What Is Ender's Isolation

Ender is different than most other kids in many different ways, he has potential to do great things no others can, but he needed that little push let his skills come to use, so that is why he was isolated. The isolation Ender went through resulted in his individual strength and self-discovery, which meant he was transformed into the ideal soldier that the I.F authorities were seeking for. During Ender’s isolation, he realizes who he truly is while being alone, he builds up his inner and outer strength without having anybody to assist him, and he learns how to deal with situations he is placed in. To begin with, Ender becomes aware of his true character and develops it while being isolated, since he does not experience the influence of any
“The fear stayed, all through dinner as no one sat by him in the mess hall. The other boys were talking about things – the big scoreboard on one wall, the food, the bigger kids. Ender could only watch in isolation.” (Card 41). From the start, Ender was very vulnerable and lonely, so he had to protect himself mentally from Stilson and his squad of bullies by constantly reassuring himself that everything will turn out to be fine. Later on, Ender finds a way to make friends who watch his back, but the authorities continued to isolate him and he started losing those friendships. As a result of the isolation that Ender had endured, he had gotten on Bonzo’s bad side after a battle between their two teams. Bonzo and his squad had cornered Ender in the shower, “It was Bonzo who hungered for his death, even though he was silent.” (Card 208). During this attack, there were no teachers or authorities who came to help Ender, him and Bonzo fought until Bonzo was on the ground and that’s when they came, when Ender had already handled the situation. Towards the end, Ender had accomplished a massive achievement, “You beat them, and it's all over. [...] All over. Beat them. Ender didn't understand [...] This was the Third Invasion [...] the battles were real and the only enemies you fought were the buggers.”
“If Graff was setting him up, there’d be no help unless he helped himself.” (Card 33). Graff wanted Ender isolated from the kids at Battle school so he doesn’t pick up their thought methods, and from the adults so that he learns to not depend on them. Later on, Graff says that there won’t be anybody to look up to, or to expect help from during the war. Ender has a hard time handling this isolation at first, but his character and emotions evolve and it helps to manage the stress and seclusion. However, by following the system Ender had led himself to further isolation. “Now he was the master soldier, and he was completely, utterly alone” (Card 140). Ender rose to the top and achieved great things that Graff had planned for him, but once he lost his friendship with Alai and the others because of Graff’s manipulation, his loneliness was sealed and there was no one there for him. In the end, Ender learned a terrific way to deal with the enemy, “In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them […] I destroy them.” (Card 238). Ender has been through a lot and still