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Ben Ross. Laurie Saunders, the protagonist of the novel, is an intrepid and bright-eyed high schooler and editor-in-chief of her school paper, The Gordon Grapevine. Laurie is sunny but thoughtful, and she takes her editorial duties and her studies very seriously. Laurie is popular and well-liked throughout school—but harbors anxiety about the ...
Laurie doesn't really address this issue in the novel, but she might have to after The Wave. At the top of the school-success ladder – socially, academically, and extra-currircularly – Laurie has some power to make things better for other students.
As The Wave swells through Mr. Ross’s classroom and later, all of Gordon High, Laurie rises as a moral compass and a staunch proponent of individuality, all amid mounting threats of violence in the school. She questions her peers’ blind devotion to Mr. Ross, stands up to Brad when he demands she give The Wave salute at the school’s ...
Summary: Chapter 12. On Friday, as students get ready for The Wave rally, Brian and Deutsch, who hasn’t joined The Wave, get in a fight. David tells Laurie he’s disappointed that she won’t attend the rally as she should be setting an example. Laurie asserts that The Wave blinds members to people’s right to be individuals.
David asks Laurie to follow him to the rally, but Laurie says she’s not going—she thinks the school is taking The Wave too seriously. David retorts that Laurie is the one who isn’t taking The Wave seriously enough. She has always been popular and a natural leader, David says, and if she joins The Wave, many others will. Laurie says that ...
Analysis: Chapters 8–11. As The Wave rises in Gordon High, the movement becomes more fascistic, and the school environment more closely resembles that of post-World War I Nazi Germany. While David and Laurie walk to school in Chapter 8, for instance, David grows angry that Mrs. Saunders has spoken badly about The Wave and looks to quash any ...
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Christy Ross. Christy is Ben Ross ’s wife, and the music teacher at Gordon High. Christy is a loving and supportive partner—though her firsthand knowledge of Ben’s obsessive tendencies makes her skeptical of The Wave and super-sensitive to Ben’s moods and behaviors as the movement gets out of control.
