The Wave

by Kieran McGovern (Adapter), Derek Strange (Adapter), 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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Penguin Readers are simplified texts designed in association with Longman, the world famous educational publisher, to provide a step-by-step approach tot he joys of reading for pleasure. Each book has an introduction and extensive activity material. They are published at seven levels from Easystarts (200 words) to Advanced (3000) words.
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48 pages, Paperback

Published March 28, 1996

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.

[隻眼簽到 · Rating 4 out of 5]

何謂紀律與團隊？
這是發生在美國加州一所高中的真實事件。“In 1969 a history teacher called Ron Jones started the Wave in one of his lessons. He wanted to teach his students about the Nazis in World War II. He wanted them to understand what happened to people in Germany at that time.”這事件引發的後果實在太值得探討了。
要了解納粹，就給他們納粹的基本信念(老師事先沒告訴他們這信念是納粹的)。那是：“WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME TEAM”、“WINNERS NEED DISCIPLINE”。
我想，切入點很重要。因為學校的足球隊屢戰屢敗，老師就從此切入，結果真的引起了學生的注意。老師告訴學生：贏家需要紀律。然後說，紀律從坐姿開始。然後就是“軍事化”的發言方式；“軍事化”的舉手禮；宣布他們屬於同一個團隊(Wave)；給他們一個團隊標章等等。沒想到，Wave團體竟然真的在校園發酵起來，並開始產生我群意識、排他意識，以致引發一連串的衝突，甚至打鬥。
結果，紀律和團隊意識有幫助他們贏得球賽嗎？並沒有。打球最終靠的還是好的球員。團隊意識和紀律只給他們非人性的同質化行動(如見面要行舉手禮)，我群至上、不得詆譭的一言堂與排他主義而已。他們忘記了民主、自由、多元與友愛，只是本能的敵視他群。直到老師最後揭開真相，得知原來他們所護衛的Wave，其領袖竟然是殺人如麻的希特勒，他們才大驚失色，悵然若失。
我想，人腦就好像一部自動化的機器，某種知識、信念、情感一旦自動化，就很難加以違逆。違逆機器的自動化過程，必會造成某些不良的後果。而紀律和團隊意識，因為是訴諸非理性的服從，所以它的本質原就是自動化的，缺乏彈性和不可違逆的。因此，本書給我們的啟示應是：無論何時皆要保有批判精神，否則我們將很容易淪為自動化的機器！

[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.