... and assume that Ender's Game is not an intentional analogy of the Mormon faith but might have some elements of such, then it might make sense to see Ender, Peter, and Grace as being roughly analogous to Christ, Lucifer and the Holy Spirit respectively.

I need to re-read the beginning with an eye to clues about the program for producing child soldiers. Although, it's quite possible that such clues are only really available in the other books. According the Wiki chronology, almost half the books in the series happen prior to the events in Ender's Game.

Wiki also says that filming for the movie just started this past February. That, I'm not sure I can quite imagine.

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There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic
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The entire society was geared to producing that one vicious bastard that'd have the necessary that the high command were looking for.

Now, the fact that Ender was a third child is possibly worth some debate - Peter being a heartless nutcase and Valentine being hearts and minds, and all.

But for me it posed the question - how far would you distort basic parts of life in order to survive?  Fitting your kids with recording devices and placing them in a hothouse environment from a very early age?

That was what I found fascinating though, although never really addressed in the books - how far would you go, when the stakes are that high?

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