Anthem By Ayn Rand: An Analysis

What do I want most in life? You can’t want something and not work for it. There are sacrifices and long journeys you need to make so you can be close to where you want to be. The books we reviewed are Anthem by Ayn Rand, ‘Emancipation Proclamation’, ‘Prometheus’. We also listened to an audio that went into a deeper meaning of what critical thinking is and had a Socratic Seminar. Everyone wants different things, but I want to succeed. First, in Anthem, Equality wanted something: to be successful. A quote in the book is, “I am. I think. I will.” This quote is generalized to fit in any scenario. If someone wants to succeed in something they will have that determination within them just like Equality. This is important because success is not given to anyone that doesn’t work for it. To say “I will” means that you will go out of your way to make it happen. This connects to my life by making sacrifices, just like Equality, to achieve my goals. …show more content…
A quote from the document is “...all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free…” This quote means that people considered slaves are now free and that everyone will acknowledge them as normal people. This was an important statement by the President because he changed so many lives. Many people never saw slavery ending so the fact that he made that change in his country must have been difficult for him to achieve. This connects to my life by knowing that nothing is easy to achieve, it must be worked