One of the major themes in this book deals with the way adults manipulate children. one example of this in chapter 11 is how the teachers use all of the students to prepare only 2 or 3 for the true purpose of battle school. The teachers want to make Ender great, but they do so at the expense of the happiness of the other students. Ender also feel manipulated, as though the leaders of Battle School use him to save the world, but don't care if he comes out of battle school the same. Ender explained this to Bean when he said, "Because they need us, that's why. Because they need somebody to beat the buggers. That's the only thing they care about." Ender knows that Colonel Graff is pushing him because he needs someone to save the world. Most boys in battle school thought that the game was only important for istelf, but it was really a way for the government to find the children that will be great military commanders, and to weed out the ones who won't.
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