I was reading Ender's Game aloud to my students and noticed an oddity. In chapter eleven, it mentions the soldiers coming out of the door quickly and says that "everyone had learned the wrong lesson from Bonzo's misuse of Ender" (Card 177). Wasn't it Rose the Nose who misused Ender and pushed him out early, and that's when the game changed? Am I just misinterpreting that? What do you guys think?
Posted by Magson (Member # 2300) on :
Might have been an error in an early edition that you have? It was always Bonzo in any version I read, IIRC.
Posted by Tivel (Member # 12064) on :
Maybe I wrote too obscurely. Ender was in Rose's army and was about to fight for the first time in a toon and Rose pulled him up and said for him to go out as soon as the door opened. Ender came out and did so much damage that from then on, everyone came out of the gate early instead of assessing the situation for 10-15 sec. Isn't that what this passage should be referring to?
Posted by Magson (Member # 2300) on :
I'll have to check my edition of the book. I always thought it was Bonzo who sent him out like that becuz he hated that he'd gotten stuck with a launchie in his army. That's how I recall it, but I'll find my book and double check over the weekend.
Posted by Catseye1979 (Member # 5560) on :
Tivel is right in that Rose is the one that sent Ender to attack the enemy's gate alone and early, Bonzo never at anytime gave Ender permission to fire his weapon. When Rose found that out and that Ender had been disobaying orders when he saved Bonzo from a loss, he was mad and ordered Ender to assult the enemy gate alone at the start of the next battle.
Why it might have been a small error it's one that can be accounted to Ender's Perspective. While Rose's order was the direct cause it's possible that Ender considers Bonzo's order as the root cause. After all Bonzo misused Ender more then Rose and then lied to Rose about it to get rid of him.