Examples Of Disobedience In The French Revolution

Humans are consistently told to be obedient as children all the way through adulthood. Yet as history has shown time after time, that if the conditions have been met, people will rebel. Wilde claims that disobedience is an important human trait, one that pushes social change. Disobedience is necessary to move into new eras and remove unfair authority, although there is often high risk involved there is also high reward. Before the French Revolution there was major class separation. As the vast majority of the country lived in poverty and were starving, French royalty continued to spend extravagantly without any care. The Palace of Versailles with its opulence moved the common peasants. During the time period the Women’s March occurred, a prime example of successful disobedience. Protesting over the price of bread, large numbers of women stormed the Palace violently. Eventually they were able to steal away the King and make him comply with certain demands regarding the class problem in the country.

The slave nation suppressed by the French fought for freedom and were successful. They became their own nation. As one of the earlier instances that a nation won freedom, specifically one that consisted of slaves, the event was a message to the world. It ignited others who were also suppressed. This instance of rebellion represents a new era for freedom. Change did not come physically, through the country achieving independence, but also mentally. Disobedience is first and foremost a radical change in thinking that takes place before any physical action is taken, a slow process of thoughts overtime. The thought process then establishes a path to follow. Providing social progress that would set the groundings of the importance of Human Rights here specifically. In this event disobedience evokes a new freedom initially developed mentally. Without disobedience there would have been no social