Disobedience In Matilda By Roald Dahl

Without individuals who were disobedient to to rules of society, the world as we know it would look very different today. When Oscar Wilde said he saw disobedience as to only way to create progress, he was correct. In our society today, and in many cases from the past the only way real change is made, is when people don't follow the rules, and speak out for what they believe in.

In the story of Matilda, by Roald Dahl, a young girl saves the day when she doesn't follow the rules of her strict principle, instead she sees how people are being treated wrong, and does something about it. Her disobedience brings real change to the school, and without her act of disobedience, the rules may not have changed. Real progress is only made when people question the things around them, if no one ever speaks out about what is going wrong in society no change will be made. Similar to Matilda's character, is Winston in 1984, by George Orwell, he questions authority, and he is standing up for his rights. While his act of dissent,

In the case of Malala Yousafzai. When she was a teenager living in the Middle East, she wasn't allowed to go to school. She knew this wasn't right so she didn't follow the rules and went anyways, this resulted to her being shot in the head. She didn't die from this attack, instead she healed and kept fighting for what she knew was right. She created real change for other girls in the Middle East and around the world, who aren't allowed to attend school. This mindset of doing the right thing, because it's the right thing is seen from some of the most famous activists from history, such as Martin Luther King Jr, and Mahatma Gandhi. Malala's disobedience was recognized in her winning the Nobel Peace Prize, for the outstanding work she did, and will live in history for the positive change she