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Rebelliousness

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Rebelliousness
Recognition (See IDENTIFICATION.)
Caulfield, Holden
schoolboy at odds with a “phoney” society. [Am. Lit.: The Catcher in the Rye]
Dedalus, Stephen “heretical”
youth rebels against Irish politics and religion. [Irish Lit.: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man]
Finn, Huckleberry
unconventional and resourceful runaway boy. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn]
Maheu, Vincent
peaceful coalminer forced into striking for justice. [Fr. Lit.: Germinal]
Satan (Lucifer)
the Devil; cast from heaven for rebelling against God. [O.T.: Isaiah 14:12; N.T.: Revelation 12:7–9; Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost]
Scales, Sophia Baines
announcing her desire to be a teacher causes shock (1864). [Br. Lit.: The Old Wives’ Tale, Magill I, 684–686]
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Higher expectations for risk-taking and rebelliousness predict higher levels of problem behaviour, even controlling for many other predictors of such behaviour," Buchanan said.
Negative stereotypes can lead to teen misbehaviour by Asian News International
If your child has problems making transitions from one activity to the next, you ought to modify your tactic to permit her the period she desires to adjust prior to considering her lateness to respond or her anger at being interrupted as an act of rebelliousness.
Why Your Child Misbehaves by Dave Ouma / Family and marriage community
Graffiti art in China has got rid of the strong rebelliousness and confrontational attitude in Western graffiti," said Luo Zhongli, head of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute.
Graffiti gains ground in China by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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