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Summary Of The Wave By Todd Strasser

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In the book, The Wave by Todd Strasser, the reason that the students decided to be a part of The Wave, and the reason that The Wave lasted as long as it did, was that the students felt like they were being a part of something, and that The Wave made everyone equal.
Ever since The Wave experiment began, Robert, the class nerd, was now seen as one with The Wave, and not referenced as the “nerd” anymore. Even the Jocks started to let him hang out with them. In the book, Laurie noticed that “The Wave had given Robert the courage to sit at the table with them, and even to join in the conversation.” (Strasser, 64) The Wave gave all the students who were a part of it, a sense of being in the “community”, and with The Wave, there was no such thing

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