The progression of The Wave at Gordon High School throughout Rhue Morton's novel The Wave, reviewing themes of conformity (the appeal of community), individualism and authoritarianism. The Wave is a reenactment of what happened during the Holocaust, but in a classroom. Ben Ross begins The Wave progression, he thought it would help the students in his class understand what happened during the Holocaust and thought he would maintain control and have the power to progress through this classroom experience . In The Wave, Rhue uses the character journeys of Robert Billing and David Collins. Their conformation journeys were rapid; they both quickly became involved with The Wave. The motivations of David Collins and Robert Billings were very diverse; Robert seemed to have bad intentions even before The Wave began, while David Collins wanted his football team to have more team spirit and make the isolated students feel like they belonged. As it developed, Laurie Saunders' journey through The Wave portrayed the theme of individualism, through being excluded from school events and being targeted due to her disagreement in joining The Wave. The progression of The Wave is helped by conformity, the football team, which is considered very popular, introduced the theme of conformity and the other students really enjoy it and most students want to join The Wave. Rhue challenges the reader to consider the theme of conformity. David Collins is the star of the football team and is well liked by his friends and classmates. David loves and encourages the idea of ​​The Wave; David is a driving force and a great influence in inspiring his peers to join us. David asks the football team to join The Wave so everyone in the school ... middle of paper ... participates in this, I can assure you it can't get out of hand. (p.79). He used The Wave to help his students understand the Holocaust. Rhue portrays the theme of power through Ben Ross's experience in The Wave and how it really gets to him, even though he thinks he's always in control, he really isn't and it overwhelms him and them. students begin to take control over him. of The Wave was accelerated by the theme of conformity because the students all felt they needed to get involved but by getting involved in The Wave they lost their individualism, people who stayed true to themselves and did not comply slowed the movement. The Wave movement was created by Ben Ross who let power go to his head and eventually lost control of The Wave without realizing that his students were becoming increasingly influential and dominant towards the younger members of The Wave. Wave..