Ender's Isolation In Fahrenheit 451

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Title of Your Report Light years from earth, Buggers, a hyper intelligent species, are preparing for war with mankind. The I.F or The International Fleet is preparing a group of elite geniuses to fight the next war. However, this group of geniuses includes with a child named Andrew Wiggin, an ingenious six year old who goes by the nickname of Ender. At home is constantly manipulated and bullied by his little brother, Peter and he only had one person to love. Valentine, a 8 year old girl was the only person Ender cared about Valentine as she was the only person Ender loved as Valentine treats Ender with love. Colonel Graff a ruthless Commander of Battle School, isolates Ender to manipulate his creative and ingenious potential. Mazer Rackham, …show more content…

As a result of Graff’s manipulation, the other soldiers greatly resent Ender and one soldier in particular forces a fight between himself and Ender, Ender’s isolation is already complete by the time he arrives at Battle School, which causes Ender great despair. Although Ender’s isolation causes Ender great despair, it was Graff’s goal to isolate Ender to make him a better soldier. Its evident from the beginning the Graff’s final goal was to isolate …show more content…

Through the manipulation of Valentine, Graff also tries to manipulate Ender using Valentine’s letter which Ender only angers Ender due to the insincerity and manipulation involved in the letter. Ender immediately recognizes Graff manipulated Valentine into writing the letter while the falsehood of the letter of the letter tarnishes his memories of Valentine. Ender is filled with despair because Valentine is the only person Ender loves and now his love has be tainted. It is clear Ender’s despair is caused by Graff’s manipulation of

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