Ender’s Game
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All Characters Andrew “Ender” Wiggin Peter Wiggin Valentine Wiggin Mr. Wiggin / Father Mrs. Wiggin / Mother Bonzo Madrid Mazer Rackham Colonel Hyrum Graff Major Anderson Dap Bernard Shen Alai Petra Arkanian Bean
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Ender’s Game

by

Orson Scott Card
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Mazer Rackham Character Analysis

The legendary military commander and pilot who is celebrated on Earth for defeating the Buggers (though exactly how he did so isn’t common knowledge) seventy years before the novel begins. Mazer Rackham travels at extremely high speeds to slow his aging process—as a result, he appears before Ender as a middle-aged man, and serves as Ender’s teacher at Command School. Mazer pushes Ender harder than anyone else in the novel, including Colonel Graff, and seems to believe in defeating the Buggers at all costs—even if it means Ender losing his sanity. (Mazer’s first name even suggests the half-physical, half-mental challenges he places in Ender’s way.) In spite of his callous beliefs, Mazer is an intelligent and perceptive man, and his insights into Bugger psychology are invaluable in influencing Ender to first defeat the Buggers and then nurture them back into existence.

Mazer Rackham Quotes in Ender’s Game

The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Mazer Rackham or refer to Mazer Rackham. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Love, Empathy, and Destruction Theme Icon
).
Chapter 14 Quotes

“I surprised you once, Ender Wiggin, Why didn’t you destroy me immediately afterward? Just because I looked peaceful? You turned your back on me. Stupid. You have learned nothing. You have never had a teacher.”

Related Characters: Mazer Rackham (speaker), Andrew “Ender” Wiggin
Morality and Survival Theme Icon
Page Number: 262
Explanation and Analysis:

Forget it, Mazer. I don’t care if I pass your test, I don’t care if I follow your rules, if you can cheat, so can I. I won’t let you beat me unfairly—I’ll beat you unfairly first.
In that final battle in Battle School, he had won by ignoring the enemy, ignoring his own losses; he had moved against the enemy’s gate.
And the enemy’s gate was down.

Related Characters: Andrew “Ender” Wiggin (speaker), Mazer Rackham
Related Symbols: The Battleroom
Love, Empathy, and Destruction Theme Icon
Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality Theme Icon
Morality and Survival Theme Icon
Leadership Theme Icon
Page Number: 293
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mazer Rackham Quotes in Ender’s Game

The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Mazer Rackham or refer to Mazer Rackham. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Love, Empathy, and Destruction Theme Icon
).
Chapter 14 Quotes

“I surprised you once, Ender Wiggin, Why didn’t you destroy me immediately afterward? Just because I looked peaceful? You turned your back on me. Stupid. You have learned nothing. You have never had a teacher.”

Related Characters: Mazer Rackham (speaker), Andrew “Ender” Wiggin
Morality and Survival Theme Icon
Page Number: 262
Explanation and Analysis:

Forget it, Mazer. I don’t care if I pass your test, I don’t care if I follow your rules, if you can cheat, so can I. I won’t let you beat me unfairly—I’ll beat you unfairly first.
In that final battle in Battle School, he had won by ignoring the enemy, ignoring his own losses; he had moved against the enemy’s gate.
And the enemy’s gate was down.

Related Characters: Andrew “Ender” Wiggin (speaker), Mazer Rackham
Related Symbols: The Battleroom
Love, Empathy, and Destruction Theme Icon
Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality Theme Icon
Morality and Survival Theme Icon
Leadership Theme Icon
Page Number: 293
Explanation and Analysis:
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