Ender (a.k.a. Andrew Wiggin, or maybe we should say Admiral Andrew Wiggin) is either Jesus Christ or Hitler. Or maybe he’s just a little kid in a situation where there are no good options. We can...

Devil and AngelAt Shmoop, we like to imagine Ender’s older brother Peter and Ender’s older sister Valentine as the Devil and Angel on Ender’s shoulders, with one of them tempting him to do ev...

Graff is kind of like an author of Ender’s story – he stands behind the action (mostly), he makes things happen, and he’s kind of a jerk. Also, he secretly loves Ender like a father (which is...

Mazer’s a senior citizen, but he’s basically a kid at heart – by which we mean that he enjoys beating up Ender.Actually, maybe we could say that Mazer shows a possible end for Ender. Througho...

Graff runs the Battle School, but Anderson runs the game that’s at the heart of the school – and he’s a little obsessed. When Graff tells him to come up with unfair situations to throw at End...

Carn is the commander of Rabbit Army, which Ender is briefly a part of. To put it succinctly, he’s not a huge jerk. He’s actually the model of a gracious loser – when Ender's Dragon Army beat...

Everything you need to know about Dink you can tell by his name. After all, can you imagine a jerk named Dink? It’s impossible. Just from his name you can tell he’s a good guy. Sure, he can be...

Imbu seems to run the computers at Battle School. The only reason we know his name is because he and Graff discuss what the heck the mind game is doing with Ender’s mind. (You program a computer...

Here’s a measure of how unimportant Mick seems to be – no other study guide on this book contains any material for him. He shows up once, when Ender is eating alone. He straightforwardly and ho...