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.
The system adopted by the Spartans meant that they were always in a state of military preparedness, the system had the training of war as its main focus; which made sense only if they had any immediate threats. In acquiring Messenia lands, they acquired a slave population that needed constant vigilance. From early childhood after the Second Messenian War, the Spartan males were trained in a system called the Agoge; an intensive training method designed to toughen up them up so that they could endure the hardship and deprivation of war. An example of this is shown in that of a young
The Spartiates were the military leaders who ruled the barracks. Only these males that served in the military could vote. The Perioeci were the artisans, craftsmen, and merchants. Even though these males were in the army, they could not vote. The helots were serfs that consisted of people that were overtaken by Spartans military victories.
In order to gain Spartan Citizenship, the Spartan men had to prove their descent from the original Dorian Conquerors, they had to submit to the education and discipline that was imposed upon them and had to gain membership to one syssita and contribute to their syssita. The Spartiates were forbidden to have a trade or to engage in farming and industry and so such jobs were performed by the Helots and the Perioikoi. Only a few, as state by Plutarch in Source 9, practised manual craft. Instead of working the State supported the Spartiates by providing them a portion of land known as the kleros as well as number of helots who were to farm this land. The kleros supported the Spartiates and their families and also provided the food that was then contributed by the Spartiates to their syssition.
Bullying, however, is an important factor that forces many children to exceed their expectations because they “[have] no choice but to persevere and to succeed” (“Love Letter To My Bully”). Colonel Graff, a teacher at Battle School, has used this principle on a young Ender Wiggin, to make him one of the best child soldiers that mankind has ever had. He “isolated Ender to make him struggle. To make him prove...that he was far better than everyone
Spartans usually said “Our men are our wall”. All young boys were grown up to be soldiers. They were all trained at a very young age and were not educated at all. The parents usually make arranged marriage. They would put strongest boy and girl.
In the novel ender is asked to go to battle school to fight the buggers. But Ender is very sensitive and does not like to hurt anyone. But yet Ender is a very determined boy and decides to go and be the best fighter he can be. At the age of 6 Ender is the most intelligent boy in his group and all the other boys dislike him because of it. In the novel
The boys learned how to read, write, fight in battle, as well as how to not be cowards and to be strong. “To this end, as they grew in years, their discipline was proportionately increased; their heads were close-clipped, they were accustomed to go barefoot, and for the most part to play naked.” At the age of twelve, the boys were not allowed to wear any undergarments and were given only one coat to last and aid them an entire year. The young men were always under scrutiny by their elders, for if any of them did not do their responsibility or mind their teachers, they would be punished and reminded of their duties to Sparta. The form of education may be the only category that Socrates and Plato have a fighting chance of superiority over Lycurgus’ Sparta. Plato wished for a higher education for the men of his state,
After Sundiata's birth, huge obstacles are not enough to stop his way to gaining his power. Being crippled is perhaps the worst disability in the society that physical skills are the most important thing. But because of the foretold his father treated him as a prince. (Niane p.14) Although a little disappointed in his son because he could not walk, he allowed all the other young princes to come and play with young Sundiata. (Niane p.17) This is very important, when the princes grow up some of them becomes king.
The last time there was a draft, typically, congress persons' sons nearly always found a deferment, an "essential" job status, Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) commissions (that did not involve going into a war zone), or some other way to not have to serve in an actual war. That draft harvested hundreds of thousands of poor and minority group members, not the sons of those in power. Those congress persons were still able to vote to send boys off to war ("with a clear conscience?") without fear for their own sons' safety. I should know .