Symbolism Of Rebellion In Movies

A rebel is someone who acts out against a crowd or idea. It symbolizes freedom, gives people character and sometimes spreads awareness. A good portion of today’s society is shaped around what the rebel symbolizes. Many people are drawn to the iconography of the rebel through every day activities. Just a few examples are children movies, music, celebrity icons, and our everyday transportation.
There are a lot of movies with violence, drug abuse, or some type of rebellion. Even children’s movies incorporate the idea of a rebel. As a child, many girls, including me, idolized the Disney princesses. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Ariel, and Jasmine are just a few of the famous princesses. All these characters have one thing in common, rebellion. Cinderella
This movie portrays the journey the rap group N.W.A had to become famous. Street rap was just getting popular before the group was formed. This group influenced the rap scene today without this group. The movie showed a lot of violence with police officers and other rappers. The movie shows how they found their way out of the hood through rap. Rap was an art to them but to others it was just people lashing out. Instead of staying in the hood and doing drugs or getting involved in violence, like most do, these four boys found an art to help them escape. They did something most people in their town wouldn’t ever attempt. The movie elaborates on how hard it was for these young men to get their career started. They faced many obstacles, like when Ice Cube went solo. Their manger was taking too much money from the group so Ice Cube decided to turn away and do his own music. He did not sign the contract giving away a large chunk of his money like the other members did. He didn’t like it so he walked away. Doing so changed his life. Going solo made him even more
There are many celebrities that influence the counter-culture. For example, Tupac Shakur. He is a rapper, record producer, actor, and poet. He has sold over 75 million records all over the world. Shakur stood up and talked for those people who could not be heard. He rapped about how messed up the government and society in general was. He rapped about how police were harassing people, how girls were selling their bodies, how more people are growing up in broken homes, how people were being judged because of their race. People wanted to be him because he spoke for the people. Shakur opened the people of society’s eye. He made them realize what was happening was not okay. Tupac Shakur did not sit back and watch it all happen like most people did. He made society more aware of what was happening. I listen to many of Tupac’s songs. I believe them to be inspiring. His songs are not only about the bad things in life, but he sang about things that was close to the heart. People listen to his music and wanted to change the