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How Does The Wave Impact The Reader
This will impact the reader because they can now go through this book with the idea of The Wave, an experimental movement created because World War II was being studied in their class, is the main topic of the novel.
The impact of the use of characterization is that it gives information about the character to the reader. This knowledge of her appearance will impact the reader for the rest of the novel because it will help us imagine what’s happening in the book, and we also know now that she is a happy positive upbeat person that rarely stops smiling.
This impacts the reading because we can get feelings and emotions directly from the author in addition to inferring. It is also good that we get to know about almost everyone instead of just
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We can now infer that it would take a lot to separate them and break them apart. The impact of this on the reader is that they know that these two really like each other.
This flashback impacts the reader and the reading by giving the reader insight on how the two met and started dating. It also shows how much they like each other, as they walk together to school nearly every day. This will impact the reading because the reader knows the reason for The Wave. Also, since the reader is sure that The Wave is representing Nazism, and the students don’t know, they understand throughout the book that most of the students are doing the wrong thing joining The Wave.
This is important because the reader can gauge how bad Laurie’s mom thinks The Wave is and compare to how bad Laurie thinks it is.
This impacts the reading because the reader now knows a little bit about the principal. This is especially important because principal Owens might play a key part with the end of The Wave, and this will help you envisions the events of the story better.
This impacts the reader because it forces them to think about how Principal Owens could let Ben Ross continue to lead a miniature version of a Nazi Party inside the

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