Book 2 Entry #4

Q. Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

Peter: Being the oldest of the Wiggins, Peter comes out as the villain of this novel. Though the Wiggins in this story are all portrayed as geniuses, their characteristics are all different. Peter represents the evil side of the Wiggins. Throughout this novel, Peter threats Ender a lot of times, and later, he becomes the greedy man who just peruses power. It is not precisely known why Peter didn’t enter the Battle School, but the two biggest reasons seem to be not being genius enough and his malevolent character.

Valentine: Valentine is Peter’s younger sister and Ender’s older brother. Valentine is basically the opposite of Peter. Unlike Peter, Valentine really cares about Ender, encourages him, and supports him mentally. If we see Valentine, we can see unconditional love like one a parent should give. Later, Valentine becomes an anonymous author with Peter, writes articles, and tries to change the government.

Ender: Ender, the youngest of the Wiggins appear to be the most intelligent boy in his family. He also has the character right between Peter and Valentine. He loves his family and friends, but he often hurts them, for example during the launch, he breaks Bernard’s arm. As we could see in the title, Ender is the protagonist of this story, and the whole plot is focused on Ender. Starting as a genius in a normal home, Ender enters a Battle School, becomes the youngest soldier, shows superior qualities of a commander, gets promoted to command at the Third Bugger war, and finally becomes the war hero.

Like most people would, my favorite character from this book is Ender. However, I also Valentine too. I think these three characters are significant about human truth because they each represent types of people. There are many types of people in this world, and I think this author described it well with this three characters. I think this book also has a focus on relationship between people. This shows how people react to others and kind of shows how we should act to others by showing the good aspects of Valentine.