This study is focused on the children’s oppression experienced by Ender as the main character in a novel entitled Ender’s Game. The novel tells about a child who was training under an army to fight aliens. The research question of this study is what types of oppression that Ender has to experience as portrayed in Ender’s Game novel using Young’s five faces of oppression theory.Under the paradigm of qualitative research design, the findings are descriptively explained.The result of the analysis using Young’s theory showed that Ender experienced three types of oppression. In the total of nine data found, they were classified under violence, cultural imperialism, and powerlessness. Four data found were under violence, three data belonged under cultural imperialism, and two data classified under powerlessness. Lastly, based on the findings, it can be concluded that novel as part of literary work can also function as a reminder and a tool to improve awareness to society about the issues that are still happening.
Key words: oppressor, oppression, Ender’s Game novel