Genocide

The Final Battle

Ender is now 10 years old and is promoted to Command School on Eros after a brief respite on Earth. After some preliminary battles in the simulator, he is introduced to a former war hero, Mazer Rackham. From now on, Ender directs real human spacecraft against bugger fleets via an instantaneous communicator. The battle simulations are controlled by Mazer. As the skirmishes become harder, he is joined by some of his friends from the Battle School as sub-commanders. Despite this, Ender becomes depressed by the frustration of the battles, his isolation, and by the way Mazer treats him.

Ender is ready for his final test.This time, he is fighting in the buggers' home planet. He is outnumbered by them, but Ender is still confident. Ender almost completely wastes all the manpower he has when he forms a shield of ships around the Molecular Detachment Device, a weapon that destroys molecules in a chain reaction. The Device destroys the planet and the surrounding bugger fleet. Everyone starts applauding, but the simulation continues to roll. Ender is confused. Mazer walks toward him and congratulates him. Ender has won the war. Ender has destroyed an entire species. 

"Because they need us(...) Because they need somebody to defeat the buggers" (Scott Card 198)

Ender, before his final test, realises that the army does not care about him, they need him. Ender is nothing but a mere weapon to be used by the army in order to defeat the buggers. This has lead me to believe that Ender might rebel on the army and change it in some way. Or maybe he wants vengeance because of what they made him do. 

"The best soldier in any army, lying on his bunk crying." (Scott Card 213)

Ender, after realising what he has done, lies in his bunker, crying. Memories of the death of Stilson, Bonzo and his sister Valentine flood his mind. I think that Ender might try to make up what he has done somehow, which to me, is basically impossible. Ender has killed an entire species of aliens, and I don't know what could possibly make up for that. 

Conclusion

After reading these chapters, I was completely shocked at the things that are happening. Ender has committed genocide and he has slaughtered an entire species. I am really intrigued to what will happen next and how this fact will change Ender. I think Ender will be greatly affected because of his actions and he will rebel or leave the army.