Talk:The Wave (novel)

Neutrality

I believe that there are some parts of this article that are not neutral. I will mark it for now, unless somebody objects.

"There are many parallels and they are astonishing." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bonzi77 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

Removing interwiki link to he.wp

Reason for removal: the link to w:he:הנחשול is to a page about the move entitled The Wave (based on the book) however not the book. The correct link would be to w:he:(הגל (ספר which doesn't exist. —MrSomeone ^{( tlk • cntrb )} 22:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

this book is not boring as other books its acctually kind of interesting and not not finished with it yet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.10.43.135 (talk) 22:17, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Removing Unreferenced Tag

There is clearly an error in this tag being placed on this article. The fact that at the bottom of the page, under the Level 2 headline of Literature, that one of the references sourced is the book of topic in this article clearly on its own is enough to remove this tag, since due to what was already stated, the informations is obviously correct. SnakeChess5 (talk) 17:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

how is change represented in the wave? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.29.168.235 (talk) 00:05, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Characters

The entire characters section doesn't read like an encyclopedia article, but there is this bit here:

"A weak and shy student, who purks under the shadows of his overachieving brother"

What is this trying to say? 'Purk' is not an actual word in English (I believe it means can in Estonian and Norweigian). It can't mean 'perk', because that doesn't make sense, so what is it trying to say??????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BunnyFlying (talk • contribs) 23:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Possibly 'lurk'? The letters p and l are next to each other. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 12:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Grammar mistake

First: I'm German and thus not a native speaker. But I read this:

>>He eventually shoves her to the ground and this makes him realizes how dangerous The Wave really is.

Shouldn't it be "this makes him realize". By the way, I also think that the text is not written by a native. It seems strange that I can read the text without using a dictionary ;-) --87.172.230.56 (talk) 19:05, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

You are right, 87.172.x, "realizes" was wrong. Thanks for pointing it out :) I corrected the error and made a few changes to hopefully make the article read a bit more natural. keɪɑtɪk flʌfi (talk) 19:40, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

"Mr. Ross tries to cheer him up by commenting on his tie and suit, and they walk out together to grab a bite to eat."

I just watched the German movie and the ending is drastically different, however I haven't read the book so I won't change it until I have confirmation. 86.25.144.135 (talk) 14:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

• It's not vandalism. This is the way it is in the book and the made-for-TV movie, but I understand the German film has a completely different ending. TheLetterM (talk) 15:30, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Year is wrong?

I don't know if this is an edition thing but the 1980s version I have which has images from the TV novie on the front cover makes references to "this country has just gone through a decade in which double-digit inflation has seriously weakened the economy", which would imply that the book is actually set in the late 1970s. --24.80.120.179 (talk) 08:33, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

The orginal book is based on the 1969 experiments conducted that year. The book you read is probuly a reeditted version they do from time to time when they make a movie version of a book and try to set it against a newer time frame as to make it seem less dated. Im not sure but you could update the article with a section that discusses that perticular version of the book. thanks B.s.n. (R.N.) 11:38, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

We may be thinking of different books. I have the "Morton Rhue" aka Todd Strasser version which is a novelization of the TV movie, although the plot differs in a few places (presumably the shooting script was different). I will come back with some quotes I have transcribed from the book. --24.80.120.179 (talk) 02:31, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

"The reason for the rally is the following," Mr. Ross continued. "The Wave is not just a classroom experiment. It's much, much more than that. Unbeknownst to you, starting last week, all across the country teachers like myself have been recruiting and training a youth brigade to show the rest of the nation how to achieve a better society."

"As you know, this country has just gone through a decade in which double-digit inflation has seriously weakened the economy," Mr. Ross continued. "Unemployment has run chronically high, and the crime rate has been worse than any time in memory. Never before has the morale of the United States been so low. Unless this trend is stopped, a growing number of people, including the founders of The Wave, believe this country is doomed."

Here you go. --24.80.120.179 (talk) 02:33, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Anti-Semitism

Doesnt a kid get beaten up/abused for being Jewish? I havent read it recently but i would have thought that was relevant, no? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.65.220.216 (talk) 22:35, 29 October 2009 (UTC)