The Wave Susan Casey Summary

For centuries, mariners have spread stories about giant sudden waves which appeared out of nowhere without warning which were strong enough to capsize even the mightiest and largest ships. Several vessels—such as the S.S. Waratah, the M.S. Munchen, and the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald—were all rumored to have been sunk by rogue waves (Walsh par. 3). Further, rogue waves have been blamed for ripping the bow off of a Norwegian freighter near the tip of South Africa in 1974, almost capsizing the Queen Elizabeth in 1942 off the coast of Greenland, striking the Queen Elizabeth H in 1995, and for swamping military aircraft carriers and tearing tankers in half (McDonald A21). These waves have also been immortalized in popular culture, as

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to find out the answer to a question yourself, so you conduct a small experiment? Well that is what this teacher did to get through to his students. But it got a little out of control and the outcome was not expected. The Wave by Todd Strasser is about a history teacher showing students how the Nazis functioned as a group through a little experiment that soon got out of hand.

Many children are told growing up to always go with your gut instincts because if you feel in your heart that something is wrong, it most likely is. Similarly, Laurie a highschool student struggles to choose to go with their gut and follow her heart during crucial issues that occur in her high school life. In the novel, The Wave, Todd Strasser uses dialogue, revealing actions, and symbolism throughout the story to support the theme of trusting your gut and never being afraid to do the right thing. Through Laurie heated arguments, character revealing actions, and ability to understand the significance of the salute, Todd Strasser beautifully illustrates the theme of the story.

An important idea in The Wave is ‘words can be used for harm or for good’. This idea means that words can be used to hurt people mentally and create bad things, but, at the same time can cheer a person up and change their life in a good way. The confusing thing is, is that good words can also be bad. For example, if someone said that they won their basketball game and you said ‘good’, then that would be a good thing to say. It’s also quite the same with harmful words. In The Wave, this conundrum is used in a smart way. For example, Ben Ross is taking his first class with The Wave as a base when he introduces the line,

The Wave is a story about a high school senior class that has been intrigued to join their teacher’s cult known as the Wave. Several people tried to prevent the denial of his movement. Laurie Saunders the main character in the wave, is a rebellious girl who is very ashamed of this movement and is not inspired by her history teacher. He shows them a very emotional video of what Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party did. Some of the students take it more personal than others do. Because of Laurie’s bravery, independence, and determination, Laurie denies the Wave.

On October 31, 2003 Bethany Hamilton, a thirteen- year old girl from Hawaii, was in an accident that would change her life forever. That sunny Halloween morning, after three consecutive days of rain, Bethany, a competitive surfer, was itching to get back into the water. Along the way to Pauaeaka Beach in Kauai, Bethany convinced her mother to stop and check out the waves at Tunnel Beach. While the waves were not so impressive, Bethany decided to stay and surf when her best friend and surf buddy, Alana Blanchard, pulled up with her family. Bethany was excited to be in the water and hoped to catch a fast wave when she saw a shadow beneath her. Before she realized what was happening, a shark bit her arm and the front of her board. Rather than

Doubts of the the wave erupted for Laurie because of the insight her mother gave her about the wave. Lauries mother explained how no one will be able to express themselves or be independent while participating in the experiment. She got lost in the unity part of the wave and didn't see what was really happening until it was pointed out by her

Passage: “I follow the sound, pushing off the wall, pushing Andy Evans off-balance, stumbling into the broken sink. He curses and turns, his fist coming, coming. An explosion in my head and blood in my mouth. He hit me.” (194)

Casey wasn’t keen. Staring at the grand building gave her an ominous feeling that she wasn’t safe there. A trickle of fear left her heart racing as she climbed out to follow Ray into the home where her four times great-grandmother endured horrors Casey could only imagine.

(Strasser 137). This was when the students all realized what had been going on and what they were doing, they were becoming their own sort of army, ready to have a leader and follow orders. Others may say The Wave was unsuccessful because Laurie was able to write a whole newspaper on what was wrong with The Wave and how bad it was. She was able to do this because she wasn’t looking at all the good things The Wave also brought on like equality in the group and the feeling of being apart of something. If she had felt just as strongly about The Wave saying it was successful, she still would have been able to write a whole newspaper, it’s all about the perspective

The Great Wave by Christopher Benfey shows a glimpse of “Old Japan” and its fascinating artwork around the time of the cultural tsunami in 1854 followed by the time of American Fascination. This book is not so much a book on Japan, more or less it is a piece comparing the U.S. and Japan by looking at topics like cultural and social aspects faced by both countries. Towards the latter half of the book, Benfey really keys into aspects like Jiujutsu and martial arts along with forms of Japanese art and the idea of expressing ones spirit.

Chapter 1: Sudden Wave- a nickname for squall, which is a storm that happens at sea but happens very quickly. One Direction Follow- a nickname for a long wind storm with rain and thunderstorms moving in a straight line, rapidly. If convection didn’t take place, the planet would be very dry with no plants, trees, and forests.

It was December of 2004 in Aceh, Indonesia, and Richard Lewis was an author who fantasized about the depth and mysteries of the ocean, especially tsunamis. He knew the dangers and the disasters that the ocean could cause that have taken away many innocent lives. Richard Lewis was trying to teach the theme of how friendship and companionship can make scary, difficult times easier, by telling the story, The Killing Sea. One historical fact he was well aware of was the struggle and damage tsunamis have caused and how society must work together to repair it.

Did you know that Waves was only rated three stars, out of five? This is no hoax, since over a thousand people voted. Some readers may argue that Waves is very descriptive, and contains several little details, but other readers say that these details slow down the pace of the book, and the story uses long outdated terms and references, doesn’t contain many plot twists, and has a boring ending that makes the reader want to stop reading.

Compared to the 1st largest shipwreck recorded the MV Dona Paz lost 4,375 people of 5000 aboard. The Titanic is the largest non-war related shipwreck recorded in about 200 years. Many life boats tried to pick up any frostbit passengers’ and/or 1crew but only half of the people on lifeboats were saved before it was too late. The people that were saved were saved by a boat named the Carpathia. “Many people compared the sound to the tearing of calico nothing more”.