Ayn Rand

Have you ever thought what if you couldn’t pick your job or what you wear? Well this is what the book of Anthem was all about written by Ayn Rand. The humans that resided in this city could not choose anything. They were told where they had to work based upon how they did in school. These humans were not allowed to do anything besides the job that they were assigned. This is a distinctive way of life from our way of life. There are some comparable things about their society and our society…

Anthem by Ayn Rand is set in a postmodern dystopia where all citizens are referred to as a “brotherhood,” and work for the nation as a collective. Since everyone works together to benefit society as a whole, individuality, freedom of choice, and freedom of speech is prohibited; the latter is heavily manifested throughout the novel, for citizens are only permitted to use the pronouns “we,” “they,” and “you” when referring to people or themselves. The novella begins with the protagonist, who is…

The setting of the book Anthem is a futuristic totalitarian society where the government officials control the people's lives from birth to death. Ayn Rand chose to build her society on the ideas of Russia and their totalitarian ways. When someone is born they are sent to the Home Of Infants where they will remain until they're five years old. Once the age of five is reached, they're sent to the Home…

Anthem is a very interesting dystopian story written by Ayn Rand. Anthem is written about people who have no freedom. They don’t feel emotions, aren’t allowed to think on their own, or use the word I. Nobody is better then someone else. There is always and limit of what they can do, and where they can go. But two people fall in love and decide to change everything. Divergent is another good example of a dystopian society. Divergent was directed by Neil Burger. In the movie there are different…

A collectivist society seeks to control one's individual independence by forcing everyone to be equal to each other in all aspects. In Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, Rand uses Equality’s sense of morality to depict how individuality has more significance than the collectivism displayed in the society he was born into. In this society, it is portrayed as where one has to lower their level of intelligence and potential in order to meet the standards the government holds. Equality struggles with…

Rhetoric is the most effective way to persuade people. Whether it is being used to persuade them into your side or make them do something, Rhetoric is a great way to do so. If used perfectly, you can persuade many people. In these four pieces of text, Rhetoric was used effectively to convey the feelings/emotions they wanted to. In the first piece of text was in the Times Magazine and is written to anyone who purchased the magazine. The purpose was to show and tell the readers that the…

Have you ever wondered what it is like to live in a world where we are equal? Well today you hear about a fiction book called Anthem by Ayn Rand. In the book Anthem there's a man named Equality who is different than everyone else and everyone is supposed to look and be the same. Him being different he got picked on alot in school by his teacher. Now he is a street sweeper which was not his job of choice the government picked his job for him. In the book he slowly starts to go against the…

choose to travel, our religion, and what ideas we hold. While freedom is important, so is security. Many find themselves hung up in certain situations due to the fact safety borders freedom. We believe that many men are taught what they believe. Ayn Rand once said, “Freedom has only one meaning: the absence of physical coercion.” I completely agree with this quote because it connects to the issue. A man is free to act however he desires until he acts upon being harmful to others and loses his…

Dystopia, a state in which the conditions of a society's life are extremely unsatisfactory and unpleasant. In “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut. Jr. taking place in a modern age where everyone is equal mentally and physically and “Anthem” by Ayn Rand took place in a future where society had fallen and everyone is part of a matched set. Both stories taking place in a dystopian society where individualism is a crime and Conformity is law. In a society controlled by handicaps and conformities…

Humanity as a whole is fundamentally self-centered. Most people are more concerned with what is best for themselves than in helping others. Ethical Egoism is the claim that for an action to be morally right that it must maximize one’s self-interest. Each individual person should pursue whatever is best for them. This means that whatever the good action is, is the one that is best for each individual. This form of self-interest accounts for all of a person’s obligations. If an Ethical Egoist was…