The Rules of Collectivism
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, who migrated to the United States in 1926. Ayn Rand used objectivism throughout her novels, which is a philosophical belief that makes one’s individuality look wrong. Ayn Rand told the Soviet authorities that her visit to the United States would be short, but ever since then she never did return to Russia. The most autobiographical of her novels “We the Living”, was based on her years under Soviet tyranny. She published the novel, “Anthem” in 1938. The setting in which the novel, “Anthem” takes place has numerous rules and controls in order that one’s ego does not go over one’s head.
Correspondingly, the rules in the text “Anthem” are in place so that one’s ego shall not go over one’s head. Ego is a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance. Everyone is equal no exceptions. The story uses only “we” which shows that there is no individualism. In the novel if you speak of the unmentionable word you were to be punished. In some extreme cases, you were burned alive while others gathered around to witness the cruel act. The unmentionable word is “ego”. …show more content…
Collectivism is a principle, which gives a group priority over each individual in it. In fact , there were groups of men and or women categorized under a certain name, for example, Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000. Throughout Ayn Rand’s novel Equality 7-2521 learned many things about himself. At the beginning Equality 7-2521 didn’t know even how what he looked like. There were no mirrors, so in Equality7-2521’s case he could only go off what his fellow brothers said. Until one day he saw his reflection in a body of water. From this point of the rules were put into place even more because the men and women realized that there was another way of life, as an
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, who migrated to the United States in 1926. Ayn Rand used objectivism throughout her novels, which is a philosophical belief that makes one’s individuality look wrong. Ayn Rand told the Soviet authorities that her visit to the United States would be short, but ever since then she never did return to Russia. The most autobiographical of her novels “We the Living”, was based on her years under Soviet tyranny. She published the novel, “Anthem” in 1938. The setting in which the novel, “Anthem” takes place has numerous rules and controls in order that one’s ego does not go over one’s head.
Correspondingly, the rules in the text “Anthem” are in place so that one’s ego shall not go over one’s head. Ego is a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance. Everyone is equal no exceptions. The story uses only “we” which shows that there is no individualism. In the novel if you speak of the unmentionable word you were to be punished. In some extreme cases, you were burned alive while others gathered around to witness the cruel act. The unmentionable word is “ego”. …show more content…
Collectivism is a principle, which gives a group priority over each individual in it. In fact , there were groups of men and or women categorized under a certain name, for example, Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000. Throughout Ayn Rand’s novel Equality 7-2521 learned many things about himself. At the beginning Equality 7-2521 didn’t know even how what he looked like. There were no mirrors, so in Equality7-2521’s case he could only go off what his fellow brothers said. Until one day he saw his reflection in a body of water. From this point of the rules were put into place even more because the men and women realized that there was another way of life, as an