“‘Mr. Ross,’ said Laurie, ‘we know how important this is to you-but it’s gone too far.’ David added, ‘It’s taken over, Mr. Ross. You can’t say anything against it. People are afraid to.’ ‘The kids at school school are scared,’ Laurie told him. ‘They’re really scared. Not only to say anything against the Wave, but of what might happen to them if they don’t go along with it.’ Christy told him and thought back to the original goals of the experiment, then the fears Laurie and David spoke of confirmed that the wave was a success.” - The Wave, p. 124
This reminds exactly of the poeple during the Holocaust were scared to go against the Nazis. People were scared that if they helped the Jews that it they would have to face consequences with the Nazis. The Wave took over the school just like the Nazis did and everybody was scared about what was going to happen. I think it’s crazy that somebody is trying an experiment that showed what life in Nazi Germany was like that took over the whole area. This experiment shouldn’t be tried with these kids they are getting scared to go against it the don’t want to have something bad happen to them.
This quote reminds conformity, fear, power, and resistance. Conformity means to follow somebody else and in this quote it shows that the Wave is a successful experiment because everybody is following it so more people are getting caught up in it. Just like when you have a friend and he decides to be someone who is bad you might try and follow him because you think it’s the right thing to do. This shows a lot of fear to me because students are scared to go against the wave which also reminds me of resistance because resistance means you want to go against but they fear facing the consequences. It’s like resisting to fight someone but you fear of getting made fun of. Also, in the Holocaust people wanted to help the Jews but they would fear what the Nazis would do to them so they resisted helping Jews. It also, shows power because the Wave had too much power because almost the whole school followed it so it would take a lot to end it because so many people just got so caught up in it.
Ronaldo ,
ReplyDeleteI think you're spot on! Conformity was seen by those who went along with the Nazi's and their political movement. Fear had to be felt by those who would not disagree with the Nazis and knew their movement was wrong - just as Laurie points out in the Wave. That took courage. Can you imagine telling the Nazis they had gone too far?