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Chi erano Hitler e i nazisti? E come hanno fatto a trascinare un'intera nazione nel loro folle disegno? Ben Ross, insegnante di storia in un liceo di Palo Alto, prova a raccontarlo ai suoi alunni, ma le ragioni di tanto orrore sembrano incomprensibili ai ragazzi. Così il professor Ross decide di ricorrere a un esperimento, utilizzando la classe come un laboratorio. Forma un movimento tra gli studenti, L'Onda, e lo dota di simboli, motti, una rigida disciplina e un forte senso della comunità. In pochissimi giorni lo strano test ha sviluppi incontrollabili: il gruppo di allievi affiatati diventa un branco violento e repressivo, chi non appartiene all'Onda viene emarginato e rischia umiliazioni e botte, mentre lo stesso professor Ross si trasforma in un leader carismatico e intoccabile. Tratto da una storia vera, un racconto incalzante e pungente, che è anche la denuncia di una verità inoppugnabile: la Storia, anche nei suoi episodi più crudeli e abietti, può ripetersi. In qualsiasi momento.
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- Pagine: 156
- Data di uscita: 15-01-2014
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“Laurie Sanders sat in the publications office at Gordon High School chewing on the end of a Bic pen. She was a pretty girl with short light-brown hair and an almost perpetual smile that only disappeared when she was upset or chewing on Bic pens. Lately she’d been chewing on a lot of pens. In fact, Leggi tutto
a simple lesson, simply told: don't let group-think turn you into a dumb fascist; be an individual. no problem with the message of course, and who'd be against that message anyway besides dumb fascists? the writing was totally uninteresting but also totally inoffensive. a small thing that really sto Leggi tutto
Unfortunately, this was a huge disappointment for me. Although the topic and the fact that this book is based on a real story are very interesting, it was rather poorly executed. The major problem for me were the characters. They had absolutely no depth to them and I was left with many questions. Why d Leggi tutto
Ich hab absolut nichts an dem Buch auszusetzen. Es war mega gut, erschreckend und realistisch dargestellt🤯Finde das muss jeder mal gelesen haben
This book, written under the pen name of Morton Rhue in the United States, is a novelisation of the telemovie of the same name, which was based on a short story by Ron Jones about a real event. In 1969 a high school history teacher, Ben Ross, was working in a small "all-American" town teaching his cl Leggi tutto
2.5 stars. I picked this up cuz I found the premise interesting and that it was based on real events. The writing is really bad but this being a short book made me glad. The message intended was good but it failed in its execution with one dimensional characters. All in all, a unique short read.
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