1) I think it means never let anyone or anything take control of YOUR life. Also that you have the right to do what ever the heck you want (well, maybe not everything).


How this applies to my life is when I was in kindergarten all of my friends always chose a leader. We always did what she said without question (all of my friends were girls). If someone in our group didn't like what the leader did she would be ordered to leave our group. Of course after a few days we'd forget about it and let her back in. I guess this is like the Wave because we had a leader and we had to do whatever she said and never stopped to think. Still we never hurt anyone or anything.



2) Robert...Poor Robert. When they mentioned him in the beginning of the book I felt really sorry for him. Because I knew people like that, but in the middle of the book he really surprised me when he picked of the Wave really quickly. I know his type. Y'know, like when he finally finds something he's good at he takes it to extreme. When he said "Laurie will ruin everything. She must be stopped" I knew he was going to do something to her that he would regret. Still the Wave did some good, now he a little confident about himself and maybe people will stop picking on him.



3)a: I saw fascism in the Wave when they started doing motto and salute every time they saw Mr. Ross as if he was a leader. It became so bad that they did everything he said without thought or when Mr.Ross noticed that they wouldn't do good on a essay.

b:I thinking Saddam Hussein in Iraq. How like he totally destroyed Iraq. I mean they hated him so much that they made a dummy of him and burned it.

4) It's so easy to get into a crowd and really hard to get out. Or at least you do get out, but people pressure you to come back in then so you're back in. How you can get out of the crowd and stay is to tell an adult or principle why you do not like this type of fad. try to make friends that don't want to be in the crowd (maybe you can make a new fad). Also try to tell kids why you don't like the fad maybe they'll stop, but if they don't want to its their choice