Ender Wiggin
From Orson Scott Card Wiki
| Andrew Wiggin | |
| None available | |
| Status | |
| Nicknames | Ender, Ender the Xenocide, Speaker for the Dead |
| Occupation | Speaker for the Dead |
| Known relatives | Valentine Wiggin - Sister Peter Wiggin - Brother John Paul Wiggin - Father Theresa Wiggin - Mother |
| Characteristics | |
| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Hair color | Unknown |
| Skin color | Unknown |
| Unusual features | Unknown |
| Appearances | |
| Ender's Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind Ender's Shadow Ender's Game (Short Story) Investment Counselor | |
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is the main character in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game series. Beginning life as a third, Andrew is sent to Battle School as one of the children in training for the Bugger war.
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[edit] History
[edit] Before Battle School
Ender was the son of Theresa and John Paul Wiggin. He was a third, commissioned by the government to be born because of his genetic potential. As such, he was teased mercilessly by his older brother, Peter Wiggin. Their sister, Valentine Wiggin, took Ender's side in these conflicts. (The name "Ender" was her mispronunciation of "Andrew".)
He wore a monitor much longer than usual. The day it was taken off, he was bullied by several fellow elementary-schoolers, who he then defeated in a fight. This was the government's final clue that he was ready for Battle School.
[edit] Battle School
While in battle school Ender becomes commander of Dragon Army.
[edit] Command School
His success at battle school prompted the school administrators to advance him directly to Command School.
[edit] Interstellar Travels
In Speaker for the Dead, Ender has completely dropped the nickname "Ender" because of how the name is frowned upon. At one point in the book one of the characters says that saying the word "Ender" is like saying a curse word.
At the start of SftD, we find that Andrew (as he is called throughout a lot of the book) is living on the planet Trondheim with his sister, Valentine. He is living comfortably (Valentine is to seeing as she has now married a native of the planet named Jakt) when he gets a message from someone living on the planet, Lusitania, asking for a Speaker.
Andrew, being a Speaker for the Dead, goes from planet to planet speaking the death of individuals as they are requested by surviving loved ones. Speakers present the persons life the way the individual wanted to be known or how he would have told it. They speak of the persons motives and actions without being judgmental. They do not sugar-coat the persons life nor make their speaking overly critical. By the time they are done most of the people learned more of the person who died then they ever did before.
[edit] Lusitania
Andrew settles down on the planet Lusitania.
[edit] Notes
- No special notes.
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Quotes
- "The enemy's gate is down"-Ender's Game
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