Ender's Game Should be Read

           The novel Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, should be a must read book because it has purposes even when glorifying immoral actions, it teaches lessons about life, and it makes students think outside of their normal comfort zone.  This can be told through the distaste of immoral actions that Ender has, the cluelessness Ender has for going to battle school and the lessons behind it, and the reactions that Ender has about killing.

            Ender’s Game even makes readers think outside of their comfort zone, in Ender’s shoes.  Ender had just found out that when he was using the battle simulator, he was actually killing the buggers, and that he had blown up their planet.  This is Ender’s reaction: “Real.  Not a game.  Ender’s mind was too tired to cope with it all.  They weren’t just points of light in the air, they were real ships that he had fought with and real ships he had destroyed.  And a real world that he had blasted into oblivion.  He walked through the crowd, dodging their congratulations, ignoring their hands, their words, their rejoicing.  When he got to his own room he stripped off his clothes, climbed into bed, and slept” (Card 208).  When reading, the reader can get out of their comfort zone and go into the shoes of Ender.  This can help the reader experience different things. Getting out of the reader’s comfort zone is necessary because it gives a different experience to the reader.  Without it, the story would be very different and boring.  It is by the transporting of the reader into Ender’s shoes that allows the book to be interesting.  It may be uncomfortable at some points because of the bad experiences that Ender has, but it overall improves the book and makes it a novel to be read.