Ender's Game- Ch. 13

      Chapter 13 of Ender's Game describes Valentine's visit with Ender on Earth and Ender's trip to I.F. Command.  Again, Graff uses Valentine to get Ender to change his mind and go the Command school.  I sort of agree with Graff's idea because they need Ender to defeat the buggers.  Valentine is the only person that can persuade him to do this.  I think Valentine did a good job in getting Ender to go back to his training.  She explains to him that if he tries and loses, it is not his fault.  However, if he does not try and they lose, then it is his fault.  I also disagree with Graff's idea because it is not fair to keep using Valentine and is causing Ender to hate Graff more and more.  It is sad when Ender tells Valentine that he wants Peter to love him.  According to Valentine, "Peter didn't love anybody." (Card 242)  Ender did not have an older brother who loved him, but one who always picked on him.  I liked how Ender asks Graff to explain to him what buggers are so he can understand them better.  This way he can use any of this when he has his battles with the buggers.  I thought that out of all the possible reasons for the war between humans and buggers, Graff's makes the most sense.  His thought was that the war is being fought because the humans and buggers cannot communicate with each other.  This makes it difficult for any treaty to be made for the war or for either group to explain to each other what they are really doing.