Unlock the Secret to Creating Characters Your Readers Will Never Forget
In the second scene, Ender is ganged up on after school by a group of bullies. Everyone can relate to that. But this scene doesn’t end the way a bullying scene usually ends. Most people get beat up by the bullies. Ender isn’t most people. Ender fights back—and he wins. Partly by luck. Partly by being clever. Partly by bravado. And partly by pure desperation. The point is that Ender finds himself in a hard situation that most people can relate to. And he shows how to win.
That, I think, is the secret to why so many readers care about Ender. Even readers who aren’t six years old. Even readers who aren’t geniuses. Even readers who will never go to battle school, command a starship fleet, or fight aliens.
