In America we have rights and freedoms as an individual, but what if we had to all work for the common good and be useful to each other. That might not sound bad, but imagine not acknowledging your ow...
Read more
Many words in all languages have two meanings - the denotative and connotative. Over time, the denotation of a word will stay fairly constant. The connotation of a word, however, can change as quick...
Read more
Chapter 1
Equality 7-2521, the main character, explains how it is a sin to write down his thoughts on paper. He explains how it is a `transgression' that is worse than any other. Throughout most of t...
Read more
The book Anthem is an example of a corrupt government. Not one government is perfect, but the less the government interacts the closer to being perfect it will be. When superior figures interfere and ...
Read more
Have you ever thought that society determines your way of life? Well, Ayn Rand had that idea developing within her book, Anthem. Rand shows this way of life as a society in the future without technol...
Read more
Anthem is about a collectivist society. What is a collectivist society? It is a society where the rulers think everything must be done as a group. They fear independence and individual thought. This i...
Read more
Anthem, by Ayn Rand is set in the future but in the past at the same time. People live as though it is the 1800's. Society doesn't have electricity or cars and they cant think on their own. One is ...
Read more
Even though at the end of Anthem, by Ayn Rand, Equality is greatly out numbered, and modern society lies in ruins, it is a story of liberation and hope--not despair. Equality creates a society, i...
Read more
In Anthem, Ayn Rand uses the main character, Equality 7-2521, to introduce her major issue - individualism. She gets her point across very effectively by portraying to the reader how appalling a stri...
Read more
In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, Prometheus is a man who must overcome his collective society to find himself. Prometheus is born into a society where everything is equal. Without concern for consequen...
Read more
I Am. I Think. I Will. Or Do I"
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, free will is defined as a voluntary choice or decision. This means that, when applied to life, you have a choice in how ...
Read more
Freedom is something men have been trying to grasp ever since history has been recorded. It's only natural to want to express and do what we feel without any limitations or boundaries to restrict us....
Read more
"To be a free man, a man must be free of his brothers." - Prometheus. Throughout the novel "Anthem," Ayn Rand stresses the importance of individuality, and the needlessness of working together. Howeve...
Read more
In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, Prometheus is a man who must overcome his collective society to find himself. Prometheus is born into a society where everything is equal. Without concern for consequen...
Read more
The story "Anthem" written by Ayn Rand is a philosophical novel about the evils of a totalitarian collectivist society, and how egoism will always prevail over it. The citizens are slaves to the soci...
Read more
Individualism, the assertion of ones own will and personality is a freedom
often taken for granted in today's society. However, the common concept remains
unknown in Ayn Rand's novel, Anthem. Whic...
Read more
In the book, Anthem, by Ayn Rand, she tells of a young man named Equality 7-2521 who lived in a world of numerous rules and controls. Because of this, Equality would still away every night to a tunnel...
Read more
