Ayn Rand

To Stand Idle and Watch Your Life Pass By, or Make a Change for the Better The quote from Colin Wilson, "The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain," relates to how people live their lives and what they do to make change for the better or sit idle while the world passes you by. The Fountainhead is the story of a corrupt world where each member of society tries to climb to the top while fighting against everyone else. It is…

Atlas Shrugged is a really odd novel that takes place in a dystopian United States somewhere in the future. The book gives off a very negative feel as though nothing in the world is quite right. Businesses have closed; men are out of work it’s as if the great depression has hit all over again. In fact other countries have turned into Socialist states causing them to go bankrupt; all the talented men in the world have started to disappear as well for an unexplained reason. The main character of…

The New True Anthem The New True Anthem by Kevin Gilbert critiques Australian’s lack of patriotism. It alludes to the way the new occupants of Australia have defaced the physical and conceptual value of Australia’s natural beauty and history. Gilbert uses many techniques and ideas to convey his feelings about this matter, including Hyperbole, Imagery and enjambment. These skills and techniques riddle the poem as well as many others. The use of Hyperbole is one of the more prominent techniques…

Ayn Rand’s Anthem is a rebuttal of collectivism. The ideology of collectivism is heavily criticized in Rand’s novella where the oppression of an individual is summarized in the following statement, “What is not done collectively cannot be good” (Rand 73). Collectivity robs the people of their individuality and uniqueness, attributes that are disregarded in Anthem. The need for everything to be done collectively in order to be beneficial for the society is a fallacy. Reaching a full consensus…

In life, you need support you can not have a complete life without the support of others. The quote “No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main (land)” from the poem Meditation 17. The quote is a metaphor for how every person is special and not one person can do everything right, each person has their own quality or talent that is distinct to them. It compares a complete man to a piece of an island, and how to be complete you need other…

“No man is an island” is a popular proverb used all around the world. It is defined as no one is self sufficient and that everyone relies on one another. Although we are different ethnicities and races, Donne teaches us the idea that we are all connected in many ways. No man can achieve their goals when isolated from others. There’s no place, culture, race or people better than another; we are all united. Donne’s poem gives an interesting insight in the meditation of how we are all connected to…

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This quote was written by George Orwell in his book Animal Farm, one of Orwell’s most famous novels. Throughout history the subject of a distant dystopia has always been explored in many works of literature. The possibility of humanity falling into a bleak and totalitarian society has always fascinated readers. These stories and themes can come to define an author and their legacy as a writer. There is no greater example of…

Anita Desai exhibits a strong inclination towards the existentialist interpretation of the human predicamentin her novels.Chracters are "individuals for whom aloneness alone,is the sole natural condition,aloneness alone the treasure worth treasuring",as Desai once said in an interview.Her novel,Fire on the Mountain revolves around the inner lives of its three protagonists,Nanda Kaul,Raka and Ila Das,who are embodiments of alienation experienced by the individual in a hostile world. Her novel,…

English Midterm Essay Adolf Hitler used fear tactics to control people. Control can be damaging in a society and no society really makes progress with control and oppression being their driving force. Government oppression is a common theme in both Ayn Rand’s Anthem and George Orwell 's 1984. Anthem is set in a society where only the word “WE,” can be used. “I,” in this society, it is known as the Unspeakable Word. The main character, Equality, while he tries to fit in with his society, he…

When you are in a relationship, you need to care about the other person for it to work out. Ayn Rand’s dystopian novel Anthem illustrates that you need to worry about yourself and only yourself. Throughout this novel, Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 fall in love but Liberty slowly falls away to become a slave of some sorts for Equality. The relationship between the Golden One and Equality 7-2521 is a one sided relationship because when you first meet the Golden One she is an independent woman…