Ender's Game: Leadership Through Adversity

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A report on Enders game: leadership through adversity Enders game is a popular science fiction novel revolving around the events of a war between aliens and the people of earth. The commanders in charge of earth implement a program to train youths into military leaders from an early age in order to fight off the aliens. The book starts with a very young Ender Wiggin at elementary school. While being monitored by top brass for leadership qualities, ender finds himself being harassed by a group of children. In the ensuing scuffle, ender manages to defeat a bully, and literally kills him. Ender’s first instinct is to destroy the bully completely, rendering him incapable of further bullying. This display of swift and total destruction of an…show more content…
After being introduced to zero gravity, Ender quickly orients himself to his surroundings and trains constantly to be the best one in his group of peers. Ender sets himself apart from the rest of the pack and as a result is assigned to an army years before the standard induction of new recruits. The members of his army are hostile to ender due to his age and size, and they alienate him quickly. Ender’s commander, Bonzo Madrid, is especially hostile to ender, berating him and dismissing him as a useless child. Bonzo exhibits all the qualities of a totalitarian leader, ruling his army with an iron fist and leaving little room for innovation. His biggest mistake was ordering ender to sit out the war-games with the other armies, rendering him an unused…show more content…
He subsequently wins the game for his army drawing the ire of Bonzo for his disobedience to orders. Punishing Ender for taking the initiative further adds to the contrast between the two. Ender is traded to another army shortly after. In his new army, ender trains new recruits to fight in zero gravity, and takes self-defense classes to better protect him. Ender is constantly seeking self-improvement and strives to improve the skills of others. He is not even in a leadership position yet, and he already demonstrates the qualities of a good leader. After performing well in his army and platoon, ender is reassigned to be commander of the dragon army. Enders new army consists of mediocre soldiers and a few recruits who have never been in an army before. Ender takes this adversity as a challenge and quickly trains them to be the best army by selecting the best leaders for his platoons and allowing them to improvise when necessary. He leads by being what every soldier wants to be. All of his soldiers respect and trust him, and they are ready to make quick decisions or follow an order when it truly

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