Hope everyone had a great holiday! I came home last night, after a relaxing weekend on the beach, to start working on Top Ten Tuesday for today and my computer was acting all wonky..thus I could not get on it to get this ready for today.
So there will be no list from us today but I’m dropping by on my lunch break to put up the Mr. Linky real quick so you all can enjoy each other’s lists!
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July 5: Top Ten Rebels In Literature (characters or authors) — Those people who stood up for what they believed in despite the cost of doing so.
Authors
- Thomas Jefferson, writer of the “Declaration of Independence”
- Nikos Kazantzakis, writer of The Last Temptation of Christ
- Marjane Satrapi, writer of Persepolis
- Betty Friedan, writer of The Feminine Mystique
- Rachel Carson, writer of Silent Spring
Characters
- The Mirabal sisters of Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies - These real-life heroines stood up for the Dominican Republic and its villainous dictator – Trujillo.
- Howard Roark of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead - Perhaps the most uncompromising rebel, Roark would do things his way only.
- Elizabeth McKenna of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Just read the book, you’ll understand what I’m saying.
- Atticus Finch of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird - See previous response.
- Cinna of Sue Collins’ The Hunger Games – While Katniss is obvious, Cinna was the impetus. Many others have blogged this as well.
Jul 05, 2011 @ 17:36:37
I love how you broke it down into authors and characters–I like your choices. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on
Jul 05, 2011 @ 23:05:40
Great answers. I really like that you included Carson and Friedan, both pioneers in their fields.
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