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Entry 1 July 1, 2014
Anthem by Ayn rand is quite interesting to me. Throughout the first ten pages the book reminded me of George Orwell’s book 1984.with both books there is a constant, societies that force all people to be equal and, the main characters need to break out of that society. I feel sorry for Equality 7-2521. He was born different from his brothers and cannot change that and because of it he is inherently the social outcast of his society. His hopes of being a scholar are crushed as he is told to be a street sweeper and he cannot do anything about it except say “the will of our brothers be done (26).the part that has really interested me is how they speak of the unmentionable times “but we must never speak of the times before the great rebirth, [..] only the old ones who whisper about it in the evenings, of the towers which rose to the sky, in those unmentionable times, and the wagons which moved without horses and the lights which burned without flame. But those times were evil.”(19-20). I found this description very mysterious, and I like mysterious. Given the fact that this book is shorter than it appears I don’t think in the end Equality 7-2521 will be alive. What I think will happen is that it will end with him imprisoned like the count of Monte Cristo or something close to that.
Entry 2 July 14, 2014
A surprising plot twist took place in chapter 7 (pages 68-77) of Anthem. During this chapter our main character, Equality 7-2521 presents his “light box” to the world council of scholars. Since he first achieved his creation of artificial light made of parts from the unmentionable times (59) the hope of him succeeding at what he said he would do was held high. “We shall take our box, and leave our tunnel open, and walk through the streets to the home of the scholars. We shall put forth the greatest gift ever offered men. […] we shall join our hands to theirs, and we shall work together, with the power of the sky, for the
Anthem by Ayn rand is quite interesting to me. Throughout the first ten pages the book reminded me of George Orwell’s book 1984.with both books there is a constant, societies that force all people to be equal and, the main characters need to break out of that society. I feel sorry for Equality 7-2521. He was born different from his brothers and cannot change that and because of it he is inherently the social outcast of his society. His hopes of being a scholar are crushed as he is told to be a street sweeper and he cannot do anything about it except say “the will of our brothers be done (26).the part that has really interested me is how they speak of the unmentionable times “but we must never speak of the times before the great rebirth, [..] only the old ones who whisper about it in the evenings, of the towers which rose to the sky, in those unmentionable times, and the wagons which moved without horses and the lights which burned without flame. But those times were evil.”(19-20). I found this description very mysterious, and I like mysterious. Given the fact that this book is shorter than it appears I don’t think in the end Equality 7-2521 will be alive. What I think will happen is that it will end with him imprisoned like the count of Monte Cristo or something close to that.
Entry 2 July 14, 2014
A surprising plot twist took place in chapter 7 (pages 68-77) of Anthem. During this chapter our main character, Equality 7-2521 presents his “light box” to the world council of scholars. Since he first achieved his creation of artificial light made of parts from the unmentionable times (59) the hope of him succeeding at what he said he would do was held high. “We shall take our box, and leave our tunnel open, and walk through the streets to the home of the scholars. We shall put forth the greatest gift ever offered men. […] we shall join our hands to theirs, and we shall work together, with the power of the sky, for the