How long has it been since distrust played a major role in your life or someone else's life: a month, a week or maybe even a day? Whether you recognize it or not, distrust is a major factor and focal point of many vital events that occur during our lives. In Ender's Game, written by Orson Scott Card, distrust is a central leitmotif of the novel's development. Likewise, distrust and deception are fundamental facets of our lives, community, and even the ever-expanding universe. The paradigms of distrust and deception, which play a vital role in our daily lives, can be seen during the Civil War (1861) and in the Downing Street Memo (2002). In Ender's Game, Ender Wiggin, the main protagonist of the novel, is selected by international military forces to join a combat school, so that he can save the world from destruction by the evil Buggers, evil alien creatures. Ender's brother Peter and his sister Valentine were not selected to join the battle school, and Peter will never forgive Ender for this. Ender's classmates hate Ender for his intelligence, and he is forced to brutally beat the leader of a gang of bullies in order to protect himself. After leaving his family, Ender went to Battle School where his peers and adults tested him in inhumane ways. A brilliant young child, he rose through the ranks to become the number one student at the military academy. He graduated from command school and was introduced to Mazer Rackham, the hero of the Second Bugger Invasion and savior of humanity, at the International Fleet Command School. He fought daily training battles against his new instructor, Mazer Rackham. Ender won every battle, even when the odds were against him. As a result of conflict... middle of paper ... consequences that change due to deception/distrust within our lives. Works CitedCard, Orson Scott. Ender's Game. New York: Tor, 1991. “Causes of the American Civil War” in print. Causes of the American Civil War. HistoryLearningSite.co.uk, 2002. Web. 04 April 2014. “The Downing Street memo: What is it?” » The Downing Street memo: What is it? Downingstreetmemo.com, May 13, 2005. Web. April 05, 2014. "Ender's Game Themes." » Study guides and essay editing. Note Saver, 2014. Web. April 5, 2014. Huney, HJ “Malthusian Nectar”. Malthusian nectar. Malthusian Nectar, January 22, 2014. Web. April 5, 2014.Kessel, John. "Creating the Innocent Killer: Ender's Game, Intent, and Morality."Creating the Innocent Killer. Foundation, 2004. Web. April 3, 2014. Smith, Michael. “The Downing Street Memo.” Washington Post. The Washington Post, June 16, 2005. Web. April 5. 2014.