Ben Ross
Ben Ross is the Gordon High history teacher who creates the Wave.
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Spoiler-freeBen Ross is the Gordon High history teacher who creates the Wave. He wants to answer his students’ questions about Nazi obedience through experience rather than lecture. His enthusiasm and charisma help the movement spread, but he also becomes excited by his own authority and ignores warnings longer than he should. He ends the experiment at the auditorium rally and then stays with Robert, accepting that a dramatic lesson does not remove his duty of care.
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