The Wave By Todd Strasser

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Have you ever been pressured into doing something that you didn’t want to do?

Did you do it anyway so that people would like you? In “The Wave” by Todd Strasser, some of the characters experience this problem. “The Wave” is about a history teacher who is trying to replicate the holocaust so that his students can have an easier time understanding how the Nazi party became so powerful,despite being the minority group. This experiment has issued some positive and negative effects. “The Wave” helped students perform better in class and also eliminated social groups. However, “The Wave” also caused fighting and peer pressure among students. Ben Ross creates “The Wave” as a way to demonstrate how the holocaust happened. The wave has helped students quite a bit. (Strasser, #65) “Remarkably enough,even though with the large class size, they finished the lesson quickly.” Students are learning a lot faster now thanks to “The Wave”. That’s not the only positive effect. On page 61, Strasser writes, “Mr.Ross for the first time I feel like I’m part of something,something great.” “The Wave” is not only helping class performance,but it’s also eliminating social cliques,which is helping outcasts to actually have friends and people to talk to. …show more content…

(Strasser,87) “I can’t believe how crazy everyone’s gotten. The wave is taking over everything.” Some people feel as if the wave has gone a bit too far.There are also multiple opinions concerning “The Wave”. Some people support it,some hate it,while other choose to just not get

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