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.

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=97671a9e7f800c6066c612a86&id=98c9c781fb

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.

http://children.webmd.com/features/teenagers-why-do-they-rebel

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revolutions_and_rebellions

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.