Post B #3

Dear Orson Scott Card,

I am now officially in love with your books. I recently checked out Ender's game from the library and, although I have already read it, read over two hundred pages of it in the past two days, and those were busy days... Anyways, Ender at this point in your book Speaker For The Dead seems so in control of the situation that it is almost unnerving. Ender knows how to gain the support of Novinah's family, force Grego into submission, and make Novinah start to like him, all withing about two hours. This is mostly amazing because the bishop had told the colony that this speaker was the devil and that nobody should go near him, let alone talk or help him. But, although Ender is uber smart and amazingly convincing, I find it funny how he can also be ruthless.

When he went to go see the autopsy of Marcos "Cao" Ribeira, he was forced to threaten an inquisition unless he was offered everything he needed. This, of course, scared the bishop very badly and only made him want to get rid of Ender more. Mr. Card, I also admire how you have given Ender detective-like though at certain points throughout the novel. When Ender sits down and goes over what he needs to achieve during his visit to Lusitania, he makes an exquisite list that seems perfect. I do not comprehend how he can be so good a detective if he spends so much time in space and was a fleet commander for the first twenty years of his life.

Finally, I believe that since Ender is so wise for his age, that he should have taken a position of power. I know that if he ran for president today, he would certainly be elected by a landslide just because it seems that everyone running for office is so scrutinized by their opponents that they all seem inadequate for the job. I think our presidential candidates are a joke really, there must be something more to it. In the past election, I am going to examine the candidates according to my views. Bush was a joke, not very good during his first term so why elect him again. But.... then if we examine Kerry, he is even worse and has no idea what is going on. So in the end, everyone is a joke and if someone like Silas ran for office, they would totally get in; or Ender for that matter....