![]() ![]() ![]() He needs a shot to stop the pain and muscle spasms, and the doctor is angry that "they" left the monitor in for so long. But Ender decides that Peter will never leave him alone.ĭuring the monitor removal, Ender feels intense pain. He is also very cynical about such things: "Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth." Ender turns to inner discourse about whether his brother Peter will stop hating him now that Ender is without the monitor. For instance, he understands that the nurse is lying when she says that the removal of the monitor will not hurt. Ender is extremely smart for a young boy. He has it taken out on the day that the book begins. One says, "I tell you, he's the one." The other voice is not as sure, but he acquiesces to the first's request to "take him," because they're "saving the world, after all." Already we learn of "the buggers," or Formics, the alien enemy.Īndrew (Ender) Wiggin has been wearing a "monitor" that permits the authorities to understand his experiences from the inside. ![]() As the novel opens, two characters are discussing a boy and his older siblings. The novel takes an omniscient perspective opening outward from Andrew Wiggin's (Ender's) perspective, but it is punctuated by conversations between characters who are at first unknown. ![]()
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