Ender's Game Xenocide

The book Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a science fiction novel, about futuristic battles between earth and aliens. This book won the 1986 Nebula book award, 1986 Hugo best book award. The book Ender’s Game is about a boy named Ender who is pulled out of his home and put into battle school. He is a brilliant boy who learns the skills to fight against the enemies called the buggers. He is a prophet, but goes through internal issues in order to save humanity. Ender Wiggin has the archetype of a hero in the book. He had to do some terrible things in order to save himself and humanity but he was put into situations where that was the only thing he could’ve done. Like when he was put into the showers with no supervision. While he did kill an entire species he isn't to blame for this xenocide.
He did kill an entire species, but a hero is a person who takes action when needed, or the person who does things for the right cause, or a person who exhibits goodness against evil.
He didn't kill the buggers for pleasure. In the book it states, “‘I didn’t want to kill them all. I didn’t want to kill anybody! I’m not a killer! You didn’t want me, you bastards, you wanted Peter, but you made me do it, you tricked me into it!’ He was crying. He was out of control.” (Card 391) This quote explains the fact that he was deceived. He didn't want to kill all the buggers, Colonel Graff told him it was a simulator and that no damage would be caused by this. He is a person who is kind hearted and does things for the right
reasons.

While he did kill other people like Bonzo and Stilson, he isn't trying to kill them. When he feels a situation is dangerous he wants to get the job done, so that they don't hurt him or other people again. Yes, that could mean he takes things too far, but Bonzo tried to kill Ender. In the book it states, "Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way... If he does not believe that, then he will never reach the peak of his abilities." (Card 202). This quotes explains that He was put into another situation that Graff knew he would get into. Yet they didn't do anything to stop it. They knew that Bonzo was trying to kill or extremely hurt Ender. A hero is a person who exhibits goodness against the forces of evil. Under those guidelines, Ender is a hero. Bonzo tried to kill Ender in a group, and he defended himself and put an end to Bonzo and saved other people, like Petra from being hurt by Bonzo.

In the end, Ender Wiggin is the hero of the book. A hero is a person who exhibits goodness against the forces of evil. That means that in all the situations that Ender was put into, he did it for good. But even though he committed xenocide, Graff deceived him, and didn't tell him. When he killed Bonzo, Graff chose not to do anything. He let Bonzo and Ender fight. In all Ender Wiggin in the book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is the hero.

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