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Valiant And Tormented In Ender's Game
Valiant and tormented
In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott, a new war is coming. The government selects a young boy to leave his family and train himself for battle. Through the plot, two prominent characteristics developed. After finished the book, the two main traits of the main character, Ender Wiggin, are valiant and tormented.
The first characteristic that was seen was how Ender was valiant. His bravery was seen first in the book when he decided he wanted to go to Battle school. He said, “‘I'm afraid,”said Ender quietly. “But I'll go with you.’” (Scott 26). This was the first sign of this trait, he made himself leave on behalf of the war. Since he was so young, he did not know that he would become the next big general, but since

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