Affective Theme
Anthem by Ayn Rand is a book exploiting the evilness of collectivism as a whole. The overall theme of the book is individualism. The book follows a young man in the society (Equality) that feels this draw to be something more than what he is told, he is an individual, not a part of the collection. He himself throughout the book explores new ideas and invents and discovers new things, by himself as an individual going against the collective society. Throughout the book, this theme is not hidden, but is almost flaunting itself in front of us, making us pay give attention to it. What this causes the reader to do, is quit interesting.
Now, the reader is thrown into this dystopian world in a sort of dysfunctioning manner, yet the theme is almost prevalent in the first paragraph, some can argue it is, “We have broken the laws” (Rand pg.1) for Equality speaks …show more content…
Now, the reader starts to think about how society, even though a democracy, has this impact on us. It may impact the reader's differently, but we cannot disregard the fact that the theme does cause the reader to form an idea about the society either around them or just in the book.
Continuing, the reader continues to think about the society around them. This can cause them to: pay attention to politics around them, influence the reader to vote a certain way, pay attention to foreign and political affairs, and many things of that nature. Anthem has a large impact on the views of political stance all due to the overall theme of the book.
Anthem is a dystopian book that exploits the true nature of collectivism. This causes the reader to think about the society around them, and many things of that nature. Also, it can affect the reader's political views, attention to political and foreign affairs, and other political ideas and
Anthem by Ayn Rand is a book exploiting the evilness of collectivism as a whole. The overall theme of the book is individualism. The book follows a young man in the society (Equality) that feels this draw to be something more than what he is told, he is an individual, not a part of the collection. He himself throughout the book explores new ideas and invents and discovers new things, by himself as an individual going against the collective society. Throughout the book, this theme is not hidden, but is almost flaunting itself in front of us, making us pay give attention to it. What this causes the reader to do, is quit interesting.
Now, the reader is thrown into this dystopian world in a sort of dysfunctioning manner, yet the theme is almost prevalent in the first paragraph, some can argue it is, “We have broken the laws” (Rand pg.1) for Equality speaks …show more content…
Now, the reader starts to think about how society, even though a democracy, has this impact on us. It may impact the reader's differently, but we cannot disregard the fact that the theme does cause the reader to form an idea about the society either around them or just in the book.
Continuing, the reader continues to think about the society around them. This can cause them to: pay attention to politics around them, influence the reader to vote a certain way, pay attention to foreign and political affairs, and many things of that nature. Anthem has a large impact on the views of political stance all due to the overall theme of the book.
Anthem is a dystopian book that exploits the true nature of collectivism. This causes the reader to think about the society around them, and many things of that nature. Also, it can affect the reader's political views, attention to political and foreign affairs, and other political ideas and