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Connections between civics units and the silenced One of the biggest units we have covered is Civil Disobedience. What really is Civil Disobedience, well it is defined as the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government in the book Marena does many acts of civil disobedience thow some were small they created a huge impact she never imagined. Some of Marenas acts of civil disobedience include her drawing graffiti on the stop signs with the quote "You will never stop us! "The white rosé will not be SILENT! " also Marena makes tissue paper roses with the intent of scattering them around with this act she is not rebelling on just one way but two. The roses are symbolic of her movement and they make people realize that they are not alone the feeling of not wanting to conform to the ways of the ZT party is not just a silly thought in they're head but a thought in others to. Threw these roses Marena hopes to push people to choose to take acts of rebellion to a new level rather then live in fear. Some smaller acts of civil disobedience Marena takes are choosing to write, making the decision to live up to her mothers acts of resistance and choose to commit her own, develop relationships with the opposite sex, disrespect teachers who take the ZT's party much to seriously and even simply refuse to read the ZT pledge. To me these acts Marena are taking and ideas she is forming to me it draws a huge connection to the idea of Civil Disobediences that it is a citizens right not to conform to the majority simply because it is not always right just because the majority agree. Civil disobedience is all about the fact that it is your duty to follow what you believe not anyone else believes and form your own opinion. Doing nothing to rebel and change what you think is not write is adding to the problem and Marena realizes this so she takes these huge steps to not become part of the majority and mindlessly follow the ZT party with this Marena refuses to be silenced! In addition to this the Artists in Times of War connected also connected to the Silenced. The biggest concept of Artists in Times of War was that artist should use the talent they have to become a social activist create rebellion, change and even new ideas with their talents. In the book Marena writes creates flowers and even draws in street signs to spread awareness that not only her but other people cannot be silenced. To me this seems a lot like Marena is using her creativity and artistic ability for lack of a better word to break free of the strong grip the ZT party has and create a movement.