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Why did Laurie decide not to attend The Wave rally?
David asks Laurie to follow him to the rally, but Laurie says she’s not going—she thinks the school is taking The Wave too seriously. David retorts that Laurie is the one who isn’t taking The Wave seriously enough.
What happens in Chapter 9 of The Wave?
Ben realizes that The Wave is really catching on. Students who aren’t even in his history class are coming to sit in on his lessons – even skipping their real classes and using free periods to be able to make it. Even though the class is bigger, things are still organized and calm, thanks to rules of The Wave.
How did Mr Ross end The Wave?
Why does Mr. Ross end the Wave? he invites all the students into the gym but only the ones who were part of the wave. he then shows them a video with hitler and says, “you would have all made good nazis.” He teaches them about following others in a way that they will never forgot.
What happens when Laurie questions The Wave in front of her classmates?
What happens when Laurie questions The Wave in front of her classmates? They remind her of the rules and she backs down. They immediately turn her in as a traitor.
Why was Laurie’s father concerned about The Wave?
Laurie is crying when her dad knocks on her door. Now it’s her dad’s turn to talk to her about The Wave: he’s really worried because a boy was beat up after school today. Laurie says it was probably somebody who refused to join The Wave, but her dad explains that it’s not so simple.
Why does Amy support The Wave so much?
Eventually, Amy admits to Laurie that the reason she is so supportive of The Wave is because it “means that nobody is better than anyone else”—and admits that her constant feelings of jealousy for Laurie have driven her into the rhetoric of The Wave’s equalizing force.
What decision does Laurie make in Chapter 12?
Laurie denies this and then spits out a super solid comeback: she calls him “stupid” (12.32). He tells her that if she feels that way, she should go find herself a smarter boyfriend. (Ouch, dis!) Then he walks away and goes to the rally.
Why is Mr Ross nervous at the beginning of Chapter 10?
Even though students like Robert Billings have been positively impacted by The Wave, Ross is nervous about his own involvement in the experiment—he is worried about getting too “carried away.”
Why did Ben Ross create The Wave?
This is what happens to Ben Ross in The Wave. His motives are good: he wants his students to understand a huge historical tragedy, the Holocaust. But he wants them to understand it too fast.
Why did Amy join The Wave?
Jealousy and insecurity seem to open Amy to 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.
Why does Ross allow Robert to become his bodyguard?
Why does mr. Ross allow Robert to become his bodyguard? He says it makes robert feel part of something special. He puts all of the wave members into the auditorium and tells them that if they had a leader it would be Adolf Hitler.
Who tells Laurie not to publish the special edition of the newspaper in the wave?
Robert said that the newspaper was trying to ruin the Wave and that David should tell Laurie to stop lying about the Wave. David agreed and Brian and David would wait after school to convince her to stop. 14) Why do think David volunteered to try to convince Laurie to stop writing against the Wave?