Ender Character Analysis

Ender's Game CDW In Ender's Game, written by Orson Scott Card, the strained and abusive relationship between Ender and Peter causes Ender to have difficulty creating healthy relationship. After Ender gets his monitor off, Peter abuses Ender:
"He lifted his foot, took a step, and then 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. "I could kill you like this," Peter whispered. "Just press and press until you're dead. And I could say that I didn't know it would hurt you, that we were just playing, and they'd believe me, and everything would be fine. And you'd be dead. Everything would be fine."
Peter uses his influence to try to force Ender to believe that Peter is more dominant and powerful than Ender by illustrating his influence over their mother and father. This is an extremely unhealthy brotherly relationship, as this interaction physically abuses Ender and encourages hate towards his brother. Ender deals with Peter's rage and abuse by containing his emotions and withdrawing from almost everyone,
The blood dripping down his chin symbolizes the amplitude Peter has for gore and destruction. A snake hanging from Peter's mouth shows him as the killer that Ender believes him to be. Ender sees Peter in a mirror, as Ender's own reflection. Instead of seeing himself, Ender sees Peter, relaying to Ender that he is Peter. Ender is a killer, a murderer in his own eyes. Ender's view that he is like Peter and a killer, destroys his self-confidence. Since Ender learned that violence is the solution to your problems, it makes it harder for him to bond with other characters in the story. Ender hurts people because it is his natural instinct, imprinted onto him by Peter's unhealthy relationship. Peter's abuse of Ender causes Ender to struggle to create friendships and healthy