immune to attack; impregnable
“Human beings are free except when humanity needs them. Maybe humanity needs you.” (26)
What is manipulation?
the tendency of something to stay in rest or motion
“the adults are the enemies, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth.”
What is adults vs. children
great merriment
"I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them-….. I destroy them." (238)
What is good and evil?
demand and take for use or service
"Any decent person who knows what warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart." (298)
What is compassion/humanity?
soldiers regarded as expendable under artillery fire
"They both laughed, and Ender had to remind himself that Graff was only acting like a friend, that everything he did was a lie or a cheat calculated to turn Ender into an efficient fighting machine." (252)
What is manipulation?