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    Hicks Tomko English 1102 Spring 2012 The Rebels of Society: Gregor Samsa and Equality 7-2521 Gregor Samsa‚ the protagonist of Kafka’s Metamorphosis and Equality 7-2521 of Ayn Rand’s Anthem both rebel against their individual societies. They are extremely different in that Gregor does not become a rebel by choice‚ while Equality comes up with a new invention and boldly goes against the social normality of his society. A successful rebel not only should be defiant against their authority‚ but

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    rebels share their power to benefit society and protect his/her logical and spiritual integrity; rebels desire to be a respected individual. Civilization‚ therefore‚ is defined by the actions and the shared power of the rebel that is sparked by rebellion like Prometheus. May further emphasizes that rebels are the key to the “first flower‚” the survival of society for thousands of years because they shake the “rigid order of civilization;” rebels go against the status quo. Rebels must battle consciousness

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    repeating the same meaningless‚ mind numbing work in their daily routine‚ shows the humble submission to authority and satisfied by their current situation. He knows what he wants and what he is seeking for -- free will against the authority. Bartleby’s rebellion make him unbounded from authority. He remains an industrious worker when he first came to the office. But then he finds out the dehumanizing nature of his work‚ feels manapulated by the authority‚ feel pointless of being an industrious worker. Thus

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    middle of Germany‚ ranging down towards Republic of Venice and South Germany. One other document that conveyed the message of the overall attack responses was the Decree of the Imperial Diet. It talked about the recap of the year‚ the “unchristian rebellion by subjects through southern Germany”‚ and other larger than life depictions of the revolts. The three documents written or directed towards the noblemen convey the noblemen response to the revolts. In the document in reply of Memmingen

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    will be happy when their Uncle Blackie a job in the tuck will give. We rebel against the school’s discipline system because we only find that little freedom but in the end bring us nowhere except in a meeting with our lovely head grade. The rebellion for freedom come a long way from 60 years to the Hippie era began‚ they had rebelled against everything from war to drugs‚ although their release for a while and was high did not last too long because the normal world incurred and the systems they

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    rebels of the party and they both hate the Party’s totalitarian power in Oceania‚ Winston and Julia still bear a striking difference from each other. They are different in physical appearances‚ their views upon life‚ and their motivation towards the rebellion. Despite their contrasting beliefs and traits‚ the couple still manages to overcome the difficulties lying in front of them. Physically‚ the appearance of Winston is exact antithesis of Julia’s. Winston is a quiet man at his late thirties. He is

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    mother. She publically humiliates her mother at a talent show where she plays terribly. She purposely fails to live up to her mother’s expectations of her. She knows she cannot possibly conform to her mother’s dreams for her‚ so she decides that rebellion is her only choice. In Tom Whitecloud’s “Blue Winds Dancing”‚ the narrator is a Native American living in the western United States. It is here while attending college that he learns that he will never fit into white culture. Having gone off to

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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Theme of Madness #1 1. McMurphy is just a schemer who rebels against authority. Throughout the story‚ McMurphy is constantly breaking the rules and rebelling against authority. For example‚ he is not allowed to sneak people into the ward nut he does it anyway. McMurphy is just a free spirited person who does not care about authority. 2. In the book‚ I think Chief and George are the characters with mental illnesses. Chief has schizophrenia. George definitely

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    Rebelling for Freedom Freedom is something that has been rebelled against for many‚ many years. This is a recurring motif in the short story "Dancing Bear" by Guy Vanderhaeghe. Rebellion for the sake of freedom is worth everything‚ even death. Dieter Bethge rebels against the rules of Mrs Hax‚ his own ill body‚ and his mind. From the beginning of the story‚ it is apparent that Dieter Bethge has definite hatred of Mrs. Hax. He is constantly struggling to be free of her and her bossy‚ controlling

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    defense‚ Taviel appealed to the impartiality of the judges who should not be carried away by the strong current of prejudices caused by the insurrection. He argued that the incidents presented by the prosecutor happened several years before the rebellion broke out in 1896 and that had Rizal been accused before August 26 of that year‚ no court would convict him on the same evidences. A person‚ Taviel argued‚ could not be condemned for voicing the sentiments of his people. Neither could he be condemned

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