You could add more words and better the puntuaction
Since 'next' is a time-order word, you need another.
'Then' is a time-order word. You are not stating a 'fact', nothing happened abruptly, or 'suddenly', and you aren't comparing anything, 'similarly'.
When looking at this image I see the only thing with any color is the American flag with blue and it is held close to a veterans heart. The flag and the man are the center of this photo showing patriotism.
The type of figurative is metaphor
Answer:
Ender asks Bean to help him think of new ideas to beat the other armies, even if they are bad ideas. He assigns Bean a toon and lets him train his toon separately from the rest of the army. Ender chooses Bean for this task because Bean is the brightest and smartest soldier Ender has. He can think faster and better than any other soldier in Dragon Army.