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Fascism In The Wave

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“Fascism is not defined by the number of it’s victims, but by the way it kills them” , Jean-Paul Sartre. In the Novel, The Wave, there are different themes that go along with it. One of those themes is fascism, or more importantly, its natural appeal. Fascism would be the major theme in the novel because of it’s appeal that made The Wave so successful in becoming a militaristic movement. Ben Ross’s feelings toward being a powerful authoritarian leader amongst his students, although not really knowing what he was thinking, is a powerful example to this appeal fascism has to people. Also, the third reason that the appeal of fascism is a major theme is how the students in the novel immediately jump onto the idea of The Wave, thinking that it was
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