Rebels In Fiction Examples

Rebels in Fiction What do you think of when you hear the word rebel? Someone in black clothes, partying and getting into trouble in the middle of the night? Or do you think of someone who stands up for what they believe in and fights for what they know is right? Dictionary.com defines a rebel as “a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.” It also defines it as “a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition” (2015). A rebel could be a good thing or a bad thing. Some of my favorite rebels aren’t even real; they come from my favorite young adult fiction books. A few examples of awesome rebels are Katniss from The Hunger Games, Lena from Delirium, Ruby from

In Ruby’s world, the children of the world who starting to hit puberty begin dying off and the ones who don’t die off start developing weird powers. The government freaks out and starts putting them in concentration camps, experimenting on them and labeling them each with a color based on their abilities. Reds are the most dangerous, down to blues, who are the least dangerous. Most reds and oranges are just being killed. Ruby quickly discovers that she is an orange, which means she has the ability to manipulate and control minds and memories. She knows that she doesn’t want anyone to know this, so she convinces everyone that she’s a green. When the Children’s league breaks her out, she starts to go with them until she realizes they are training the kids to use them as their own personal weapons. She runs from them, and meets a group of kids who broke out of another camp. Ruby is the very definition of a rebel. She runs from the Children’s league, and learns to fight. Her and her new friends find The Slip Kid, who is another orange running a refugee camp for escaped kids of all colors, Ruby ends up rebelling against him too and the way he is running things. She has a very strong sense of right and wrong, even when she struggles to control her

Day is only fifteen years old, and the most well known criminal in the Republic. He is a criminal in the Republic’s eyes, but in reality, he does everything he can to help other people. He has strong morals and a big heart. He lives in the shadows on the streets, but he still sneaks home to take care of his family. He knows the Republic is corrupt, and he wants to stop them. His family is the most important thing in his life. He doesn’t care what he has to do to protect them. In the book, which is told from dual points of view, June states, “He once torched a whole squadron of fighter jets on an empty airfield in the middle of the night and has on two occasions grounded airships by crippling their engines. He once vandalized the side of a military building. He's stolen money, food, and goods. But he doesn't set roadside bombs. He doesn't shoot soldiers. He doesn't attempt assassinations. He doesn't kill” (IN TEXT CITATION). Day is extremely intelligent, and he knows how to take care of himself. He spend the entire book doing everything that he can to rebel against the corrupt society that is letting people die of disease and starve to death. He fights for himself and stands up for what he believes in. He will fight to the death to protect the people he cares