Ayn Rand

How would the world go if everyone were to listen to the rules and be exactly the same? Have no different thoughts and being involuntarily equal? Ayn Rand creates a world as if that was how we lived today in Anthem. Equality 7-2521 lives in a small city with rules undergoing almost everything. He has an insufficient job that the leaders expect him to learn nothing so he can not discover true reality and be individual from everyone else. Throughout the story he begins to disobey the rules and…

“Anthem”, written by Ayn Rand, is a story about Equality 7-2521, and all of his trials in loveless world in which even the words mine and I are forbidden. This world’s technology level has dropped to the point where they use candles instead of light bulbs. Equality 7-2521 discovers a dark tunnel and uses things he has found in it to create a basic light bulb. He wants to show it to the World Council of Scholars, but they don’t accept it. Equality runs away into the forbidden forest with…

Ayn Rand’s “Objectivism” emphasizes individual achievement and rejection of responsibility to others, a philosophy that aligns rather well with the ideas of many of today’s emerging adults, as described by Christian Smith, but would certainly face significant scrutiny by Robert Bellah for its near-anarchism. While Rand’s proposals are somewhat radical in comparison with modern American society, the similar views of today’s youth may indicate an imminent change, or in the least emphasize the…

In the story “Anthem”, by Ayn Rand, collectivism plays a big role. The people are restricted by the collectivist government, the leaders banning freedom of speech and freedom of thought. The people are punished if they are to think for themselves, or go against the regime. Collectivism is the belief that the group should take priority over individuals in it, which is the main belief in the society that Equality 7-2521 lives in. It is the inverse of Individualism. The people in the society all…

When it comes to writing novels, how does one decide on the name of the main character? The main character in Ayn Rand’s Anthem had two names. He starts off as Equality 7-2521, a name given to him by the society he lives in. The name represents one of the beliefs that the society worships. Later on, Equality 7-2521 renames himself “Prometheus”. Ayn Rand chose to name her character “Prometheus” because Equality and the Greek god, Prometheus, have numerous similarities. They both happen to be…

Anthem is a dystopian society novel written by Ayn Rand. Its content thoroughly introduces the philosophy of human nature. Our main character, Equality 7-2521, lives in a futuristic time called the Great Rebirth where everyone lives in a society with collectivism as the backbone. Citizens have no rights but exist solely for the state. This establishes the main theme of this novella— individualism versus collectivism. Equality 7-2521 does not feel the guilt in committing crimes against the State…

Morality is a system of moral conduct, or conformity to ideals of \correct human conduct. In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, one system of morality was so distorted that Equality creates his own system of morals. Throughout Anthem, Equality, the narrator, goes through a series of events that led him to change his view of morality. At the end of Anthem, the collectivist society’s view of morality remains the same while Equality’s view of morality is changed to ideals of right human conduct.…

and their own identity. Ayn Rand, however, illustrates a world where the individuality that is favoured in today’s society does not exist. Her novel, Anthem, focuses on the collectivist society that Equality 7-2521 lives in, in which there is no individual “I” but only a collective “we”. In this universe where the group is given priority over individuals, it is a sin for one to think about being themselves or to think about going against the government’s every desire. Rand effectively portrays…

The rules in Anthem are very strict, but why do these rules exist in the first place? The book 'Anthem’ is written by Ayn Rand in 1937, first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom. Ayn Rand is very creative with coming up with a book that takes place in the unknown future, with Equality is being different than his brothers. The book itself is good, once you start reading the book you will suck into the imaginary world and you won’t be able to stop reading, at least that is how it was with me.…

alike have their own cultural identity, usually deeper, meaningful, and especially personal. These artists show hints of it in their works of art and viewers would never realize it, so how do they do it? A few prolific artists are Ayn Rand, Frida Kahlo, and Franz Kafka. Rand; a philosopher and fictional writer who wrote about her philosophies over objectivism and individualism. Kahlo expressed her cultural identity through provoking and meaningful paintings and self portraits of herself. Kafka…