This book is a science fiction book about a boy, Ender. Ender's real name is Andrew Wiggin, but he was given the name Ender as a nickname. In this story, all the children wear a device around their neck that allows them to be monitored. This is because the community wants to select the smartest children and make them perfect soldiers and commanders. In the past, an alien race attacked the human race and humans want to be ready if this attack happens again. In this story, Ender Wiggin is the protagonist. I want to focus on just one element of this book, understanding one's enemies. Ender shows that with his triumphs and defeats, we can only successfully fight those we understand. Overall, Ender illustrates this theory with his victories against his peers, his defeats against adults, and his ability to win against the buggers. In each of these cases, a clear understanding of the enemy becomes an essential part of the winning elixir. From the perspective of his peers, Ender's story explores the need to know the enemy. In the story, Ender fights Stilon, a classmate who hated Ender and even gathered a gang to hurt him. In this example, however, Ender understood how Stilson operated. He knew that a surprise attack would give him a great advantage. Armed with this knowledge, Ender outran Stilon and defeated him. However, Ender also knew that victory would have to be terminal, otherwise Stilson would return for another attack. As a result, Ender continued his attack, nearly reaching death, kicking Stilson in the face until he splattered blood on the ground. Ender's brutality is also demonstrated in another major fight Ender had, the one against Bonzo. Bonzo, similar to Stilson, strongly ...... middle of paper ......r illustrates the growing theme above. The buggers didn't understand that humans were an intelligent species and made humans into an enemy they couldn't fully assess. The result are two defeats, both the first and second invasions. During the third invasion, the bugger thought the humans would be merciful, and as a result, they had not prepared for all-out war. Humans, on the other hand, were not so nice and destroyed colony after colony. Ultimately, the buggers only lost each encounter due to a lack of thorough understanding of the enemy. For example, during the first invasion, the alien race did not understand human communication, resulting in information leaking into human hands. During the Second Invasion, the buggers did not imagine that humans would not hesitate to destroy the queen of the hive until it was too late..