Ayn Rand

There is always an immense amount of pressure to conform and to not be different, making sure to stay with the current “style” along the way. In the novelette, Anthem by Ayn Rand everyone in society is exactly the same and follow a certain set of rules very strictly. While, in the song “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me” by Billy Joel, he sings about the the pressure he is given for being different. I, as a listener, can relate to this due to the fact that there is pressure towards me, from family…

were moral because Cassandra did refuse the treatment in her own self-interest. So regardless of how many people are crying at her funeral due to her actions, Cassandra’s actions were moral according to Ethical Egoism. Ayn Rand would agree with Cassandra’s actions because Ayn Rand believes that you should be thinking only about yourself and if you do so, everything will be fine. Utilitarianism is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum in this case. Utilitarianism says that an action is…

the power of electricity, and how to use medications and technologies to expand his longevity. Everything man needs, and everything man desires, must be “learned, discovered and produced by him—by his own choice, by his own effort, by his own mind” (Rand 18). Hence, as we have entered the epoch of technological advancements, it is only reasonable…

Hunger Games Essay The novel Anthem is the first Dystopian society story and the book was written by Ayn Rand and Her writing this novel inspired many people to also create dystopian stories. Such as Francis Lawrence, He is the Director of the movie series “The Hunger Games.” In this essay I’m going to compare the Movie series “The Hunger Games” with the novel “Anthem.” First, In the book Anthem it is a society of Men and Women that don’t really have any choices and live their whole lives in a…

The Dystopian World of Anthem The story of Anthem is extremely devious story. It shows numerous of sneaky ways to show that it is a dystopia. Equality is one of five people that knows this is a dystopia. He tries to figure this out each and everyday Equality shows that anthem is a dystopia many times. Equality writes in his journal “our body was not like the bodies of our brothers” (Rand80). This shows how this is a part of a dystopia because of how his brothers act. They are very slumped and…

do. When I make an unwise decision, this does not indict ethical egoism, and in support of 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…

history was the first step towards becoming more efficient in technology of the world. The subject is not only the launch of the first ever space ship that was sent into outer space, but it was also all the events leading up to the Apollo 11 launch. Rand appealed to ethos because she wrote about the true events of the launch which makes her credible because she knows what actually happened during the launch. Logos were appealed to because she stated at the end how humans can do anything and how…

Dystopian Survival Guide Being that forgotten kid that is destined to fail is a terrible feeling. While walking through hallways of your ignorant and insensitive peers, you feel this sentiment. Sadly, though, your mom is not going to be there give you your blankie and sing you lullabies. You have to push through. This hell house with a hierarchy of teachers at the top and students at the bottom is absolutely absurd. Teachers pile endless amounts of work and feed mountains of information into…

whomever abides by it, but also the implicit conflation of altruism and morality could not be more removed from reality, and therefore harmful to man in general. When Roark praises selfishness and denounces altruism, he is affirming a rational moral code: Ayn Rand’s egoist ethics. Because man’s life must be his standard of value— as that which underlies and engenders all other values— selfishness, or acting for one’s own benefit, for the facilitation and expansion of one’s life, must be the…

world, and one’s perspective on the subject may change as their life progresses and they learn new truths about theirs and others’ lives. This concept of morality and how one’s view can change on the topic throughout their life is shown greatly through Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem and plenty of her other works. Anthem depicts a future in which the word “I” is no longer known. Every person is shown as a slave to the government and no one has any civil liberties. One’s life in this dystopian setting…