Ch. 11 and 12 of Ender's Game

     Chapters eleven and twelve cover the success of Ender's army, the attempts by the teachers to break Ender, and his fight with Bonzo.  I like the small connection between the title of chapter 11 and what happens in the chapter.  Veni Vidi Vici, the title, is Latin for "I came, I saw, I conquered", which is foreshadowing Ender's conquest of the other armies in the battles.  In chapter 11, the Dragon army has their first battle and wins it easily.  I found it rude how the other commanders ignored him when he first entered the commanders' mess hall.  The administrators keep changing the game, which is why Ender dislikes them.  They are creating rules to make things harder for Ender and his army, but they still find ways to win.  For instance, the administrators are making Ender's army have battles for two days in a row.  They also, during one battle, make him fight two armies and later on, have Dragon army fight two battles in one day.  I do not see how this is at all fair and I do not think the administrators are just in what they are doing.  I understand they want to make him the best, but all they are really doing it seems, is trying to break him.  I found it interesting how Ender used the First and Second Invasion videos to learn strategy from the buggers.  I agree, again, with Ender that Bean "...can think better and faster..." (Card 198) than anyone else.  I think Ender places a lot of trust in Bean to come up with solutions for problems they have not seen yet.  Ender put him in charge of a squad in order for him to do this. 
      In chapter 12, Dragon army remains undefeated and the teachers are doing everything possible to change it.  Many people obviously hate Ender because of the great deal of success he is having and that he has not suffered one loss.  During this chapter, Ender fights with Bonzo in the bathroom and Ender ends up beating him.  Again, Ender feels sorry for what he has done.  He did the same thing he had done to Stilson, which was to make sure that it would never happen again.  I like how Bean came up with the idea to use the deadline to maneuver quickly without having to rebound against walls.  It is strange that at the beginning, Ender really wants to go back home.  However, when he finally does he says, "He wanted to go back home, back to the Battle School, the only place in the universe where he belonged." (Card 225)  Colonel Graff and Major Anderson tell Ender that he has graduated. He is leaving Battle School with only four years, not with the necessary six.  Also, he is sent to Command School without three years of Pre-command in Tactical or Support.  I was shocked when I found out at the end of chapter 12 that Ender had actually killed Stilson and Bonzo.  I did not think of Ender as the type of person who would kill someone.