His Game Begins...

The Rise of Humanity

Humanity has begun interplanetary flight. New worlds and races are being found now. One race in particular, nicknamed "buggers". The discovery of a bugger forward base in the asteroid Eros leads to war between the species. The battle to recapture Eros results in the discovery of advanced alien technology, including gravity manipulation. There are political conflicts on Earth between three ruling parties, the Hegemon, Polemarch, and Strategos, but are put aside in the face of the threat from the buggers. Preparing for the expected third invasion, an International Fleet (I.F.) is established, with headquarters on Eros. Increasingly advanced starships are built and secretly launched to attack the buggers' home worlds. Humanity has begun to develop commanders capable of defeating the much larger bugger forces, the I.F. creates a crash training program for children with the best strategic minds, the Battle School.

Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is one of the school's trainees. He has a close bond with his sister Valentine; but fears his brother Peter, a highly intelligent scoiopath. Valentine didn't make it to Battle School because she was too kind, and Peter was too violent, but Ender was perfect. At school, the I.F. remove Ender's monitoring device, which is implanted on every kid to monitor their emotional status, and whatever they do in or out of class. Ender thinks that ended his chances of Battle School, and he gets teased by a fellow student, Stilson. Ender beats up Stilson before the fight is broken up; unknown to Ender, the fight was fatal to Stilson. When explaining his actions to I.F. Colonel Hyrum Graff, Ender states his belief that, by showing superiority now, he has prevented future struggle. Graff, on hearing of this, offers Ender a place in the Battle School, situated in Earth's orbit, where Graff quickly isolates Ender from the other cadets because of his mental capabilities. Ender is more intelligent than any of his classmates, so he is set apart to establish superiority. 

"And as he got in the car that waited silently in the corridor, he heard Valentine's anguished cry. "Come back to me! I love you forever!" (Scott Card 57)

This quote perfectly explains the relationship between Ender and Valentine. I think this might have an effect later in the story. Perhaps Valentine stops loving Ender, which impacts him a lot and might make him drop out of Battle School. Or maybe she keeps loving him and that stops Ender from fighting the Buggers. I'm feeling like their relationship is a huge deal to Ender and the story, so I think that those two options might happen. 

"Nobody looked at Ender."  (Scott Card 73)

I think Orson Scott Card is trying to say something here. Besides Valentine, I think that his relationships with the other students will also affect, since he is already set apart, I think he will try even harder to prove that he is worth something. I think that maybe the other students are intimidated by his intelligence, which might make him have the right friends, or lead a powerful attack towards the buggers.

Conclusion

I think that the way Ender develops his relationships with his family and students will affect the story, because they might have an influence on Ender. Ender is highly intelligent, so maybe other students that are also set apart might approach him. Also, I think his family will make him quit Battle School because they miss him or they might be an influence him to kill the buggers in order to keep them safe. I know it is far-fetched but it is still an option.