As we continued reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card chapters 6-9, I started to realize while I was looking for examples of xenophobia, and coming up short was when I noticed that they aren't very many spots that stand out, because their whole society is xenophobic. That's why they have this battle school of their', it's to defend themselves from outside beings, like the 'buggers'. The battle school is pretty much their whole reason for existing to prepare for when "they" come, especially Ender's because he is the third in his family, and therefore never would have been born if it wasn't for the societies pursuit in finding the best commander, army man, or any other leader position that would help defeat the buggers.
It's really amazing that no matter where Ender ends up, because no army thinks they want him, they try to get rid of him fast in battle so they don't have to deal with him. The Rat army commander sent him out first, but in every situation Ender spun it right back on them and pretended that that was the plan all along and it was a good idea too.
I still really like this book and it's cool how time in this book is going by so incredibly fast because when the book starts he is five and halfway through he is eight. I wonder how old he will be at the end of the book. If this book keeps going like this and just keeps getting better, it will probably get five stars from me.
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