Cults: The Wave

1. How can movements such as the Wave be defeated?

The Wave can be defeated by rebellion.  It can be defeated by being shut down.  The Wave can be defeated by telling someone like the principal it is getting out of hand.  You might be able to defeat the Wave if you tell the leaders that it is time to stop too many people are getting hurt.  By making the Wave members realize that what they are doing is wrong.  Make them realize that what they are doing is hurting too many people along the way.

2. What does this film say about authority and power?

What the film says about authority and power is.  1 is , what authority says about the film is that it shows that if you make the decision anyone will follow. 2 is, another thing about authority is that when someone like a teacher tells you to join and if you don't thhe rules apply some nasty things, that will make anyone join.  1 thing about power is, when you slowly make a group bigger and bigger you  have the power to do anything.  2 about power is, to have great power not only comes great responsibility but also comes the power to work as a team.

3. What does this experiment say about the Holocaust?

This experiment compares the Wave to the Holocaust.  Cause of the Holocaust was anyone who wasn't German or Nazi was to be killed.  The Wave was anyone who wasn't a Wave member would be either excluded or hurt. The Holocaust Nazis' said that their lives were easy killing because they had decisions made for them.  Mr. Ross also said that the Waved agreed that you can also do anything if the decision is made for you.