“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”---John F. Kennedy. What is conformity? Conformity is similarity of the actions and behaviors. The Wave was a recreation of WWII when Hitler was trying to wipe out the whole race of Jews. In The Wave, Mr. Ben Ross was in the place of Adolf Hitler, so everyone listened to him because he had dictatorship power. All the students gave power to Mr. Ross because he was well liked and that was the same reason Adolf Hitler came into power. This relates to the theme of mass conformity because Adolf Hitler and Ben Ross both created a movement where some people joined because they were well liked and thought it was the right thing to do. The rest who didn’t join were smart enough to realize and understand what was happening. Both The Wave and The Diary of Anne Frank relate to the theme of mass conformity under one power because Ben Ross and Adolf Hitler were given the power to control people. To begin with, Ben Ross was beginning to follow in the footsteps of Adolf Hitler. This is a great example of mass conformity because the actions and behavior of Hitler and Mr. Ross were very similar to each other. Everyone listened to both of them because they were the dictators, they were the ones who were given the power of leadership to control people. People felt obligated to follow their commands when they were given. In The Wave Mr. Ross was given the power of dictatorship because he was well liked by many students, which led up