Paul Rand

intellectually and physically better or worse they are. People may think that the modern world is molded by this concept; however, they are wrong. It is difficult to imagine a community being equal both physical and mental. After reading Anthem by Ayn Rand, and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnequt Jr. about the future world and the idea of Utopian societies one may see the similarities and ideas of a lot of Utopian societies. Both display acts of equalism, the act of committing transgressions,…

Anthem Essay ` Ayn Rand, an author of precise themes and storylines, initially wrote Anthem praising a person's individuality in a society where nobody is individual. During this literature, character Equality 7-2521 learns there is much more to know than what he has been told. This story establishes the facts on a society where everyone is held equal, to the point where first person does not exist. Throughout the novel Anthem, Ayn Rand shows the development of Equality 7-2521’s individualism…

within an individual is a force, a force with the capability of changing anything and everything for the good. Those who never find it perhaps experience the greatest loss to mankind. This force is called self-determination. In the novella Anthem, Ayn Rand is able to depict a completely collectivist society which struggles to make any progressions through the eyes of one individual, Equality 7-2521. Equality 7-2521 stands out from the entire society because he is able to find deep within himself…

Born February 2, 1905, Ayn Rand published her first novel, We the Living, in 1938. Soon after, she published Anthem in 1938. Her working title for this short novel was Ego. She did not mean of it as a symbol of the self- but specifically Man’s Self. Ayn Rand praises a man’s ego because she is upholding the principles of her philosophy and of her heroes: reason, values, volition, individualism. When Ayn Rand was a teenager, she lived in Soviet Russia. She had escaped Russia because of the…

wants and let what happens happen. Rand probably intended this to sound like some great self-righteous proclamation but it is simply unrealistic. Realistically if Roark was truly being selfish then he would have realized, as Peter had, that the only way to be successful in his line of work was to cater to the consumers. Producers cannot succeed in a competitive market if the consumers do not want what they are offering. This is how capitalism works. Rand was very vocal about her love the…

discusses the “morality of sacrifices” and her beliefs in man’s self-interest. Rand believes that man should focus on oneself and not others unless it will benefit them. Rand stresses her basic ideas when it comes to ethical egoism. Rand’s writing begins with “it is not man who is now on trial and it is not human nature that will take the blame. It is your moral code that is through, this time” as she discusses this Rand is stating that you are not to return to “morality”, but this is a code of…

restrict these morals, multitudes of opinions and different motives arrive. Such feelings as possibly felt by Equality 7-2521 in Anthem by Ayn Rand include rebellion, regret, and greed. We would change our opinion In the beginning of what Equality 7-2521 writes, he states that he is breaking the law. He feels rebellion. “It is a sin to write this”(Rand 17). Although he admits wrong to himself and hence to us, he still hides his work and his resistance to rules from the everyday citizen and…

This dystopian society forbids all people to love or even talk to different sexes. As Rand clarifies, “ For men are forbidden to take notice of women, and women are forbidden to talk notice of men”(38). By stating that, Rand clearly indicates that one of the very basic rights that should be available to all people, love, is taken away from Equality. Equality, however, likes someone, her name is Liberty…

Knowing Self Essay My grandma once ask me “When you get older do you know what you want to do with your life?” The books we reviewed are Anthem by Ayn Rand, Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, Prometheus by Geek Mythology. When I get older what I want to do is follow my dreams First, in Anthem equality wanted to follow is own dream. An example of equal trying to follow his dreams is “I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my…

Equality, in a sense, is something that may be ideal as a word. When taken as the definition, equality is something that somebody wants, but others would rather rule those who are equal. There are those that want to be the same as others but no matter what happens, equality isn’t something that can be achieved. Sometimes a life of parity is something that is better off being unsaid, and “Harrison Bergeron” is a good example of that. “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is about a world…