Ayn Rand

Anthem is a novella first envisioned as a play by Ayn Rand when she was a teenager living in the Soviet Union. The plot of Anthem revolves around Equality 7-2521, a young man living in a dystopian society in which there is neither individuality nor free thinking. Throughout Equality 7-2521’s life, they have always been different from their brother men, whether it be due to their abnormal height, or their thirst for knowledge. As they grew older, they find themselves committing many…

In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, the society is orderly, simple, and “equal.” The government has forced everyone and everything to be the same. Now, instead of speaking as an individual, they speak as one. People are forced to say “we” instead of I, “us” instead me or “ours” instead of mine. Throughout the course of the text, the theme of Relationships has progressed and developed in many ways. In the beginning, Equality 7-2521 loved his brothers, just as they love him. Before they go to bed…

One of the most interesting symbols in Ayn Rand's book Anthem is the lack of "I." The main character, Equality 7-2521, lives in a society where there is no "me" or "my." There is only "we." This absence, the negation of the individual, is predicated on the idea that "It is a sin to think words no others think. . . . It is base and evil" (17). Even speaking "I" is an act punishable by death. Throughout this work, Rand draws on the absence of "I" in order to illustrate the overarching theme of…

How would you react if someone controlled your entire life? Your job, thoughts, spouse, home, everything! In Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, this is exactly the case. Throughtout the book Equality tests his limits and eventually gets caught. However, he runs away and finds the Uncharted Forest. Equality laughs when he remembers that he is “the damned” because he is now able to be curious and to prefer others. In Equality’s society the government chooses his life mandate. The government puts…

ignorance and fear, and sins may become laws. This is what occurs to Equality 7-2521 in Ayn Rand’s Anthem. Equality has to undergo his own quest to discover what is true and untrue and to help others after he has discovered the truth. Ayn Rand in her novella, Anthem, incorporates the Hero’s Journey to prove that one needs to become self-actualized to help others become their true selves. In Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521’s separation from the oppressive collectivist society during his…

“To be free a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. This and nothing else” (101). These words proclaimed by the main character Equality 7-2521 in the novella Anthem by Ayn Rand show the dynamic realization made in conclusion to the character’s struggle. Throughout Equality’s mental journey in the story, he develops many thoughts such as these. Thoughts questioning his society and its morals. Thoughts questioning the very foundation of the world he lives in. “We are one in all and…

The book Anthem is about one of the main characters named Equality 7-2521. Equality 7-2521 is 21yrs old and he vividly explains about his home. Equality home was a burden for him or any other male figure to be tall. However, in his homeland his bones were a curse. The book Anthem is about Equality 7-2521. In his homeland, if a male was more than six feet tall, their bones were considered a curse. Equality unfortunately was cursed. In the palace, there was a placed called Home of the Infants,…

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! For some reason, this phrase come to mind when I consider the last PR Publications assignment we completed. After taking a week off for spring break, we dove right in to an in-class assignment that we turn in by the end. Our instructor informed us that we would need to create social media posts and a webpage for the teacher walkout movement. We could choose to support it or discourage it, but we had to have a call to action in our posts. For the…

The concerning issue of equality is an extremely complex topic that is difficult to define. After reading four different pieces of literature, we have discovered that each piece has a different view on how to achieve true equality. The first piece of literature that we read was Animal Farm, which displayed an allegory of the Russian Revolution. This novel used animals to symbolize the Russian communist party, and like the Russian party, the animals had a cruel dictator. Over the course of this…

Anthems are popularly thought of as songs that define a generation; songs that belong in the soundtrack of an era. Tupac, Beyoncé, and Kendrick Lamar are all superstar artists that have conjured numerous anthems to inspire the African American community to continue the fight for freedom and equality. There are, however, countless songs that are constantly overlooked, but serve as effective anthems for change. Vic Mensa, a hip-hop artist from south Chicago, has been a rather vocal activist…