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I’ve finished the book and this is defenetely the creepiest book I’ve ever read. At the end of the novel, Brendan and Gary go and take hostage all of of the school in a dance. It is horrible because everything is perfectly planned and all the doors to the gym have bombs attached to it and both of the teens had guns, loads of ammunition, and food! Obviously they are going to stand there for a very long time. First, when the gym tecaher tries to resist and defend the students, Brendan goes ahead and shoots him near the heart, missing the veins. Very lucky for the teacher. Then, they go to the football player that kept teasing Brendan and Brendan actually shot him in both of his knees. While he was bleeding, something surprising happened. The girl form the group that they had comes out and helps the football player. Brendan and gary are shocked. Brendan immediately threatens her and Gary tells her to get out of there. However, she goes on and helps the football player. Then the boys get in a huge discussion because they do not want their friend to be harmed. WHile they are arguing, one of the students free himself and starts freeing other people. Suddenly, Gary commits suicide right in the gym, but the reasons are unkown. Brendan confused, doesn’t notice that one of the football players has been freed from the ropes around him and tackles Brendan really hard. Soon, the police comes in with the ambulance and everyone is saved.
after reading the end of the novel I have noticed that Brendan and Gary were so miserable that they were driven to the point of insanity. They both took the whole school hostage and wanted to kill all of the bullies in the school. If anyone got in their way he or she would be dead. I understand that they can have a lot of hatred towards the football players, but why would they take the whole school hostage? They also shot some tecahers and almost even shot their own friends, so this wasn’t just about the football players. It was about their misery in life. That is why Gary commited suicide. What happened to these boys they went from nice kids to crazy mass killers, and that’s has a high score in the evil scale. I think that this book tells us that the reason people turn evil and start killing other people or commit other evil acts is because we treat them as freaks. We treat them as if they were inferior just becuse they are different. Of course, after many years of teasing and insulting these people, the hatred within them gets out and they suddenly are out to get everyone. This book has also tought me to respect other people more, or they will resent you for the rest of your life.
I highly recomend this book and I think it is defenetely worth reading. The only question still unanswered,though, is: Is teasing and isolating other people the reason why all the school shootings happen? If there are more reasons I hope to read more books about to comprehend even more what makes humans turn into people who commit evil acts.
