Ender’s Game
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All Themes Love, Empathy, and Destruction Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality Morality and Survival Leadership Childhood and Growing Up Control, Manipulation, and Authority
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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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Mr. Wiggin / Father Character Analysis

Ender’s Father is a gentle, kind-hearted man who nonetheless can’t connect with his youngest child on an emotional level. He and his wife are given the chance to have a legal third child because the government suspects, correctly, that the child would be an outstanding military leader. While Father, a Catholic, is overjoyed to have more children, he secretly hates himself for breaking the rules of his faith by not having more children. As a result, he finds it hard to be open and loving with Ender, and after Ender is shipped to Battle School, he seems to forget about his third child.

Mr. Wiggin / Father Quotes in Ender’s Game

The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Wiggin / Father or refer to Mr. Wiggin / Father. 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 2 Quotes

Dad pointed out that the war wouldn’t go away just because you hid Bugger masks and wouldn’t let your kids play with make-believe laser guns. Better to play the war games, and have a better chance of surviving when the Buggers came again.

Related Characters: Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, Peter Wiggin, Mr. Wiggin / Father
Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality Theme Icon
Morality and Survival Theme Icon
Childhood and Growing Up Theme Icon
Page Number: 11
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3 Quotes

“They look at you and see you as a badge of pride, because they were able to circumvent the law and have a Third. But you’re also a badge of cowardice, because they dare not go further and practice the noncompliance they still feel is right.”

Related Characters: Colonel Hyrum Graff (speaker), Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, Mr. Wiggin / Father, Mrs. Wiggin / Mother
Love, Empathy, and Destruction Theme Icon
Childhood and Growing Up Theme Icon
Control, Manipulation, and Authority Theme Icon
Page Number: 23
Explanation and Analysis:
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Mr. Wiggin / Father Quotes in Ender’s Game

The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Wiggin / Father or refer to Mr. Wiggin / Father. 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 2 Quotes

Dad pointed out that the war wouldn’t go away just because you hid Bugger masks and wouldn’t let your kids play with make-believe laser guns. Better to play the war games, and have a better chance of surviving when the Buggers came again.

Related Characters: Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, Peter Wiggin, Mr. Wiggin / Father
Games, Computers, and Virtual Reality Theme Icon
Morality and Survival Theme Icon
Childhood and Growing Up Theme Icon
Page Number: 11
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3 Quotes

“They look at you and see you as a badge of pride, because they were able to circumvent the law and have a Third. But you’re also a badge of cowardice, because they dare not go further and practice the noncompliance they still feel is right.”

Related Characters: Colonel Hyrum Graff (speaker), Andrew “Ender” Wiggin, Mr. Wiggin / Father, Mrs. Wiggin / Mother
Love, Empathy, and Destruction Theme Icon
Childhood and Growing Up Theme Icon
Control, Manipulation, and Authority Theme Icon
Page Number: 23
Explanation and Analysis:
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