson to the ground. He’s bullied by a schoolboy named Stilson, and one afternoon, Stilson pushes Ender, and Ender decides that he has no choice except to fight back. At the beginning of Ender’s Game, Ender Wiggin faces a difficult choice. ![]()
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