Mazer Rackham

Mazer Rackham was the hero of the second bugger invasion, he is also Ender's teacher. This should be impossible, because the second invasion happened 100 years before, but it's not. Mazer Rackham was put into a ship and sent into space going at a relative speed. By doing this Mazer Rackham is only 8 years older then from the end of the second invasion. Mazer was sent into space to stay alive in order to teach Ender. Mazer is similar to Ender he is always very serious and has a brilliant mind. Mazer understands the buggers better then everyone else. Mazer realizes the connection between the Queen and worker buggers. With Mazer's training Ender is ready to fight the buggers and to lead the humans to victory. 

Peter's Rise to Hegemon

Peter Wiggin is a very bright boy with one ambition gaining power. Peter started planning for his rise when he was still a child. In the book you see the beginning of his plan. Peter gets onto the nets and begins writing. He gains support and is an influential person in society. With this support Peter is able to stop the war on earth after the bugger war. Peter does this by getting nations to agree on a proposal. The proposal is called the Locke proposal in honor of Peters online alias. Even later in the book you learn that Peter becomes Hegemon. Ender writes a Eulogy as the speaker of the dead in honor of his brother. From the clues in the book Peter seems to be a charismatic and good leader who is capable of gaining power. It turns out Peter may not have been as bad as he seemed. In the beginning of the book Peter is almost psychotic but he gets past that and becomes a promising leader.

War Games

At battle school a game is played. Every boy in the school participates in it. The game simulates what battle in null-g would feel like. It helps the children at battle school learn strategy and helps them learn about maneuvering in space. Ender quickly becomes the best soldier the game has ever seen. And because of Ender's skill he becomes a commander. The commanders are in charge of training their army and leading them into battle. As a commander Ender never loses a game. Ender wants to be perfect he realizes that if he cant win the game at school he will never be able to beat the buggers. Ender's drive for perfection is motivational and really shows how much he cares about the world and that he believes it is his duty to save it. Ender's time as a commander shows how strong he his, being able to overcome every obstacle thrown at him and never breaking down. When Ender starts to feel the effects of the challenges he is graduated and went down as the best commander battle school ever had.

The Women in Ender's Life

Ender has two major female influences in his life, Valentine and Petra. Valentine is Enders motivation and drive to do well in Battle School. She protected him as a child and helps be the best he can by teaching him arithmatic. This makes Valentine similar to Petra. Petra protects Ender from Bonzo and teaches him how to shoot while in null-G. I thought this was very coincidental. To help guide Ender through his situation with Bonzo he has Petra to help him. This is very similar to how Ender got through his everyday life with Peter thanks to Valentine. To me this is a big connection.

The Giants Drink

In Ender's Game their is a fantasy game on their desks called the giants drink. In the game a giant offers your player two drinks and no matter what one you pick it kills your character. No one in the history of the school has ever gotten by the giant except Ender. Ender instead of picking a drink he attacked the giant. Ender continued through the game and got to an area in the game labeled the end of the world. He finds a castle with a mirror and a rug. Ender after he defeats the Buggers goes to colonize their planet. He finds an area that looks exactly like the area in the fantasy game. The Buggers found a way to communicate with Ender through the game and through his dreams. The buggers show deeper intellect then humans by being able to sense Ender and his love for his enemies and to be able to communicate with him through thoughts and images.