Janice Rand

Ayn Rand, born as Alisa Zirnov’yevna Rosenbaum on February 2 1905, was a Russian-American author famous for her contribution to the philosophical system known as objectivism. She wrote Anthem, a novella, to promote her objectivist ideals and beliefs for how a society, or rather man, should be. However, the book had a hard time getting published in the United States because publishers did not appreciate her content.For example, Macmillan declined to publish it because they felt that Rand did “not…

brothers around him. “We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike. Over the portals of the Palace of the World Council, there are words cut in the marble… We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE” (Rand 19). Equality 7-2521 loves the Science of Things, and he wished to join the Home of the Scholars. He wanted to create inventions, study, and ask questions about the world. However, Equality 7-2521 was not sent to the Home of the Scholars,…