#1. “For the rest of your lives…never, ever, allow a group’s will to usurp your individual rights.” (pg.135, The Wave) I think this quote means that you are always capable of doing what you want. I also think that is means that don't let a group take over your power.
I could apply this to my life if I joined a group and I couldn't do certain things because the group restricts me from doing that. I think a good example of that is if you joined a gaming club, and they don't let you do your homework. Them not letting you do your homework is them restricting you from something you want to do. Sooner or later you'll either have to leave the club, or they won't let you do anything else if you stay.
#2. At the beginning of the book, Robert seems to be the class joke and everyone picks on him. But when he joins The Wave, everyone is equal and he feels he fits in better which I think is true. Then at the end of the book, The Wave ends which supported him. It makes him lose his self esteem he gained while he was in The Wave.
I think Mr. Ross is going to try and help out Robert so that things don't revert back to how they were in the beginning. I think Ben is going to do this by whenever he gets picked on, the person who tormented him will get punished. I think Robert will depend on Ben as much as he did on The Wave, because Mr. Ross is now his only support. I also think that Robert possibly thinks that Ben did this to make him feel even lower. That is why Ben is going to talk to Robert that he was sorry about The Wave and what happened.
#3a. The Wave is very fascism because Ben acts like a dictator. He also has complete power over the students who joined which is another sign of fascism. Also he takes control over there choices so that they can only do somethings. Ben also made The Wave a logo, membership cards, and solutes which made it more psychologically more like The Wave had to everything Mr. Ross said.
#3b. Some examples in history where people experienced fascism is during World War Two, and Hitler was a dictator and created the Nazis. This historical event is very close to the events in this book by the logos and how you couldn't attend school events without being part of that group. Also it is fascist because they were racist against the Jewish people and used them as scapegoats. Also Hitler had complete control over the Nazis and did what ever he told them to do.
#4. “Avoiding Mob Mentality: A Practical Guide by A Middle Student, for Other Middle School Students.” Mob Mentality is when a group of people start acting up and they lose control of themselves. The group could be a couple people, or a couple hundred people. A good example is when someone gets scared at night at a slumber party because of a noise. Now all your friends get freaked out when you get freaked out it gets out of control, because your cats jumps into a bush. The main point is that something happens to one person and it happens to everyone else. It shows that your imagination can overpower reality. In The Wave's case, The Wave was a whole new thing, and some one's friends joins, and then you want to join, and before you know it, the whole school is doing the same thing and have lost control over their actions. That's a big thing with mob mentality, is that you might think you lose control over your actions and it causes you to do things you don't want to do.
You can avoid this by not joining anything you don't trust or if the activities are things you know are not right. A lot of times, people join these groups even if they don't want to because of peer pressure. Peer pressure will get you do things don't want to because your friends are doing it and they persuade you into it. If this ever happens to you, find new friends.
I could apply this to my life if I joined a group and I couldn't do certain things because the group restricts me from doing that. I think a good example of that is if you joined a gaming club, and they don't let you do your homework. Them not letting you do your homework is them restricting you from something you want to do. Sooner or later you'll either have to leave the club, or they won't let you do anything else if you stay.
#2. At the beginning of the book, Robert seems to be the class joke and everyone picks on him. But when he joins The Wave, everyone is equal and he feels he fits in better which I think is true. Then at the end of the book, The Wave ends which supported him. It makes him lose his self esteem he gained while he was in The Wave.
I think Mr. Ross is going to try and help out Robert so that things don't revert back to how they were in the beginning. I think Ben is going to do this by whenever he gets picked on, the person who tormented him will get punished. I think Robert will depend on Ben as much as he did on The Wave, because Mr. Ross is now his only support. I also think that Robert possibly thinks that Ben did this to make him feel even lower. That is why Ben is going to talk to Robert that he was sorry about The Wave and what happened.
#3a. The Wave is very fascism because Ben acts like a dictator. He also has complete power over the students who joined which is another sign of fascism. Also he takes control over there choices so that they can only do somethings. Ben also made The Wave a logo, membership cards, and solutes which made it more psychologically more like The Wave had to everything Mr. Ross said.
#3b. Some examples in history where people experienced fascism is during World War Two, and Hitler was a dictator and created the Nazis. This historical event is very close to the events in this book by the logos and how you couldn't attend school events without being part of that group. Also it is fascist because they were racist against the Jewish people and used them as scapegoats. Also Hitler had complete control over the Nazis and did what ever he told them to do.
#4. “Avoiding Mob Mentality: A Practical Guide by A Middle Student, for Other Middle School Students.” Mob Mentality is when a group of people start acting up and they lose control of themselves. The group could be a couple people, or a couple hundred people. A good example is when someone gets scared at night at a slumber party because of a noise. Now all your friends get freaked out when you get freaked out it gets out of control, because your cats jumps into a bush. The main point is that something happens to one person and it happens to everyone else. It shows that your imagination can overpower reality. In The Wave's case, The Wave was a whole new thing, and some one's friends joins, and then you want to join, and before you know it, the whole school is doing the same thing and have lost control over their actions. That's a big thing with mob mentality, is that you might think you lose control over your actions and it causes you to do things you don't want to do.
You can avoid this by not joining anything you don't trust or if the activities are things you know are not right. A lot of times, people join these groups even if they don't want to because of peer pressure. Peer pressure will get you do things don't want to because your friends are doing it and they persuade you into it. If this ever happens to you, find new friends.
