Card is trying to tell the readers that if there is life out there that we need to be careful what we do because they might not consider us intelligent at first or even at all. Still this is no reason to go out into the universe and destroy all of them because they made a mistake. He also tries to tell us we need to be careful how far we push ourselves at one time. Ender was pushed over the edge several times and the earth could have been lost as a result. However, when stretched to our limits people show that they can perform extraordinary feats of strength and intelligence.

I think the most creative idea was how the buggers lived and worked. The queen has conscious thought and the workers are like various arms and legs of a body. If you kill the queen the workers will technically still be

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Approximate Word count = 537
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)