Neil Gaiman

“All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual”(Albert Einstein). In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, all that is valuable in human society is gone. What is left is a collectivist society that justifies, and keeps their power in dominating ways. With the overwhelming weight of this system, it is hard to imagine how the protagonist, Equality 7-2521, finds an out and a different way of living. Anthem shows a collectivist society that expresses only…

On September 19, 1783, people gathered around Versailles. They eagerly awaited the exciting demonstration: the first hot air balloon flight with animals inside. They filled the balloon with hot air while the mesmerized people waited patiently. Flight was a foreign concept to them and people were skeptical if land animals could survive the flight. After they fastened basket on the bottom, they put a rooster, duck, and sheep into it. The flight began and astronomers reported it got up to 1600 feet…

When cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space giving the red a huge victory against the United States. But Alan Shepard actually could have beaten the soviet had they decided not to test the launch missile more. Just like how the United States could have launched a missile before the Soviet Union whose October 1957 launch shocked America and set the race in motion. But the two losses didn’t stop America who put the first man on the moon in1969. Shortly after Gagarins success,…

Anthem Essay In Anthem there are a lot of things that are misconstrued, including the wording in the book. Once you get past the wording it turns out to be a fantastic book. Ayn Rand has thought everything through and Anthem has been very well put together. Though, there are some questions that I have, and I am going to break the questions down. Equality 7-2521 is right about criticizing his leaders because there community is not natural and they need a change of environment. Equality is right…

In the book Anthem, the people think and work as a group. This means there is no individualism throughout the whole community, instead there is one collective thought. This is much different compared to how life is now, at least here in the United States where everyone has the will to think and act as an individual. The purpose of this essay is to state the similarities and differences of a collective society, like in the book, and an individual society, similar to most of the world at this…

“The Richest Man in Babylon” By George Clason As a young man of 18 who has yet to make his fortune in this world, I found this to be a very interesting article and I did take the time to listen to a snippet of the book on Youtube. I have to admit that at first I thought it would be boring, but after listening to it on Youtube; it turned out to be an okay book. Like most people in the world, I would like to be “rich” by the world’s standards in regards to financial gain. As a man, I want to…

Morality Arthur Paliden once said, “Morality is doing what is right without the threat of divine retribution nor the possibility of divine reward.” These wise words were proven to be true in the novel Anthem. At the beginning, Equality 7-2521 often struggled with the strict rules of what was deemed evil or good; It was a constant torture for him. Once he has escaped, he begins to ponder about his place in the world. For once in his life he desired to know if society was right, if their morals…

One small step for man , and one giant leap for mankind. -Neil Armstrong , the first man to walk on the moon said.John F. Kennedy was the man who encouraged people to fly to the moon and he was passionate about space exploration. But does that mean that space exploration is worth the cost? Yes Space exploration is worth the cost but also for many other reasons for example; It will expand our knowledge , it could find cures to certain disabilities in the world , there would be thousands of job…

Wernher von Braun’s Journey to Space This world had a great awakening when Wernher von Braun came forth into it. He has broughten very many accomplishments to the United States of America. Though he was a secret Nazi, he created the V-2 rocket, started a family in America, and made many creations throughout his life time. He also helped send the first man to the moon with one of his great creations. War does not define who is right, war simply defines who is left. Yet in this case, Wernher…

Area 51 is the holy grail of conspiracy theorists, with possibilities like the Pentagon studying flying saucers and keeping alien beings stored in water tanks. legend says that Area 51 connects by tunnel under the soil and possibly locomotives to other classified facilities in the country. Katie Couric spoke on the Today Show in 2001, that a mere 7 percent of Americans don’t believe the moon landing occurred. it’s believed that the whole event was staged somewhere in the desert terrain of Nevada…