The Wave Film (1981)
Introduction
The wave is seen to portray the Asche conformity experiment in that the experiment was set to investigate the effect social pressure from a big group on individuals, which could make someone to join this group (Larsen,1990). The milligram experiment was conducted to identify the conflicts a person is involved in when choosing between obedience and their conscience (Mc Leod,2007). This experiment conducted by Ross was inclusive of both these two experiments.
This movie’s pcentral message is to prove the aspect of individuals rection to majority pressure which forces them to conform to the ways of the group. Conformity is demonstrated in this movie as the whole school follows the wave and many students adapt to the requirements of the wave. Those who fail to conform get threatened by the group. The issue of obedience versus personal conscience is also seen in this film as many students forget their conscience and engage in the group’s activities obediently. They forsake their ideologies. This is seen when they are told to go and watch the leader give a speech; they make sure they are in attendance.
The message in this film cannot be supported because the experiment proved that it was hard to control a group that has conformed to the social pressure. The students can’t relate to those against this wave. They threaten other students as the teacher is also seen to lose control of his experiment.
The film was able to address and prove the two experiments. Ross was able to confirm that the Nazis followed Hitter as he used the Nazi brigade to force others to conform to the ideologies of the group. The thing that would have been done different would have been not allowing the students to threaten each other. This wave made David and Laurie break up, and now Dave is seen to be violent towards Laurie.
Conclusion
The wave was a great film. This films only problem was the violence that was directed toward Laurie as it seems that the whole school now hated her. Even the boyfriend conforms with the group and leaves her. The various events that happened in the film prove the two experiments to be accurate as of its noticeable that the message was expressed in a way that the students understood what happened in the Nazi regime.
References
Larsen, K. S. (1990). The Asch conformity experiment: Replication and transhistorical
comparison. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 5(4), 163.
McLeod, S. A. (2007). The Milgram experiments. Simply Psychology.
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