What Are The Main Differences Between A Rebel And His Society?

During adolescence every action is stimulated by self-assertion and show-off. It is not a real rebellion. It is a pseudo rebellion. The poet in this poem tells us about the behavior of such a fellow whom he names the rebel in a humorous manner.

Such a fellow is always behaving in the oddest fashion to look distinguished in the society. When everybody in the society has short hair, he grows short hair. Similarly if discussion about the lesson is the common way, he keeps quite; if everyone keeps quiet during the lesson, he tries to discuss it by speaking off and on.

When uniform is the fashion of the day in society, he wears colored clothes; when wearing colored clothes becomes the fashion, he wears serious-type of clothes. When he sits in the company of dog-lovers, he talk about is love for cats; when everybody is talking about cats, he shows his love for dogs.

When everybody loves to sit in the sun, he talks about the need for rain; when rains come and everybody is happy for it, e feels sorry for the absence of sunlight. When everybody else in the society goes to the meeting, he stays at home and read books, he goes to the meetings.

When people readily greet offers, he rejects them; when everyone else rejects the offers, he readily accepts and greets them. Having such (pseudo-) rebels in society is a good thing although one may not like to be one oneself.