Thoughts on Ender's Shadow
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 10:03 pm
The book begins following Bean as a orphan living on the streets of Rotterdam, and without giving away too much of the story, has his genius recognized by a nun and whisked away to Battle School. One of my favorite realizations that becomes apparent in the book is the fact that intellectually, Bean surpasses Ender. The fact that, knowing this, Ender is still chosen over Bean to lead earth's forces against the alien enemy. This is just one example of the deeper themes in the book - that Ender's humanity (which Bean struggles to find within himself) is the greater factor that endears Ender's jeesh to him.
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Please read the rest at my blog at the following URL and post comments to let me know what you think!!
http://incrediblyordinarythoughts.blogs ... verse.html