> There are also temptation, wilderness, and baptism elements, but I think I > can stop there. These are just the bits that come to mind without having > read the novel anytime recently. If I actively tried to I'm sure I could > interpret into it anything I wanted to. Not to rain on your parade, but I think ALL of the examples you cited are stretches -- at best. If your criteria is that low you can draw meaning from just about anything. Ender's Game is a powerful story in its own right. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt