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The main character, Ender, is the third born child in a society where the government regulates each family to only two children. Ender was allowed to be born due to both his brother and sister's aptitude for war. Ender goes through school being called a "third", which was meant to serve as an insult. He is invited to Battle School by the International Fleet (IF) to learn to become a commander. It is during Battle School that Ender is forced to explore his identity.

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The oldest child in Ender's family, Peter is often perceived as violent and manipulative. He leads his quest for world domination through internet debates with Valentine and ultimately becomes the supreme ruler of Earth.

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Ender’s older sister, the second child in Ender’s family.  She is the only person who truly cares for him, and protects him in the beginning of the novel.  As time passes and Ender is away, her and Peter begin writing about politics, gaining much influence.  In the end of the novel, it is her who convinces Ender to go colonize the Bugger world.

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Principal of Battle School, Colonel Graff recruits Ender to the Battle School and is the man who is in charge of making sure Ender develops properly.

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The previous hero of the first war with the buggers, Mazer Rackham was presumed dead after he single handedly beat the buggers. However, he has been hiding on another planet waiting for Ender so that he could serve as Ender's mentor.

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Within the virtual reality game that is encouraged by the IF, Ender discovers a mirror that shows him his violent brother, Peter, and his caring sister, Valentine. This mirror symbolizes Ender's identity crisis and his pursuit of knowledge. As the novel progresses, Ender breaks the virtual mirror and proves that he is neither his brother or his sister, but rather himself.

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As Ender leaves for battle school, Peter and Valentine are forced to remain on Earth and continue school. In his plan to become Earth's leader, Peter recruits Valentine to help him. Peter plans for Valentine to write papers that convince world leaders to go to war with other countries while he writes about peace and bringing the world together. These pseudonyms symbolize deceit and manipulation as Valentine, who is empathetic and loving, brings the world to war, while Peter, who is violent and mean, brings it together in a plot to gain power.

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Throughout the novel, the hatred of the bugger race is implemented into each of the characters and the purpose of Ender. When Ender discovers that the buggers never intended to start another war, he finally understands the magnitude of the genocide that occurred. This destruction of an entire race has a large impact on Ender's mental health and his view on the IF and the rest of the military.

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In the beginning of the novel, Ender is at his first home on Earth. This is where he first goes to school and where we as readers meet Peter, Valentine, and Graff

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This is where Ender goes through his training and learns to be a commander while exploring his identity and persevering through mental struggles.

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Ender's family decide to move to a new house while Ender is still in battle school. They move to a natural area in North Carolina so that Peter could try and become more peaceful. However, Ender's parents never consider that he won't know where to find them when he comes back from battle school, showing us that they have completely forgot about him and have no hope for him coming back and rejoining the family.

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This is where Ender finds out that Mazer is alive and his war on the buggers begins. It is from here that Ender unknowingly destroys the bugger race.

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Being a third child in a world that discourages a family from having more that two children, Ender is constantly assessing his place within society and whether or not he will be accepted. He keeps comparing himself to his brother, Peter, whenever he causes harm to another person in self defense. It is is journey of self identification that brings him clarity and allows him to complete his training in battle school.