Disobedience is an essential aspect of human nature, while disobedience is generally a trait seen negatively, the results caused by disobedience can lead to great success. America is a country that was founded on the idea of disobedience, the ambitions of our forefathers culminated in the ideas of liberty. Early in the history of our country there was slavery, slavery was devastating to a huge population of people being shipped from their homes to be traded and bartered for. In such conditions it was only natural for these slaves to revolt, continuing to revolt even as there were laws placed down preventing them from escaping such as the Fugitive Slave Act. People were drawn by their morality and helped these slaves even if it was considered an incorrect action. The population of abolitionists lived in a time where it was the way of life to own slaves and treat them as objects rather than people. As a result of this, this disobedience to the social norms of …show more content…
In the book The Giver, it follows the life of a boy living in a society where there is no such thing as color and extreme emotion. There is no such thing as independent thought, and it is seen as a utopian society as it is rid of everything that can harm people. The protagonist learns of the memories of past civilizations and realizes how cold the world he lives in is and seeks to bring back those memories to his community. The world is a grand place, it is filled with pain and euphoria. As a result of not having emotions, it would create a desolate world where people are not living, but rather surviving without choice. Disobedience in the idea of having a variety or mutations in behavior it creates the world better than if it were cold and