Anthem

To put it simply, I have always been good at school. The benefits of school can be seen in how I just used school as a verb. Performing well in school has always come naturally to me, about as naturally as me crying every time the shark eats the seal in Planet Earth. However, I have learned over my years in education, that my so called “natural ability” to learn is not so natural, and that I have, in actuality, worked hard to be the bright student I am today. I have completed hundreds of homework assignments, turned in countless tests and quizzes, whether or not the correct answers were present, written numerous essays, and submitted multiple high-quality projects. There is nothing natural about this, but that’s perfectly natural. Intelligence is only gained by undergoing unnatural efforts to get there, and through doing this I have become an unnatural thinker, an active thinker, a thinker who has and will commit to intellect. The variety of books I have read have contributed to my efforts to fulfill an intellectual lifestyle. Through reading a wide array of books from different genres, time periods, and authors, I have learned how to actively read, analyze, and interpret texts in new and intriguing ways. Although Matilda and The Phantom Tollbooth are must-read books both with amazing plotlines, there is one book in particular that most effectively reflect my ideals as an active thinker. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand has ended up being my all-time piece of literature I have…

Mrs.Rich Sophomore 1 Harrison and Anthem Comparison Have you ever heard of a dystopia ? Well in Anthem and Harrison they are the true example of dystopia. They both are being controlled mentally and they have no individualism. I'm going to describe to you the ways this dystopia went. The first reason why these stories are controlled mentally is because in Harrison the way they are controlled is they have to wear handicap radios. “George was overly intelligent he had to wear a…

Have you ever heard Canada's National Anthem and thought, “Wow, that's way different than the Star Spangled Banner.”? How about how different the main sports of the United States and Canada? Most people wonder what it is like to live in a different country. Now I'm here to compare and contrast the U.S. and Canada. I am going to be comparing the national anthems of the two countries, the weather and climate of the countries, and the major sports of each. I hope this will enlighten you and make…

What does the world of Anthem imply about the nature of technological progress? The society in the beginning of Anthem is a collective society with no room for any independence and it is a society that is very technologically primitive. The collective society of Anthem does not allow for innovation because they reject new ideas, frown upon independent thinking, and restrict people from doing what they want. These three ideas of the collective society block all innovation and research from the…

Well, this happened to Equality in the book, Anthem but in America, you can do whatever you want alone. America is the land of opportunity and is based on egoism, not altruism. To begin with, in the book Anthem, the society of Equality, the main character, was supposed to be altruistic but he didn't want to be. This means that they cared about all of society. It also means that men don't serve for their own sake but rather to help their brothers or help other people. It isn't all about…

Governments are taking away many of the rights we were born with as humans. Some countries can’t get an education unless they pay a lot of money, also some of our freedom of speech is taken away. In few countries they can only have a certain amount of children. In Anthem a lot of this happened because pretty much every human right we have was taken away from them. In some african countries they don’t have any education because of many things. Some of the things that prevent them from having an…

Intro The story Anthem shows how far behind they really are with a race that acts completely the same you think research would be a high priority but it is not. As it is outlined they have extremely low technology advancements such as they do not have electricity and use candles instead. The story provides enough information that they do not plan to advance anymore and they are convinced that they have enough. But as Equality has said But we loved the Science of Things. We wished to know. We…

If anybody could imagine the worst possible government it would be the one in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand. The genre of this book is fictional. This book takes place in the future and the main character is Equality. The government thinks that are time right now is bad. So in the book which takes place in the future they burn all the stuff they find from are time. In their time they are controlled by their government so they can’t have like any freedom at all. It’s imperative that the government…

Anthem is a short dystopian novel originally published in 1938 by Russian-American author Ayn Rand. As with many of her stories, in Anthem tries to convince the reader of the importance of individuality and the danger of the collective. It describes a grim future where many of mankind’s scientific advancements have been lost and the concept of the individual is absent. This novella was later adapted for the stage by the director of the Galax High School theater group. Despite bearing many…

Standing for the National Anthem First a little background on the national anthem. The song itself was written to commemorate a military victory when we withstood a British attack and “Old Glory” continued to wave over the battered fort during the War of 1812. In 1931 Congress officially decided listeners should stand when “The Star Spangled Banner” is played. Congress also gave suggestions for the behavior of people listening to the song. Which is to formally stand at attention, hand over…