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    practices and values. “For the overall cluster’s societal practices are high on group collectivism (5.87), power distance (5.39), and humane orientation (4.72) and low on gender egalitarianism (3.28). The other cultural dimensions are rated in the mid-range, around an average of 4. -- As for societal values, the cluster rates high on performance orientation (5.99), future orientation (5.86), group collectivism (5.77), and humane orientation (5.32). It scores very low on power distance (2.78).”…

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    upon an idea for it to be tried and tested. Inventing alone causes work to get done quicker because individuals are determined to accomplish their goal ,whereas there were not any goals of the society Equality lived in. Equality had to go against collectivism and be selfish to be able to create the light. In the end, Equality’s society took away his individualism so that they could keep a collectivist society, but in order to keep a collectivist society, they had to be primitive in the means of…

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    As babies, we are born into the world with many possibilities that can occur for us and environments that can change us. For every individual that is born on this Earth, not only are we born into families that have varying characteristics, parenting styles, teaching styles, etc., we are born in to various environments and societies that can also shape how we develop as a person through the interactions we have with others and our experiences figuring out our environment. In Nigel’s case, he is…

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    Equality Revolution “I” a word that is banned in equality 7-2521 society, where there is no individualism yet instead collectivism. In this book equality 7-2521 is living in a collectivism society and he slowly rebels against this. What are a few reasons why he starts to rebel? These reasons are that he was curious, fell in love, and individuality. To begin with one of the reasons he slowly rebels against his society is he was curious and had desired to learn things. For example, Equality…

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    Individualism is a highly controversial topic, as its outlook varies tremendously on a global scale. According to a ClearlyCultural survey, an overwhelming ninety one percent of American favor individualism rather than collectivism. In essence, an individual is more important than the group not only because he stimulates talent and creativity but also because he innovates the world and maintains diversity. Likewise, a sensational figure of individualistic prowess would be the most popular…

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    Discovering Individuality To think that being stripped of one’s individuality is a possibility can be unfathomable to some. It can even be difficult for people in society to find individuality. If someone loses the right to individuality how could a person have a sense creativity or self worth. Without anything that makes someone an individual what are we? In Ayn Rand's Anthem we find Equality 7-2521 who struggles to find individuality in a society that excludes individualism. Although…

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    pursuing his passion for scientific discovery is seen as an “evil” act, but Equality 7-2521 learns to feel unashamed of his skill, intelligence, and creativity and slowly begins to blossom as an individual. Sarah’s Key also does not a have a theme of collectivism. The society that Equality 7-2521 is born into is full of collectivist ideals. No one in the society can have a conventional name. Also, rather than being able to pursue their passions and dreams, the citizens are given jobs unrelated…

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    internal conflict to illustrate the theme of the primacy of individuality in a society. Rand utilizes a unique first person point of view in Anthem when establishing conflict in Equality 7-2521 to convey the importance of individual expression over collectivism on society. Instead of utilizing the word “I” in the perspective, Rand instead utilizes the word “we” when the narrator refers to himself. This creates confusion and installs conflict in Equality 7-2521, who has a sense of…

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    Ayn Rand, born as Alisa Zirnov’yevna Rosenbaum on February 2 1905, was a Russian-American author famous for her contribution to the philosophical system known as objectivism. She wrote Anthem, a novella, to promote her objectivist ideals and beliefs for how a society, or rather man, should be. However, the book had a hard time getting published in the United States because publishers did not appreciate her content.For example, Macmillan declined to publish it because they felt that Rand did “not…

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    How Collectivism Is Used by Anthem’s Society Collectivism is the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it, with emphasis on groups rather than individual action or identity. Some collectivist societies want all things equal and leave no room for individual thought. Most people in a collectivist society would gladly go along with whatever the leaders say because they know best. Many authors have used the idea of collectivism for a books that uses collectivism as…

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