Texts:
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein
Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Comment:
I found that I would frequently assume that much time had passed and that Ender and his friends had grown up a lot based on the maturity of their thoughts and actions, only to be reminded in the text that they were only 7, 8, 9 or whatever age at a given point. While it's true that geniuses exist I find it hard to believe that their emotional maturity would be accelerated as much as the characters in the book.
Question:
What are the moral implications of taking a group of children and manipulating and exploiting them, even if it's for the protection of humanity? What does Card's opinion of this seem to be?
Laine
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