The Wave essays

The Wave essays The Wave is a book about teenagers in a high school who wish to try this experiment. An experiment that started in one classroom, and like wild fire spread through the whole school. The idea of strength through discipline, strength through action, strength through community, suddenly swept across the school and soon got out of control as everyone felt the urge to join the new movement of The Wave. But one girl, Laurie, finds the courage to stand up for what she believes when she realizes that The Wave seemed and insane following group of what the Nazi Movement once was. 3. Analyze one or more high impact scenes of the story. One scene that seemed important was right toward the beginning of the book. The first time the wave started. Everyone had just watched a movie on how Hitler and the Nazis could control the Jews in such a horrible way with out any one to stop them. Mr. Ross, stunned at all their questions, decided to try an experiment. At first he only planned on having this be one-day thing. The students caught on to his plan fast, even the slackers of the class were paying attention and answering questions. The next day the students were so encourage by what strength through action had done, they yerned for more. More of this idea they could just eat up. Everyone loved it, all the student felt they fit in with each other. Laurie, all excited about this new thing, eagerly told her parents at dinner that night. They werent fond of the idea. Laurie told them it was harmless. The next day at school students were skipping other classes to sit in Mr. Rosss class. They decided to give this a name and a salute with a motto. Mr. Ross was all geaked up about the new movement and student participation, that he eventually loves the leadership role he played, and soon found himself controlling. A Hitler in training. 1. Analyze one key character. How can I relate to this char ...