In the novel Enders Game, written by Orson Scott Card, Andrew (Ender) Wiggin is the youngest child of three Wiggin brothers. Ender is the chosen one by the I.F. to command the fleet that will defeat the buggers and save all the human race in the Third Invasion. The qualities that make him the perfect candidate to command earth’s fleet against the buggers are that he ends all future battles, understands his enemies , he is a genius and a creative problem solver.
Ender ends all future and present battles. When Peter made the following statement Ender agrees on it, “The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.” (Scott 149). He doesn’t like anybody invading his personal space, so he puts an end to the situation by afflicting so much to his opponent causing the aggressor to never bother him again. If you have the power to inflict pain to others, it gives you a position of leadership because, you have the ability to make people do what you want them to do. The pain inflicted on the enemy …show more content…
In the conversation Ender has with Valentine and tells her, “In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him… and then… I destroy him”( Scott p.168). When Ender studies his enemies he finds the person’s weakness point to use this to his advantage to destroy his them. He observes them and as a result he can predict the rival’s actions, and can avoid falling in any trap and beat them. By feeling compassion for his enemies based of his assumptions, he has made himself an undefeated and vicious fighter who is ready to claim