... conforming in a particular fashion and suffering negative effects. The Wave is set in 1969, in Palto Alto, California in a typical American classroom. Ben Ross, the history teacher adopts a new concept to somewhat mimic what happened in World War II when Hitler commanded the Nazi's. The concept involved rigid stance ... and harassment issues that were ensued. When Laurie utters doubts in the overall popularity of The Wave she is admonished by two supervisors, Brian and Robert. Probably the most dramatic event in the novel was when Laurie was definitely against The Wave. Unlike the other c...

• Word Count: 1544
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School