Postby JohnPaulWiggin » Sat Aug 11, 2012 11:28 pm
First thing I thought of was Star Wars, how the two stories portray human interaction with extra-terrestrial life. I supposed you could also do this with any movie where aliens and humans encounter one another.
Another way you could go is a movie like Blood Diamond or something that does show child soldiers. This would be a great comparison, I think. In Blood Diamond, we see the child soldiers as abducted, abused, brainwashed, and forced to commit atrocities. In Enders Game we think of the child soldiers as volunteers, rescued from bad situations, educated, healthy, heroic, brilliant, etc. Then of course there are the comparisons. Technically Ender committed an atrocity as well, and in both cases adults are calling the shots on behalf of the children they are controlling.