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Peter, Thesis: Ender's relationships are his primary motivation to his…
Peter
Impact of relationship
Peter makes Ender scared about going home because of his violent tendencies
Ender and Valentine have to tag team against Peter
Peters violent tendencies make Ender compare himself to Peter
Peter teaches Ender how to "hide" anything he felt.
Peter's violence causes Ender to be born
Peter always thinks that Ender and Valentine are dumber than him
Nature of connection
Peter feels guilty abt the things he does to Ender
Peter "hates" Ender
Peter believes that he is the best
Peter is very violent towards Ender.
Peter still loves ender because he is his brother
Thesis: Ender's relationships are his primary motivation to his actions.
Valentine
Nature of relationship
Valentine has a soft spot for Ender
Valentine and Ender both share a lot of the same thinking.
Valentine always helps Ender out of difficult situations
Ender and Valentine are siblings
Impact of relationship
Valentine's love for Ender leads to the Battle School forbidding communication between them.
Valentine's strong love for Ender also leads to their love never breaking even when Ender is at the Battle School
Ender's love for Valentine leads to him to join Battle School.
Valentine defends Ender from Peter which leads to less violence from Peter
Alai
Impact of relationship
Alai's motivated Ender when Ender was forced to join the salamander army by whispering the word "Salaam".
Alai, Ender, and the Launchies train together which impacts Ender's leadership and technical skills.
Alai and Ender use their intelligence to learn how to use their guns during the space flight,
Alai and Ender are both motivated from one another.
Nature of relationship
Alai is Ender's best friend in Battle School
Alai and Ender are both very smart leading them to use their skills in unusual waus
Alai is very supportive towards Ender
Alai motivates Ender
Alai, Ender, and the Launchies train together
Bonzo
Impact of relationship
Because bonzo doesn't allow Ender to play at all, it leads him to play with the launchies instead.
Ender is a loner once again because Bonzo doesn't allow Ender to do a lot of things. This makes Ender much stronger and resilient.
Bonzo's army respects Ender less and less after Bonzo does questionable actions against Ender.
Ender learns how to resist against tyrants and the people who are older.
Bonzo hurts Ender for not following his order.
Nature of relationship
Bonzo gets frustrated that a launchie(Ender) is transferred to his group and is immediately impolite towards Ender
Ender gets angry at Bonzo because he thinks that Bonzo is making the wrong battle choices
Ender is still respectful towards Bonzo no matter what Bonzo does to him.
Because Bonzo hates Ender, he prevents him from joining in the action.
Bonzo joins in bullying Ender by calling him names.
Graff
Nature
Graff makes sure that Ender is hated by his peers because he wants him to adapt.
Graff recruits Ender for the government and does not care about Ender mostly.
Graff finds something special in Ender such as his abilities.
Graff convinces Ender to go to battle school.
Graff challenges Ender a lot mostly indireclty
Impact
Graff's challenges lead Ender to become much more resilient and solve problems quicker.
Graff convincing Ender to go to Battle School led to Ender being homesick.
Ender learns how to create friends even with Graff purposely making it so that most of his peers hate him.
Graff makes it so that his peers eventually respect him because of his intelligence and abilites.