It is very apparent in the beginning of chapter 10 that the Colonel and commander are rushing to get Ender ready for battling with the aliens. They think that the war with the aliens is going downhill. Ender provides to be the only hope they have to win the war. I think that they put unnecessary stress on Ender and the children at the school. They don’t have time to be and act like children. It is unfair to treat them like adults even though they have a higher level of thinking than most of them. This shows again how helpless and afraid they feel because of the presence of the aliens. Ender shows a lot of strong leadership qualities in these two chapters. He takes a group of kids who are inexperienced in battle and leads them to victory in every battle. He becomes a strong and respectable character in order to gain the attention and respect of his soldiers. He gives them high expectations and expects nothing less. And the last quality of a leader he has is understanding. He knows the limit of his soldiers and knows what exactly they are going through. I think Ender showed extreme intelligence when he went through his last battles at the school. The teachers rigged the battles to his disadvantage and yet, he always came out victorious.
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