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Submitted by vspidel on June 21, 2008
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Orson Scott Card’s book “Enders Shadow,” is about a young child named Bean, who grows up in the streets of Rotterdam, and is delivered from a life of starvation and destitution. Because of Beans extraordinary intelligence he has been given the opportunity to serve the I.F. a space academy.
Bean identity growth as a leader is because of his extraordinary intelligence. Throughout this story Bean controls every situation he is in by his intelligence, and deductive reasoning. Bean is a small four year old child who is starving on the streets of Rotterdam. In fact, ever since Bean was born his life has been filled with many challenges. Bean has no identity, no family, initially name,shelter or food. Everyday Bean would just sit and observe people as they walked by.
Bean was sitting on a trash can observing people when Poke, a crew leader, took notice of him. Poke’s crew consists of children that she takes care of by providing food for them. Bean has been observing Poke and her crew for a long time because he wants to belong to a crew. Bean observes how compassionate Poke is, and notices she does not always think through what she was doing.
Bean begins to show some of his leadership abilities by how he proceeds to tell Poke that she needs to get herself a bully. Poke becomes very irritated at this little boy who she said, “wasn’t worth a bean.” Bean explains to Poke the reason for the bully is so the bully would protect them. Bean further explains that the bully would be able to get them into the Charity Kitchen for food. Poke knew the older kids would not allow the younger kids near the Charity Kitchen, because they would always beat them up. Poke becomes angry with Bean at first, but then she begins to think about what Bean said and thought it was a good idea. As a result, Poke ends up picking the bully Achilles to help out her crew.
Achilles has a gimp leg and Poke...
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