Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along--the same person that I am today. I never felt that I spoke childishly. I never felt that my emotions and desires were somehow less real than adult emotions and desires. And in writing _Ender's Game_, I forced the audience to experience the lives of these children from that perspective--the perspective in which their feelings and decisions are just as real and important as any adult's. ... _Ender's Game_ asserts the personhood of children, and those who are used to thinking of children in another way ... are going to find _Ender's Game_ a very unpleasant place to live.

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This quote, by Orson Scott Card, explains his intention behind writing the novel "Ender's Game." Card argues that throughout his childhood, he never felt like a typical child, but always viewed himself as a person with valid emotions and desires similar to adults. In his writing, he wanted to challenge the perception that children's experiences and feelings are somehow inferior or less significant than those of adults. By forcing the audience to see the world through the eyes of children in his book, Card aims to affirm the personhood of children and disrupt preconceived notions about them. He warns that those who hold a different view of children may find the novel discomforting.

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