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Ender's Game Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Giant | paternal authority, the terrible father |
| Dragon | Almost synonymous with the serpent, warrior |
| Tower | Ambition, strength, watchfulness, inaccessibility |
| Wolves | Cunning, greed, cruelty |
| Serpent | darkness, the underworld, temptation, evil |
| Mouse | Hypocrisy and wicked destructiveness |
| Eye | consciousness, intelligence, insight |
| Unicorn | Purity, power, virtue, wisdom, gentleness, happiness |
| Well | Salvation, life, knowledge, truth |
| Mirror | Self-knowledge, sincerity, purity, enlightenment |
| Glasses | The heart, love offered, revealed wisdom |
| Symbol for Valentine | Unicorn |
| Symbol for Ender | Dragon |
| Symbol for Peter | Serpent |
| Symbol for Colonel Graff | Giant |
| Bear | aggression and brutality, emblem of the warrior |
| Fish | happiness, immortality, abundance |
| Cave | shelter, birth and rebirth |
| Door | opportunities, possibility |
| Castle | shining goal or fearful challenge |
| Tower | ambition, strength, watchfulness, inaccessibility |
| Ender | Child prodigy who saves the world by making the difficult decision and destroying the Buggers’ home planet |
| Petra | Child who taught Ender how to shoot |
| Bean | Ender’s brightest and youngest soldier in Dragon Army who flies on a rope during their battle with two armies |
| Valentine | Ender’s caring and loving sister who is rejected by the Battle School because she is too compassionate |
| Peter | Ender’s cruel and sadistic brother who is rejected by the Battle School because he is too violent |
| Bonzo | Ender’s first commander who hates Ender to the point that he attacks Ender but Ender defends himself which results in this character's death |
| Mazer Rackham | Man who destroyed the Buggers in the Second Invasion and later taught Ender to command the fleet |
| Colonel Graff | Man who recruits Ender for the Battle School and later accompanies him to Eros |
| Alai | One of the members of Ender’s launch group and the friend who bridges the gap between Ender and the other children |
| Character who said, “They only authorized you because I was so promising. But I didn’t pan out. You did better. They think you’re better. . . . I don’t want a Third” (Card 12). | Peter |
| Character who said, “Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones, too. So they’d leave me alone” (Card 19). | Ender |
| Character who said, “Well, no one wants a Third anymore. You can’t expect them to be glad” (Card 22). | Colonel Graff |
| Character who said, “Salaam” (Card 69) to Ender when he first joined an army. | Alai |
| Character who said, “It’s what I was born for, isn’t it? If I don’t go, why am I alive?” (Card 26) | Ender |
| Character who said, “It’s what I was born for, isn’t it? If I don’t go, why am I alive?” (Card 26). Ender | Ender |