Q. Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed anylight on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?
Well, there are many situations in the world like in the novel Ender's Game. I mean, there isn't a war between human race and the "Buggers," but there are wars extant in the world. For example, there is the Iraq War. The intentions of the wars are different, but the relevant fact is that two different countries (races in Ender's Game's case) are fighting each other. In the novel, it says that Ender, in the end, loves his enemy, the Buggers, after understanding them. Therefore, I think the novel is saying that to stop a war, the countries in the war must understand each other until they love each other. I think conception is wrong, though. I do not understand Ender. The reason is because I don't get how a person can love someone else just by understanding the other. I mean, if you think about it, what if the other person has this set of habits you just dislike? Will understanding the personality you hate and the habits you hate make you love that person? I think not. For me, it will just make me hate the other one. Similarly, just because one understands the other in a war, doesn't simply stop the war immedietly. If it was that simple, people would have already used that method to stop wars, don't you think?
Well, there are many situations in the world like in the novel Ender's Game. I mean, there isn't a war between human race and the "Buggers," but there are wars extant in the world. For example, there is the Iraq War. The intentions of the wars are different, but the relevant fact is that two different countries (races in Ender's Game's case) are fighting each other. In the novel, it says that Ender, in the end, loves his enemy, the Buggers, after understanding them. Therefore, I think the novel is saying that to stop a war, the countries in the war must understand each other until they love each other. I think conception is wrong, though. I do not understand Ender. The reason is because I don't get how a person can love someone else just by understanding the other. I mean, if you think about it, what if the other person has this set of habits you just dislike? Will understanding the personality you hate and the habits you hate make you love that person? I think not. For me, it will just make me hate the other one. Similarly, just because one understands the other in a war, doesn't simply stop the war immedietly. If it was that simple, people would have already used that method to stop wars, don't you think?
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