I know what you mean, I think he's misunderstood by a lot of people at the end as well--myself included initially. I remember the first time I read the last few books being horrified by the way Jake's character turned out in the end (especially the shots he was calling), but now that I'm older I can see the tragedy of it, and see where he was coming from. And I love him all the more for it....he always was, and still is my favorite character fo the series, and I can understand why he did what he did at the end. But on the other hand I can also see perhaps where people would have been annoyed at his choices--but really, he had few choices, and the fact that they won the way they did was pretty amazing.