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The Theme Of Ending In Bernard's 'Gang'
2. On the flight to Battle School, Graff declares Ender as the best student. So, one kid starts continuously hitting Ender on the head. Ender then grabs the kid’s wrist flipping him into the air. Where he breaks his arm. From this passage, we learn that Ender believes that he is no better than Peter. Which means Ender is going to have to prove to himself that he is better than that, which in later in the book instead of proving himself by force he does it by playing jokes on Bernard by leaving messages on the kid’s desks. Ending in Bernard’s “gang” disbanding. [104 words]

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