SuitabookBelonging and conformity
The experiment develops a movement whose ideology changes its followers and social relationships at school.
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Morton Rhue - Author
This is a school-set novel about how a group experiment changes relationships, authority and public debate. Its central interest is the tension between belonging and independent judgement, with the school newspaper representing a challenge to growing conformity.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a school-set novel about how a group experiment changes relationships, authority and public debate. Its central interest is the tension between belonging and independent judgement, with the school newspaper representing a challenge to growing conformity.
The experiment develops a movement whose ideology changes its followers and social relationships at school.
The school newspaper provides a setting for opinion and publishes criticism of the movement, while supporters object to critical reporting.
The novel’s school experiment is taught alongside propaganda, manipulation, the Milgram experiment, fascism, Nazism and the Holocaust.
Some scenes involve threats towards students who resist, a student being beaten up, aggressive behaviour by supporters and a boyfriend pushing his girlfriend during an argument.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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