Friday, November 7, 2008

"Valentine"

Two I.F. officers are talking about the identity of Demostenes and Locke, and found out that they're Ender's siblings, Valentine and Peter. Peter and Valentine learn that the world is preparing for war, and while Peter has been more dangerous than ever, Valentine has become her pseudonym Demostenes. Graff picks up Valentine, and tells her not to tell Peter, because he's bringing her to see Ender. Ender has been on Earth for 2 months now, and has no motive for returning to fight in space. Valentine learns why this is, because Ender knows his enemies so well he begins to love them, but ends up destroying them, which is something he doesn't want to do. Valentine tells Ender to save mankind for her sake, but she ends up leaving angry because she was used to make him go somewhere he doesnt want to. Graff tells Ender he sent him to earth to remember what he was fighting for, but Ender knows that he's doing this as another part of his plan, instead of actually showing feelings for Ender. While on the shuttle to Eros, where command school is, Ender learns that the buggers communicate instantly, and that we don't know why we're fighting them beside the fact that we find them as a threat, and assume that they don't see us as intelligent life.

While reading, I noticed that Ender is completely different from Peter, because he ends up loving the people who try and hurt him, while Peter is completely hateful towards them. Ender hates being like Peter, and doesn't like that Valentine sent him to go to a place to be just like him again, but it shows how much he truly loves his sister. Ender becomes upset when he finds out that the wars could be from a misunderstanding, but agrees with Graff, because he doesn't know for sure if the buggers intend to harm the human race.

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