Oscar was raised to believe that if he stayed in his room reading about made up worlds it meant he didn't appreciate the life he had, the possessions his parents had worked hard for, like the TV and the video and the newly turfed back garden.

Benjamin Wood
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Oscar, the main character of the book "Ender's Game", was raised to believe that if he stayed in his room reading about made-up worlds it meant he didn't appreciate the life he had, the possessions his parents had worked hard for, like the TV and the video and the newly turfed back garden. But his father, who had died before he was born, had told him that books were good for him, that they broadened his mind. He knew then that his father was right, but it took him years before he could accept what he knew inside.

Source: The Bellwether Revivals

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