![]() But Ender does not really want to be such a savior, and he prefers to have squadron leaders who can think and act independently with just a few organizing principles to follow. The military leaders have decided to follow this principle as they have sought the one most promising child to become the supreme commander. ![]() The principle here is that a single mind can direct the war effort better than a number of individual commanders. Individual initiative versus central planningĮnder is chosen to be the commander who leads the fleet to victory, thereby saving the world. Ender is not given many opportunities for friendship or trust so that he becomes fiercely independent and thus, it seems, a better commander. Also, Ender realizes that he cannot always trust his friends, such as Petra-when he becomes commander and Dragon Army destroys her army, she is furious with him for months, being not much better than the other jealous commanders. For instance, Ender trusts Valentine implicitly, but she becomes the tool of the International Fleet in order to get him to continue with his training. You can't trust anybodyĮnder is brought up not to trust anyone, and he often feels betrayed. A lie reveals a truth about a person's motivations. In this way, the idea that everybody lies almost becomes a good thing, since it means that they are easier to figure out. ![]() Ender points out that since adults only say such a thing when it is going to hurt, children can always depend on the lie to warn them of the pain. This idea is submitted by Ender very early in the novel, when the nurse tells him that taking his monitor out will not be painful. Even the young Valentine is insincere insofar as she writes under the pseudonym Demosthenes Sometimes, lies are more dependable than the truth Ender ended up destroying almost all the buggers while thinking that he was just winning games. For instance, Graff lies to Ender multiple times, the most obvious time being when he and Mazer pretend that the battles Ender is fighting against the buggers are actually just Mazer's battle scenarios. ![]() Ender does not trust anyone, and one of the manifestations of that distrust is the suggestion that everyone lies, especially the adults (and in particular teachers) towards the children. ![]()
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