Ch.8- Ender's Game

      In this chapter, Ender finally gets his chance to fight in an actual battle and does not have to just stand there and watch.  Ender is a classic example of how hard work does indeed pay off.  Dink Meeker, a toon leader for the Rat army, has watched Ender practicing with the Launchies and then asked Rose to get Ender for him.  Also, Ender's feet-first attack position is new to Dink's toon, but they soon realize how advantageous it is.  Dink was the one who asked Ender to show this to his toon and made sure they kept practicing it.  I think that Ender should be happy and I find it impressive that Dink likes Ender's idea this much.  In Ender's first battle, Rose forces him to commit suicide by just running towards the enemy door once the battle begins.  However, I found it interesting how Ender turned that from horrible to actually be a great move.  He was able to surprise the opponents and shoot about ten of them, freezing three.  Later in the chapter, Dink and Ender have a pretty intriguing conversation about the teachers and Dink turning down the chance to become commander.  Again, Ender, even though he does not seem to like it, is becoming more like Peter.  Ender thinks that he is a killer and hates this.  In his fantasy game, when Ender looks in the mirror, it shows Peter with blood on his chin and a snake hanging out of the corner of his mouth.  Beforehand, he had caused some older boys a broken nose and a torn ear.  However, looking at this differently, Ender did show some skill when he defeated a few of the older boys on his own.