After I read the poem, I think why do I follow people’s mind to live. It's always about owning our own lives, being responsible for who we are through the choices we make.…
In Anthem, Ayn Rand reveals the idea that words can give someone the freedom to choose their own path. Equality, after having suffered from being forced to conform and hide his true self from the oppressive eyes of the society, is now relieved to finally have the missing pieces to his knowledge. He exclaims, “Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: “I will it!” (Rand 94). When Equality discovers the “Unspeakable Word,” he no longer feels restricted to the ties that bind him to the society, despite already having left. He now feels liberated and has finally completed his quest to truly embrace his own individuality. Equality knows that his knowledge of these words will lead him on…
“To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.” How does this quote exemplify a theme of anthem?…
The novels Anthem, by Ayn Rand, and Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, have completely different storylines but many similarities and differences. Anthem is about a city where the people do not know of the personal pronouns “I” or “my;” They know “we” or “our.” “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One indivisible and forever,” (p.19). The government in Anthem is set up of a World Council, and a City Council. The laws are very restrictive and do not give any “lee-way.” Fahrenheit 451 is about a city where the government banned books. No one was allowed to read a book, touch a book, or keep a book. When someone “calls in,” or lets the fire department know that there was a book being kept or read, firemen go out and burn the books. “Stoneman held out the telephone alarm card with the complaint signed in telephone duplicate on the back: Have reason to suspect attic; 11 No. Elm, City. E.B.,” (p.36). In modern day America, firemen put out fires. In America in Fahrenheit 451, firemen start fires. The world in Anthem and the world in Fahrenheit 451 are very different than the world today.…
In both Brave New World and Anthem the underlying themes are very similar. The government controls every aspect of people’s lives, everyone is supposed to be perfectly happy with what role they are given, and the main character do not fit into what the government was deemed normal. While both books have these very similar traits, there are many differences as well; the way the government controls the people, as well as the form of government, the way people of both societies treat each other, and the situation in which the main characters are placed.…
Anthem is a story about a 21-year old boy named Equality 7-2521 and a 17-year old girl named Liberty 5-3000 who are both different from the others in their secluded society which lacks individualism and self-interest. The movie, Divergent, also follows a similar story line. Divergent is a story about an 18 year-old boy named Tobias Eaton and a 16-year old girl named Beatrice Prior who are both different from the others in their society which lacks individualism and self-interest. Anthem and Divergent are similar in that the main characters have one set lifestyle, they change their name, and they develop similar relationships between each other.…
The main character in Anthem shows real courage in a society that uses punishment to force the will of the people. Prometheus discovers a passion for science and he secretly performs experiments on the "glass box." He knows what he is doing is a sin, just like Adam and Eve when they ate the forbidden fruit, but Prometheus knows it will benefit mankind for the good. By discovering one of the technologies of olden times, which had been lost, he realizes that he can give his fellow citizens a new light, cleaner and brighter future than any they have ever known. This discovery shows progress, and it gives hope that the world they live in may be able to one day return to the day in which people possessed independent spirits. He does not accept the moral teachings of his society. He likes the feeling of freedom…
Ayn Rand's novel Anthem presents an anti-utopian society with a collectivist government. In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand there are many themes. These themes include love, Desire, Freedom and individuality. Most of these themes can be shown by the characters in the book. The theme of individuality is shown by Equality 7-2621.Anthem is a novel about a man who overruled the government to gain knowledge of the outside world. My thesis statement is every individual should be their own person and have in control of themselves. One example of my thesis is when Equality 7-2621 left the city and decided what was best for him and his family.…
Ayn Rand's novella, Anthem, displays a dystopian and totalitarian society that is in opposition to individualism. As shown in Anthem and many other real and fictionalized totalitarian societies, children live apart from their families. Why? Because dictatorial leaders enforce this living arrangement among the kinsfolk.…
What evidence of Enlightenment ideas did you find in the two anthems? Give specific words from the anthems in your answer.…
Furthermore, the poem enforces that only focusing on your own glory will never get society to a higher standing in life. Provided in this example with nice imagery going from the line “To hold all the hanging bodies” (47) to “Dangling in the deep recesses of the mountain’s belly” (48) painting a nice picture of how far someone us of need to go, but by hanging on to your ego some might not make it up. However, if you lead by example and you help the next person up, it will show, and everyone hanging down the mountain “Until they understand” (51), “That the only courage there is is” (52) which goes into helping the next person,…
The story of Adam and Eve can relate and differ to Anthem in ways of goals, higher powers, and sins condemned. Both main characters, Adam and Equality 7-2521, go against what is expected of them by a higher power. The higher power in both stories, God and the Council, control the people and give them restrictions and punishments. Both Adam and Equality 7-2521 also have women, Eve and Liberty 5-3000 that they are with who play a major role in the decisions they make. Ways that Adam and Equality 7-2521 are different are the problems they are faced with, and how they overcome them.…
Prompt: In the final chapter of Anthem, Prometheus writes that he now understands “why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins.” What has Prometheus come to understand about himself? Why does his society regard the “best in him” as sinful?…
Everyone has a life full of choices. They have to choose between right or wrong, left or right, and up or down. Choices reflect self-discipline, as well as character. They also permanently affect one’s life, whether it be in a positive or a negative manner. Choices can also dictate whether or not someone reaches their wildest dreams. As everyone has lives full of choices, everyone has dreams. But as all things do, dreams progressively get more and more realistic with age. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, and “Harlem” by Langston Hughes are two well-written poems that have similar real-life themes; choices, and dreams.…
In Modern Times, the concept of freedom is to be entitled by every man and women with exceptions in some cases, but underrated to those who are given it. In the case of the early 1900’s, freedom was a foreign concept to some countries and citizens of the unlucky wanted a taste of what they couldn’t have. In the novel, Anthem, by Ayn Rand, she uses her childhood and knowledge of the strict Romanov Reign to instill a concept in her dystopian novel where real freedom no longer exists and when a group, Equality 7-2521, experiences a small amount of it, all they crave is what freedom gives.…