Madelyn Patterson, Blog Carnival
Rebel-a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
Rebelling is a popular thing. I
think that the word rebel is a word with many meanings and emotions surrounding
it. There are so many people that would probably tell you that being a rebel is
a bad thing, that you should always follow the rules because they are there for
a reason. Then there are many people that say being a rebel is a good thing. That you need to stick up for yourself and
your beliefs or else nothing will change. So how do you decide if being rebellious is something
that you should do or shouldn’t do? On
the link posted below there is a small Article written by a group called “Rebels
at Work”. At the bottom of the article they create a
chart that I find interesting. The chart
shows there opinion on what they think a “good” rebels traits are verse the traits
a “bad” rebel has. The chart proves that you can be a rebel but in a way that is
considerate of other peoples thoughts and rules.
So then the next question is, how do you know that your
opinions are worth rebelling for? In the article below it states that teenagers
actually rebel because their brains are developing and changing every day. It
also says that teens are more likely to rebel because they are the ones who are
the most connected to society and the pressures that are given to be
rebellious. This makes me question if
teenagers actually have reason to rebel or if it’s just because of what we are
being taught or the way are brains are calculating ideas.
Although teenagers may not have complete control over there “rebellious”
side, other people in our history seem to know exactly why they are rebelling
and how to do it. In our world’s history there have been long planned out
rebellions. These Rebellions are to
prove to a higher power that they are not just going to stand by and watch
while something they don’t like happen. It’s something that has been in our
world’s history for years and years. In
this article written by Wikipedia list rebellions throughout history. If you
look at the list, it is shocking to see how many rebellions there have been in
our world.
You may think that my different thoughts on the word rebel don’t
fully mix all together. This is because I am wanting to show how many different
things can be associated with the word “Rebel”. There are so many different sides
and thoughts about the word. There are
so many different kinds of Rebellions and Rebels. There are so many different ways
to Rebel. Our world revolves around people rebelling, or not rebelling. Rebelling is a popular thing; it’s what makes
people feel like they have control over their thoughts and ideas.
Good or bad, rebellion IS popular. I think you are right on about that. Why do you think rebellion is popular? Interesting articles you link to here--I love the chart about good rebels and bad rebels in the first one article. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteI agree with doc Z about your first link. Your second link is pretty interesting and accurate. very funny.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a great point by saying rebelling isn't so bad as everyone might think it is. In my opinion teens rebel because they are tired of being what everybody wants and expects them to be and since they are feeling like young adults they rebel to do their own thing.
ReplyDeleteI also love the chart. Rebelling can seem like kind of an empty act if all we are doing is breaking rules for the sake of breaking rules, right?
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