All 6 Uses
compassion
in
Ender's Game
(Edited)
- There was no chance that he would be treated with compassion.
p. 57.2compassion = sympathy and a desire to help
- We're trying to save the world, not heal the wounded heart. You're too compassionate.
p. 73.9compassionate = sympathetic towards those who suffer
- But I'll be watching you, more compassionately than you know, and when the time is right you'll find that I'm your friend, and you are the soldier you want to be.
p. 145.5compassionately = with sympathy for another's suffering
- I'm going to hit you with everything I can imagine, and I will have no mercy, because when you face the buggers they will think of things I can't imagine, and compassion for human beings is impossible for them.
p. 221.1compassion = sympathy for another's suffering
- So much compassion that he could win the love of his underlings and work with them like a perfect machine, as perfect as the buggers.
p. 235.3compassion = sympathy for others who suffer
- But somebody with that much compassion could never be the killer we needed.
p. 235.4 *compassion = sympathy for another's suffering
Definitions:
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(1)
(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)