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    In the novel, Anthem by Ayn Rand authentic happiness is the one thing a person loves more than anything. The main character, Equality 7-2521 finds his happiness through the things he never thought he would. It shows that authentic happiness can appear in many different forms whether it was expected or not.This novella shows that true authentic happiness is discovering inner self, love, and freedom. Authentic happiness represents finding your true self and doing whatever it takes to get there.…

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    Moon Landing Hoax Essay

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    Moon Landing Hoax Anyone that was alive in 1969 are often asked where they were during the first moon landing and for those people, it is terrifying to think that the things we recognize as historical, groundbreaking events could have been planned or staged by the government. The Apollo 11 moon landing was viewed by 600 million people who were amazed by it at the time. America had beat Russia in the race to the moon! Although, modern technology has been able to take a closer look at all of the…

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    The rules in Anthem are very strict, but why do these rules exist in the first place? The book 'Anthem’ is written by Ayn Rand in 1937, first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom. Ayn Rand is very creative with coming up with a book that takes place in the unknown future, with Equality is being different than his brothers. The book itself is good, once you start reading the book you will suck into the imaginary world and you won’t be able to stop reading, at least that is how it was with me.…

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    Anthem by Ayn Rand tells the tale of a dystopian society in which people are to think only of others, and taught that people shouldn’t think of themselves, eliminating all personal pronouns. In this society people are not able to pick their own careers, and instead a group known as the Council of Vocations decides what a person’s career is going to be. In the novel Equality, the main protagonist is a fantastic student, who aims to learn as much as possible and wants to use his knowledge to…

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    In Ayn Rand’s fiction novella “Anthem”,the world is a dreaded dystopia of collectivism that labels all forms of individuality as sin which seems to resemble an exaggeration of socialism or communism. Members of this society are selfless. They’re told by their superiors that their only purpose in life is to toil for their fellow men. They should not have feelings or care about living but rather care about working for their fellow brothers in whatever way they can. They are forced into dismal and…

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    Sin In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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    The book Anthem starts off with “It is a sin to write this”(1). However, is it really a sin? How can something so simple be a sin? The truth, is that it isn’t really a sin. Throughout the story Equality 7-2521 gains different moral views on the matter of his sins, and he has a different opinion about them. This eventual view that all of his sins were actually not sins is correct. We learn that Equality can be considered a sin himself, as it is a sin to be taller than your brethren, or be…

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    How would the world go if everyone were to listen to the rules and be exactly the same? Have no different thoughts and being involuntarily equal? Ayn Rand creates a world as if that was how we lived today in Anthem. Equality 7-2521 lives in a small city with rules undergoing almost everything. He has an insufficient job that the leaders expect him to learn nothing so he can not discover true reality and be individual from everyone else. Throughout the story he begins to disobey the rules and…

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    Anthem is a novella first envisioned as a play by Ayn Rand when she was a teenager living in the Soviet Union. The plot of Anthem revolves around Equality 7-2521, a young man living in a dystopian society in which there is neither individuality nor free thinking. Throughout Equality 7-2521’s life, they have always been different from their brother men, whether it be due to their abnormal height, or their thirst for knowledge. As they grew older, they find themselves committing many…

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    Apollo 11 Research Paper

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    On July 20, 1969 millions of Americans watched on a televised broadcast as Neil Armstrong going down in history as the first human being to ever step foot on the moon. Apollo 11 was a big accomplishment for America as a nation, yet there are accusations about it being staged in order to win the space race against Russia. Apollo 11 was a three astronaut mission. Neil A. Armstrong, whom was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, became interested in flight while still a child. in 1950 he flew…

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    Apollo 11 Research Paper

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    Kennedy’s wish to land a man on the moon. Neil Armstrong was part of the Apollo 11 mission. The Apollo 11 is one of the most memorable missions to this day. There was five more successful lunar landing missions to follow. On the Apollo 13, crew members had to improvise after oxygen tanks burst…

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