Ayn Rand

oppression, disease, and overcrowding” (Dictionary.com). A dystopia is the exact opposite of a utopia. A dystopian novel describes a world that tries to be a utopia, but somehow fails. Many novels and films are dystopian, including the novella Anthem by Ayn Rand, and the film The Village directed by M.Night Shyamalan. Anthem describes a society that lives without technology, and the council, or governing body, wants to maintain control over the people, and with advanced technology it is harder…

“A house can have integrity just like a person,” (Rand 136) Howard Roark says to Austen Keller, the first client of his independent architecture firm, to describe why Austin likes Roark’s style so much: integrity and purpose. Roark is the main character of Ayn Rand’s 1943 The Fountainhead; he is a daring modern architect who does not follow the rules set by society for how buildings should be designed. The events of the story take place during the 1920’s and 1930’s in New York, Connecticut, and…

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…

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Ayn Rand 's Anthem are comparable in many aspects, and rather dissimilar at the same time. A few similarities are the themes being played, such as technology and individualism, and a main difference is the use of technology, and the government 's view on it. These two novels have very important themes, that are manipulated differently. In Fahrenheit, technology is dominant. Old forms of obtaining information, such as books are frowned upon, and television is…

curiosity in the Unmentionable Times and would cause revolts and doubt in the credibility of the laws. In like manner, Rand indirectly communicated her firm belief in the maliciousness of collectivity and group work and its negative effects on society. We see Equality’s efforts to make the world a better place repressed by the rest of society’s close-mindedness. Additionally, Rand seems to believe the only antidote to this dilemma is for the distinguished individual to fend for himself rather…

Empires such as the Romans, Greeks and Persians wouldn 't be known if, it wasn 't for their government. Also, Central authority has led to the demise of countries such as the Soviet Union, Cuba and North Korea due to corrupted leaders. In The Anthem by Ayn Rand and “From Declaration of sentiments and Resolutions.” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton both convey the message that the government hinders personal independence. Personal independence is being affected by the government intervening in personal…

Most people in a collectivist society would gladly go along with whatever the leaders say because they know best. Many authors have used the idea of collectivism for a books that uses collectivism as their main conflict of a book. One author named Ayn Rand wrote Anthem, a book which uses collectivism to rule their society. The concept of collectivism in Anthem is justified by the leaders who believe that an equal society, in which people have no…

In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 is a young man who struggles to find ways to show his true self because he lives in a society based on conformity. Ayn Rand uses the symbols of the light bulb, the Uncharted Forest, and his new name to demonstrate the conflict of individuality versus conformity in order to demonstrate the importance of individuality and self-discovery. Thus, through the use of these symbols, Ayn Rand is able to integrate the theme of individuality versus conformity…

Some countries believe in communism. After all, it aims to make everything equal and fair. Despite of this, most of the world rejects this idea. In Anthem, by Ayn Rand, communism and collectivist societies are viewed as a terrible idea. Anthem explores what would happen if the idea of communism continued to grow. There would be no individualism in communist societies, because everyone should be equal. According to Anthem, communism and collectivist societies should be disapproved of because…

ideology forced upon them since birth. They were always told that they were and must be equal to all men, for one cannot be better than the other. The society never dared to question the belief in fear of no longer being accepted. Through Anthem, Ayn Rand warned of the dangers of blindly and unquestionably following an ideology; the dangers to society that unexamined loyalty to belief system pose is ignorance, becoming close minded to new ideas, and fanaticism. By blindly following…