“‘I’ll carry you,’ said Ender, ‘I’ll go from world to world until I find a time and a place where you can come awake in safety. And I’ll tell your story to my people, so that perhaps in time, they can forgive you, too. The way that you’ve forgiven me’” (Card 321). Ender’s words encompass the themes that are shown throughout Ender’s Game. Ender’s Game is a story centered around a child by the name of Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, and his ability to command the Earth’s Military and defeat the aliens that once attacked the Earth, the Buggers. Through redemption and strength, Ender trains and fights to become their leader, and perhaps the Earth’s only savior. There are two forms of the Ender’s Game story, the original novel, Written by Orson Scott Card, …show more content…
First, Ender was manipulated in both the book and movie, however in the book Ender was more stubborn to stick to his morals and values, rather than go along with the IF’s aggressive objectives. In the book Ender stays home for a long period because he was fed up with the deceitfulness of Colonel Graff and the IF, but in the movie Ender stays home due to what he felt he was becoming after the death on Bonzo. While it may not seem extreme, the difference lies with Ender’s willingness, or lack thereof, to follow the agenda set for him by the IF. Furthermore, the difference of isolation is present. In the book, Graff has it so that Ender is never comfortable at any point in his training. At each army at battle school, as soon as Ender begins to feel accepted, he is moved to another group where he must prove himself all over again. This happens in the initial launch, as well as Salamander Army, Rabbit Army, and when he takes command of Dragon Army. At each step he is singled out as weak and useless, or seen as too skilled or too intelligent. This differs from the movie in that in the movie, Ender’s isolation comes to an end after his launch group. Almost immediately after being thrown into Salamander Army, Ender is brought in under the wing of Petra. This allows him to feel accepted very early on, and this acceptance is carried through until the end of the movie. The last difference comes in the form of the redemption. The movie chose to cut out a major part of Ender’s training, Rabbit Army. By doing so it made Ender’s redemption and jump to popularity seem fabricated and unrealistic. Meanwhile, in the book, Ender used his time in Rabbit Army to hold extra practices to both improve his skill and his relationship in the school. Additionally, Ender formed relationships in Rabbit Army, especially with his Toon leader, Dink. These