The Wave

by Kieran McGovern (Adaption), Morton Rhue

Mr Ross had something special he wanted to teach his students - the Wave. And now the Wave is all over the school. But there is something about the Wave, something some people don't like. The Wave is always moving - so can it be stopped?

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Level 2 - Elementary (600 words)
Contemporary Fiction
British English
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42 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Ahmad Ebaid · Rating 2 out of 5]

يبدأ كل شئ عندما يعرض أستاذ التاريخ "بين روز" فيلما عن النازية, وعندما أخبرهم عن أعداد القتلى التي تسبب بها النازيين, سألته "لوري" لماذا قاموا بذلك؟ فكر لدقيقة ولكنه لم يعرف الإجابة!.
فقرأ كتباً عن النازية ليصل لإجابة. وبعدها قرر أن يوصل لهم الإجابة بطريقة غير عادية, لقد أسس داخل المدرسة تنظيم "الموجة". لقد أشرك الطلاب جميعاً في تنظيم نازي جديد دون أن يخبرهم, وهذه هي قصة هؤلاء الشباب النازيين.

الرواية للأسف مش موجودة مترجمة

أنا قرأت نسخة مختصرة بعض الشيء, مختصرة لأن العمر أقصر من أن أحيط بكل الروايات الكلاسيكية السابقة التي فاتتني. وأنا أريد فعلاً أن ألم بهم

القصة مسلية وتجربة مهمة, وربما أرجع لإعادة قراءة نسختها الكاملة لاحقاً, وربما أكتفي بمشاهدة الفيلم الذي يحمل نفس العنوان من إنتاج 2008.

[Sumiya Tserendavaa · Rating 5 out of 5]

The wave book wrote about all people with discipline, salue. Big example is Hitler that head of wave. Perhaps, something benefit and somethings wrong. But team's sport need wave that all discipline.

[Fulya Koylu · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an old school book I found on my bookshelf. It was a nice Sunday read.
People always wanna be a part of a group to feel better than others… However no person is better than the other in this world we are all comrades. I wish it was known the world would have surely been a better place than what it is now.

[Mohammed · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is silly and boring.

[Santosh Thapa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shrawan 25, 2077, Sunday

The Wave - Kieran McGovern (Adaption), Morton Rhue (2000)
[Penguin Readers Elementary (Level 2)]

Genre: Fiction/ EnglishGradedReaders/ Adaptation/ Historical > Historical Fiction/ Psychological Thriller
Pages: 42
Rating: 7.5/10

Theme: Group pressure/ Social science experiment/ Organization/ Dissent/ The needs of the individual versus the needs of the community/ Leadership/ The Nazis’ rise to power

Opener:
“Ben Ross taught history at Gordon High School. One afternoon he showed a film about Hitler and the Nazis.’ At the end of the film, he told his students: ‘The Nazis killed more than ten million men, women, and children.’ “

Summary:
When Ben Ross, a history teacher at an American high school, shows his students a film about the Nazis and what they did during the Second World War, they are shocked. The students ask him how it was possible for such a party to become so powerful in a civilized country. Mr Ross cannot answer this question himself, but he decides to try an experiment that might answer it. Over the next few days, he introduces his class to some new ideas. He tells them that they are going to be part of a team called ‘the Wave’. The aim of the team is success, and for success you need discipline. To Mr Ross’s amazement, the students like the Wave and the new discipline. They begin to work much harder and do more homework. It is as if this is what they have wanted all along. Soon, almost everyone in the school wants to join the Wave. But it becomes clear that there is a darker side to such a team, and soon the Wave is out of control.

Final Review:
It is actually really surprising that this story is based on a true story. I thought this was a compelling allusion to Nazis’ rise to power before I found out it was a novelization of a true story. Though The Wave technically has a happy ending, but this story serves as a chilling warning to the dangers of peer pressure and history repeating itself.

[Loredelcarmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro corto, lo leí en un día. Entretenido, basado en una historia real. Un profesor hace un experimento con sus alumnos, para que ellos entiendan como fue que Hitler reclutó a tantos jóvenes alemanes a hacer una gran matanza de judíos. Pero el experimento se le salió de las manos y los padres y otros maestros estaban en contra de la manera en que el profesor estaba enseñando. La historia me atrapó. Pero creo que le faltó algo al final, algo que mencionan en el epílogo.

[grazia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fact that this is based on a real experiment makes the reading experience even scarier than it already is. It's very simply written and easily understandable which suits the fact that it's written from the perspective of high school kids. I finished this book in under two hours because it really makes you think. Prepare yourself to be shocked and frustrated after finishing this, it's astounding how things that seem so far away can still be so real.

[Yuki · Rating 2 out of 5]

As I read the book, I understand that why and how people have been went to be controlled little by little their mind, and that continue to spread like wave. However, I couldn't understand their mind. Perhaps it's because I don't like acting with somebody and doing the same things as everyone.

[Chie Akura · Rating 4 out of 5]

1. Penguin readers level 2

2. 10/24=60minutes, 10/25= 80minutes

3. history, team, discipline, same, fight, dictatorship, Nazis

4. I was surprised that this was a real story. I agree with that Winners need discipline.we have to have a hardtime.

5. It was interesting because it was new genre story for me. I think it would also happen in our life that we are likely to do same behavior with other people around us.

[Eldon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dess

[LUCIANO · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since then I started to learn english, this book was the first book I read. So, it is so important to me. I have very much affection for it. Great!

[Ayman · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Fourteenth book of English Graded Readers.