The Wave‚ a novel by Todd Strasser (published in 1981) is based off of The Third Wave experiment by Ron James‚ which was inspired by Nazism. The setting of the novel takes place in Gordan High School 1969. Four main characters of the wave include: Ben Ross (“an outstanding young teacher”)‚ Laurie Saunders (“a pretty girl with short brown hair and an almost perpetual smile”)‚ David Collins (“ a tall‚ good looking boy who was the running back on the football team”)‚ and Robert Billings (“ a heavy
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years ago‚ I was so excited over the birth of my first daughter. I planned to do everything right – just like the baby books said. My excitement over my daughter’s arrival soon turned to disappointment as it became clear that I was unable to nurse her. I had no real understanding of how to nurse her except what I had read in books. I had never seen anyone breastfeed before‚ but it seemed easy enough. All you have to do is hold the baby up to your breast and the baby knows what to do. She was hungry‚ but
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How can students become successful? There are different ways a student can become successful. As a teacher‚ we expect students to try their best in their education. They should be responsible with finishing up their task that are give to them. He or she should be prepared at all times on whatever they are asked to do even if it’s a hard task so they could be prepared for what is coming their way. They need to also be independent and do things on their own and not depend on others st times but depend
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Walt Disney had many qualities of an entrepreneur which made him successful and leave a legacy on the world. Walt Disney was the co-founder of The Walt Disney Company‚ with R. O Disney. The success of this company has made Walt Disney viewed as a great entrepreneur. An entrepreneur is a person who sets sets up a business or businesses‚ taking financial risk in hope of reward. Walt Disney fits into this category as he took financial risk in starting up The Walt Disney Company and also risks in the
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How does Morten Rhue use literary techniques to explore the positive and negative effects of peer pressure and social movements like‚ The Wave? Peer pressure can be defined as persuading or using force upon a group or individual to change one’s beliefs‚ behavior and values. ‘The Wave’ by Morton Rhue‚ was published in 1981‚ and takes place at Gordon High School in California‚ where a history teacher‚ Ben Ross‚ shows his students how Germans were influenced by the Nazis in ww2 and got away with killing
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at Etretat on the Normandy coast. The Wave (La Vague c.1872) exhibited in the National Gallery of Victoria is one such painting that features the central motif of a cresting wave. While many viewed the work as a simple realist seascape‚ the political implication of the work suggested by some of Courbet’s contemporaries is hardly discernable to the modern viewer. It can only be understood in light the historical context of the early 1870s in which France was entering a new democratic order and both
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1. Brief summary of the case Ben Bates‚ 28 years old‚ graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. He is now working at the financial management company of Dewey and Louis. He expects to work for 38 years later. His goal is to become an investment banker. And he feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve this goal. After examining schools‚ he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. - The Ritter College of Business is under
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How successful was Axis propaganda at generating a sense of solidarity on the home fronts? Introduction – The idea of propaganda to bring the country together to fight for one whole idea. The use of propaganda by the Axis powers during the Second World War was a fundamental concept in the war effort. Both countries became unified during the late 19th century so their need to generate a solidarity through an idealism was of particular importance. Propaganda was a useful tool in order that they may
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Pchum Ben (Khmer: បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ); "Ancestors’ Day") is a 15-day Cambodian religious festival‚ culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar‚ at the end of the Buddhist lent‚ Vassa.[1][2] In 2012‚ the national holiday fell on the 14th - 16th of October in the Gregorian calendar. The day is a time when many Cambodians pay their respects to deceased relatives of up to 7 generations.[3] Monks chant the suttas inPali language overnight (continuously‚ without
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“How to become rich and successful” There is nobody in the world‚ who does not want to be successful and rich. Let’s look to the truth if you wish to become rich there is nothing that could stop you. Only your own desire is required to you to become successful. Many books are already written about it. To become rich and successful is also easy like using a bicycle and thousands of millionaires will prove it. They are not cleverer than the other part of the population. If you have a brain and you
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