Leonard Hofstadter

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…

Having to face countless amounts of hardships in a cruel, twisted society proves no easy task for anyone to accomplish, however, Equality 7-2521 was able to break this barrier and step into a new, reformed world. Throughout the course of the novel Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, Equality’s motivations allowed him to see the society people were living in from a different point of view. In a society where everyone lives by the quote “‘We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the…

A life engulfed with fear, drudgery, and forced obedience, has compelled the people in this dystopian society to accept a miserable way of life and give in to the dictatorial, collectivist regime, yet all it took was one twinkling star amongst a dark, desolate midnight sky, Equality 7-2521, to escape the clutching grasps of this regime and finally discover the long-lost yet such a priceless word to humanity, I. Ayn Rand, the prolific writer of Anthem, portrays her repudiation for the ideals of…

Religion has always been a controversial topic. The trouble is when the government becomes the religion, it can be simple mind control. The citizens may live in ignorance and fear, and sins may become laws. This is what occurs to Equality 7-2521 in Ayn Rand’s Anthem. Equality has to undergo his own quest to discover what is true and untrue and to help others after he has discovered the truth. Ayn Rand in her novella, Anthem, incorporates the Hero’s Journey to prove that one needs to become…

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…

Anthem provides the readers with a look into a Dystopian future. The reades examine the government Equality 7-2521 lives in and how it limits his individuality. The reader watch how Prometheus takes up a mold and how he understands himself. Lastly, prometheus discovers why his intelligence is reprimanded by his government. Anthem reminds the readers of their individuality, and to always be thankful for it. Throughout Ayn Rand’s Anthem, readers watch the main character, Equality 7-2521, develop.…

Psychological behavior in arsonists Arson is a crime that occurs worldwide, it has an immense impact on the victims and the community the arson takes place in. Arson leads to major financial damage, serious injury, or even death. In many cases in attempting to link psychiatric abnormalities to the arsonists have been focused on sexual motivation for firesetting. This psychiatric flaw has been linked to urination, homosexuality and cruelty to animals in the childhoods of firesetters have all…

The “Grandfather of Goth”(Semtner) Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He was born into a family of performers, causing a lot of traveling. However, at the age of three both of his parents had died of tuberculosis. A tobacco merchant names John Allan adopted him, now his new family accepted Poe as their own and gave him everything. Soon, his new family moved to London and Poe studied in England. After returning home Poe grew a love for writing, he was inspired by a poet…

Abstract Saadat Hasan Manto is one of the greatest short story writers in Urdu literature who has produced twenty two collections of short stories dealing with different subjects such as partition, human life, social taboos, communal violence, so on and so forth. His stories revolving round the subject of partition of the subcontinent after independence in 1947 are more famous and more known than his other stories. Toba Tek Singh is one such story, a masterpiece, which is interwoven with the…

Mi Ultimo Adios is the last poem written by Rizal before his persecution by the firing squad on December 30, 1896. The poem was an unsigned, untitled, and undated poem of 14 five-line stanzas. Rizal placed this poem in the cocinilla, the alcohol stove and it was delivered to his family after his persecution. Mariano Ponce, one of Rizal’s friend entitled the poem “Mi Ultimo Pensamiento” which means “My Last Thought” and Fr. Mariano Dacanay, a prisoner in Bilibid published it in La Independencia…