Enders Game

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orrupt and misled individuals, who often made many important decisions. At others' expense they followed through with their decisions, such as with taking Ender away from his family to train in the military. Orson Scott Card is quoted saying about the government that "the followers are ignorant and stupid and easily fooled, and the leaders are exploitative and cynical, manipulating others' faith for their private benefit."(Card, pg. 2) Which the government in his novel was often portrayed doing to the general public. One instance of this was, when Ender was attacked by Bonzo and a few of the other boys. Ender, ended up killing Bonzo, but Colonel Graff covered it up, and Ender had no idea that he had killed the boy. Colonel Graff had also known that the boys were planning on attacking Ender, but did nothing to stop it.

"You have known for eight days that there is a conspiracy among some of the more vicious of the 'children' to cause the beating of Ender Wiggen"(Card, 201)

However Colonel Graff's reasons for this are quite logical. Graff reason's to General Pace, "When Ender Wiggin holds our fleets in his control, when he must make the decisions that bring us victor or destruction, will there be military police to come save him if things get out of hand?" (Card,201)

Out of the Silent Planet, had a very distinct setting of its classes in society. The "aliens" that inhabited the planet were very distinct in their nature and their looks, as well as their purpose. The planet's inhabitants were subdivided and lived separate, living in villages that were only comprised of their species.

Oyarsa was the supreme being, Ransom believed Oyarsa to be God, but was in fact mistaken. Oyarsa was an Angel, and he went on to tell that

"Malacandra(the planet which Ransom has traveled to), like all worlds, floats in heaven. And I am not 'here' altogether as you are Ransom."(Lewis,119)

Through this Oyarsa means that, he only merely com...