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The legendary military commander and pilot who is celebrated on Earth for defeating the Buggers (though exactly how he did so isn’t common knowledge) seventy years before the novel begins. Mazer Rackham travels at extremely high speeds to slow his aging process—as a result, he appears before Ender as a middle-aged man, and serves as Ender’s teacher at Command School. Mazer pushes Ender harder than anyone else in the novel, including Colonel Graff, and seems to believe in defeating the Buggers at all costs—even if it means Ender losing his sanity. (Mazer’s first name even suggests the half-physical, half-mental challenges he places in Ender’s way.) In spite of his callous beliefs, Mazer is an intelligent and perceptive man, and his insights into Bugger psychology are invaluable in influencing Ender to first defeat the Buggers and then nurture them back into existence.
Mazer Rackham Quotes in Ender’s Game
The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Mazer Rackham or refer to Mazer Rackham. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14
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“I surprised you once, Ender Wiggin, Why didn’t you destroy me immediately afterward? Just because I looked peaceful? You turned your back on me. Stupid. You have learned nothing. You have never had a teacher.”
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Forget it, Mazer. I don’t care if I pass your test, I don’t care if I follow your rules, if you can cheat, so can I. I won’t let you beat me unfairly—I’ll beat you unfairly first.
In that final battle in Battle School, he had won by ignoring the enemy, ignoring his own losses; he had moved against the enemy’s gate.
And the enemy’s gate was down.
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Mazer Rackham Quotes in Ender’s Game
The Ender’s Game quotes below are all either spoken by Mazer Rackham or refer to Mazer Rackham. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14
Quotes
“I surprised you once, Ender Wiggin, Why didn’t you destroy me immediately afterward? Just because I looked peaceful? You turned your back on me. Stupid. You have learned nothing. You have never had a teacher.”
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Forget it, Mazer. I don’t care if I pass your test, I don’t care if I follow your rules, if you can cheat, so can I. I won’t let you beat me unfairly—I’ll beat you unfairly first.
In that final battle in Battle School, he had won by ignoring the enemy, ignoring his own losses; he had moved against the enemy’s gate.
And the enemy’s gate was down.
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