Title: Ender Wiggin - Wikipedia
Headings: Ender Wiggin
Ender Wiggin
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Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender in Exile
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Content: He receives the same education as other children, but the military recognizes him as their best bet to be supreme commander and often manipulates its own rules to make sure Ender has the necessary technical skills and the right character for their ends. Expressly, Ender is conditioned to be entirely self-sufficient from a very young age. As a child, Ender is bullied at school for being a "Third," particularly by a bully named Stilson. After Stilson engages him in a fight, Ender beats him up so severely that the boy is hospitalized and subsequently dies, although Ender is not aware of this fact until much later. Ender is tormented by his brother Peter, a sadist who delights in killing small animals and tormenting other children, and who resents the attention Ender gets from the military. His only refuge is with his beloved sister Valentine, his protector, and only friend. When he is accepted into Battle School, he is brokenhearted at leaving her, but she assures him that they will always have a bond. At Battle School, Ender is exposed to significant emotional and mental anguish and even physical danger. The administration is forbidden from protecting him from harm, guaranteeing that he would never look to anybody else for help. Ender breezes through academics, his main interest being the centerpiece of the school: