Paul Rand

which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it. It is the word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by which the weak steal the might of the strong, by which the fools steal the wisdom of the sages”, said Ayn Rand. This quote means that the word “we” was forced upon the men to use. After a while they don’t think about what it means or how it is affecting them. It becomes normal and they won’t even see how it is destroying their own society around them.…

civilization with excessively strict regulations, Ayn Rand puts into perspective how bleak the world would be if everyone's personality was confined. Through objectivism and individualism, Ayn Rand conveys the concept of individuality, which is important to encourage original thoughts and help society have a better understanding of themselves.…

Atlas Shrugged is a really odd novel that takes place in a dystopian United States somewhere in the future. The book gives off a very negative feel as though nothing in the world is quite right. Businesses have closed; men are out of work it’s as if the great depression has hit all over again. In fact other countries have turned into Socialist states causing them to go bankrupt; all the talented men in the world have started to disappear as well for an unexplained reason. The main character of…

The New True Anthem The New True Anthem by Kevin Gilbert critiques Australian’s lack of patriotism. It alludes to the way the new occupants of Australia have defaced the physical and conceptual value of Australia’s natural beauty and history. Gilbert uses many techniques and ideas to convey his feelings about this matter, including Hyperbole, Imagery and enjambment. These skills and techniques riddle the poem as well as many others. The use of Hyperbole is one of the more prominent techniques…

In life, you need support you can not have a complete life without the support of others. The quote “No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main (land)” from the poem Meditation 17. The quote is a metaphor for how every person is special and not one person can do everything right, each person has their own quality or talent that is distinct to them. It compares a complete man to a piece of an island, and how to be complete you need other…

“No man is an island” is a popular proverb used all around the world. It is defined as no one is self sufficient and that everyone relies on one another. Although we are different ethnicities and races, Donne teaches us the idea that we are all connected in many ways. No man can achieve their goals when isolated from others. There’s no place, culture, race or people better than another; we are all united. Donne’s poem gives an interesting insight in the meditation of how we are all connected to…

the end of his journey, he reaches his ultimate goal and finds the word he was searching for the whole time, “I”. In Anthem, Ayn Rand shows the importance of individuality through Equality…

Anthem is a rebellious novella written by a Russian-born American novelist named Ayn Rand. The Novel Anthem is mainly about a young man named Equality 7-2521, who goes against all that he has been taught. Equality discovers information that was being hidden from him by people he had trusted. He identifies himself as “I” instead of “we” standing against all the lies that have been hidden for years. But, by the end of the novel Equality 7-2521 has changed his mind becoming very critical of the…

There are many forms of government used throughout the world and in literature, some better than others. Anthem by Ayn Rand and 1984 by George Orwell are two novels have the same type of government and are similar in how they operate. The governments oppress the people to keep power and control using aspects like relationships and language/thoughts. Tyrannical governments take away individuality and freedom to keep control over society One way that the governments keep control is through…

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a short novel about a young man in an extremely collectivist society. This young man is born with unique qualities that separate him from the majority. Eventually, the young man is forced to escape the city. He goes on to learn what it means to be an individual, and he vows to bring down the broken society. Ayn Rand’s objectivist belief system is based on ideals that are opposite of the city found in Anthem. Objectivism puts individual goals ahead of a group, and it focuses…