Peter is good-looking and very skilled at putting on a front. “…the beautiful ten-year-old boy that grown-ups saw… a face that could have belonged to Alexander the Great.” (Scott Card) The allusion to Alexander the Great enhances the image of power, strength and beauty in his features. However, Peter is cruel …show more content…
Scott Card relies on dialogue to provide insight into the extent of how unconscionable and manipulative Peter is to his brother: "I can make you dance around like puppets… I could kill you like this, I could say that I didn't know it would hurt you....” (Scott Card). The author also utilizes strong repetition of the word bugger throughout the passage; Peter dehumanizes Ender and compares him to something subhuman. “Lie flat, bugger. We're gonna vivisect you, bugger… So you buggers can guess our names… you’re really a