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Anthem
The Argument Essay
Imagine living in a society where being yourself wasn't allowed. Or voicing your opinion.
Or even standing out from the crowd. That society is called an Anthem society. An anthem society is where you are restricted to do your own things, like thinking and write, and being a quick learner. Equality 7-2521 had to face these restrictions nose to nose. Equality 7-2521 fell in love, did his own things, smiled, thought and wrote to himself, and was a quick learner in his student years. An American society is the complete opposite. The American society lets you do your own things, love, smile, think and write, and learn quicker than others. America isn't an Anthem society. In fact, America promotes individualism …show more content…
As Equality 7-2521 grew up in his years in the Home of the Students, he wasn’t happy there. In fact, the work wasn’t hard, it was just too easy. Equality 7-2521 was taught that this characteristic he had was a curse and a sin. “It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them.” (Rand 21). In the American society, however, if you are a quicker learner in math class for example, you would move up a level of math. Being smarter than the average in your math class, or any class for that matter, means having the luxury of understanding the majority of the topics you learn. Having a quick learning mind has a privileges of its own. The privileges includes having an open mind about the world, as well as appreciating the world since you can learn the world quickly. However, Equality 7-2521 as a student in an American society, we would’ve been challenged by his teachers considering the teacher needs to teach up to the students needs. Comparing the Anthem society and the American society means extreme differences, the way the Anthem society teaches in school and the American society teaches in school are two completely different aspects. Anthem dedicates the classroom to be a group learning, whereas in America the learning strategy is based on the students needs. As an example, take the Anthem society as a public school and the American society as a private school. The …show more content…
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Equality 7-2521 expressed, “I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their altars. I am a man.” (Rand 95). Comparing America and Anthem is like comparing a cat to a dog. America is the land of the free and Anthem is the land of the trapped. As the complete opposite, America lets the people in the society to feel inspired and expressed by themselves and not relying on fifty other people. Lastly, America appreciates the people that stands out rather than the people who want to be forgotten in the
Anthem
The Argument Essay
Imagine living in a society where being yourself wasn't allowed. Or voicing your opinion.
Or even standing out from the crowd. That society is called an Anthem society. An anthem society is where you are restricted to do your own things, like thinking and write, and being a quick learner. Equality 7-2521 had to face these restrictions nose to nose. Equality 7-2521 fell in love, did his own things, smiled, thought and wrote to himself, and was a quick learner in his student years. An American society is the complete opposite. The American society lets you do your own things, love, smile, think and write, and learn quicker than others. America isn't an Anthem society. In fact, America promotes individualism …show more content…
As Equality 7-2521 grew up in his years in the Home of the Students, he wasn’t happy there. In fact, the work wasn’t hard, it was just too easy. Equality 7-2521 was taught that this characteristic he had was a curse and a sin. “It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them.” (Rand 21). In the American society, however, if you are a quicker learner in math class for example, you would move up a level of math. Being smarter than the average in your math class, or any class for that matter, means having the luxury of understanding the majority of the topics you learn. Having a quick learning mind has a privileges of its own. The privileges includes having an open mind about the world, as well as appreciating the world since you can learn the world quickly. However, Equality 7-2521 as a student in an American society, we would’ve been challenged by his teachers considering the teacher needs to teach up to the students needs. Comparing the Anthem society and the American society means extreme differences, the way the Anthem society teaches in school and the American society teaches in school are two completely different aspects. Anthem dedicates the classroom to be a group learning, whereas in America the learning strategy is based on the students needs. As an example, take the Anthem society as a public school and the American society as a private school. The …show more content…
As
Equality 7-2521 expressed, “I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their altars. I am a man.” (Rand 95). Comparing America and Anthem is like comparing a cat to a dog. America is the land of the free and Anthem is the land of the trapped. As the complete opposite, America lets the people in the society to feel inspired and expressed by themselves and not relying on fifty other people. Lastly, America appreciates the people that stands out rather than the people who want to be forgotten in the