Atlas Shrugged

Upon beginning Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem, the reader will immediately notice one thing: the point of view. Anthem is written in first person point of view, which sets it apart from Rand’s other novels such as The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged, both written in third person. Furthermore, it is written in first person plural, a point of view that is unusual considering that the narrator, the protagonist called Equality 7-2521, is referring to himself. This use of first person plural pronouns while…

a theory that suggests unwise decisions. Lastly, my third argument for ethical egoism has to do with the fact that Altruism is intrusive and self-serving. Ayn Rand said that it does not respect individuality, she authored The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. She was massively in support of ethical egoism, and her reason or arguments for supporting ethical egoism aligns with mine. Her first reason was that the moral duty of selfishness, aided in preserving our…

life and change the world. These books specifically gave me that feeling and kept me striving towards that goal. Strength enveloped me in times of struggle, happiness seeped into my soul, and anger sparked inside me as I read books. The heroes in Atlas Shrugged changed my life forever, They taught me to never give up. I became so enhanced in the books that my mom became probably the first mom to punish us kids by taking our books away unless we did chores. We spent so much of our time reading it…

The road to Marrakesh The night before their departure from Anfa, Antonio lay on the creaking bed, staring at the ceiling of his room in the house in the Alt Baha. He wondered how Carolina would be managing without him and whether she and Lupita were still working the streets of Madrid as a duet. He missed Carolina more than anyone else, including Francisca, who still badly wanted to marry him. He liked her but remained unsure of a future with the woman. He wondered whether Carolina had sent…