By What happened at the end of The Wave?
Technically, The Wave has a happy ending: the experiment ends before too much damage is done, maybe some lessons are learned, and, well, nobody dies. As one students says after it’s all over, “What a freak-out” (17.44). Shmoop isn’t sure Ben picked the best way to reveal things to his students.
Is The Wave 2008 a true story?
The Wave is a german movie based on a true story. It follows a teacher named Mr. Wenger and his students as they hold a week long experiment to see if a dictatorship would be able to rise in germany again or if they are past that time.
What is Die Welle based on?
The Third Wave
The Wave (2008 film) The Wave (German: Die Welle) is a 2008 German socio-political thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Jennifer Ulrich and Max Riemelt in the leads. It is based on Ron Jones’ social experiment The Third Wave and Todd Strasser’s novel, The Wave.
Does anyone die in The Wave book?
Evan Walker – a boy from rural Ohio who lived with his large family; he is described as having chocolate brown eyes and brown hair. His family and girlfriend were all killed during the 3rd Wave.
Why did Laurie quit The Wave?
Laurie a girl in Ben Ross’s class joined the wave at first and was in it for a while, but she saw that it was becoming way too serious. She decided to drop out of the wave. The wave became so popular that almost all the school was in the group.
What language is the wave?
English
Norwegian
The Wave/Languages
What happens in the wave?
The Wave by Todd Strasser is a story about history teacher Ben Ross and the nine days that he changes the face of Gordon High School by running an experiment to show his students how easily they could become Nazis.
What was the wave motto?
Strength Through Discipline
Okay, so now they have two mottos: “Strength Through Discipline,” and “Strength Through Community” (6.13).
What is the moral of the wave?
Past horrors can return if the past is not understood and remembered consciously and conscientiously. The Wave becomes a potent example of human behavior getting out of control and re-enacting a well-documented and rather evil set of psychological traits. The students felt they would never succumb to such a psychology.
What is the message in the wave?
The message behind this book is to question things, and a good place to start is by questioning the book itself.
Why does Amy like The Wave?
She sees The Wave as a way to cut through the competitive atmosphere at school and free her from what she sees as pressure to compete with Laurie.