The Wave: Finale

This chapter is pretty crazy. Especially the ending! Mr Ross finds the craziest way of ending The Wave, after being convinced it had to be stopped. He gathers everybody involved in The Wave into an auditorium. He then projects an image of Adolf Hitler, saying that he is their leader. After that, he then tells them that there is no leader and that The Wave made them act like total Nazis. From them on, kids leave and drop their wave stuff, totally stunned at what just happened. On the other hand, Robert is sad because The Wave ended. It was finally something that made him feel accepted and like an equal. Mr. Ross sees that, then takes him out for food.

Before all that happened, you could tell how bad The Wave was getting. With the anonymous letter to the grapevine, or how Amy and Laurie had that fight. I think it’s crazy how the kids dressed in full uniform with even arm bands. But after reading the book, I learned Ben Ross wasn’t all that evil. He actually did The Wave for experimentation purposes. But it got way out of hand and had to be stopped in a very drastic reality realizing way. Overall, I’m not going to lie, but this book was boring. Most people are going to say they liked it, but I didn’t. It was alright, but I couldn’t find it very entertaining. Sure the ending was like, ‘Whoa’, but still. The whole book leading up until that was just boring and endless. But it is a very good lesson, teaching us how groups can go out of hand like that.