Many societies have strived for equality throughout history and many authors create stories that revolve around it. The author of Anthem‚ Ayn Rand and Kurt Vonnegut the Author of “Harrison Bergeron” both created their own societies that strive for perfect equality through the community. During both stories a citizen doesn’t abide by the rules of the society and are punished for it. In Both works the authors use similar concepts to prove their point throughout their stories. One similar concept is
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Anthem‚ Our Future In contrast to our present day society in which we are moving towards collectivism‚ Ayn Rand’s Anthem depicts a collectivist society which is disrupted by Prometheus‚ the protagonist‚ ensuing in the creation of a newfound individualistic society separate from the original civilization. “The will of the Council is above all things” (34) in Prometheus’ society; they dominate the people’s occupation‚ living situation‚ and the knowledge they have access to. In an excerpt from Ayn
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political or social practice that prioritizes the group over the individual. To many people this sounds like it would create an idealistic society that promotes peace and community. However‚ this is exactly what Ayn Rand contradicts in her novella Anthem. Rand shows collectivism to its extreme. The government in this story condones their collectivist methods by convincing themselves and the community that they will build a strong unified nation. The people have no free will. Everyone is assigned a
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synonym for selfish is “egotistic”. They think they only care about themselves. This may be true of some who are on the border of egoism and selfishness. However‚ those who are egoists but are not selfish barely deserve to be called that. The society in Anthem is centered around the idea that having an ego is immoral‚ and that all actions should be done pertaining to the interest of mankind. However‚ Prometheus’ actions are done pertaining to his own self-interest‚ which is the definition of an egoist.
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of life. All this information is good to have in mind when thinking of the fear present throughout the story‚ Anthem by Ayn Rand. Fear is a constant theme throughout the whole book and is shown in many different ways. Three of the ways fear is used in this story is through external fear‚ internal fear‚ and pushing past fear. First‚ the government pushes fear upon the citizens in Anthem. The story states‚ “...one among the men...escape alone…They perish from the claws of the wild beasts which roam
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The difficult one: 1. Characterize the following characters: Matt Buckner: Matt is a studied journalism on Harvard‚ in the start he is a bit shy‚ he don’t have the guts to stick up for himself. But that is about to change‚ he is joining the hooligans from West Ham United! He is beginning to defend himself‚ and he learned how to fight. Pete Dunham: He is a violent guy‚ he is the leader of the firm GSE‚ and he took over after his brother‚ the major. He is living for fighting; he is living
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and no problems. Harrison Bergeron lives in a world where everyone is made equal with physical and mental handicaps such as weights‚ masks‚ and brain buzzers. The book Anthem is based in a place where everyone in the society is brainwashed to think they only live as part of a unit. In Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Rand’s Anthem‚ equality and the main characters are both very similar in many ways. The Main characters from both pieces of writing are very similar in a few ways. In “Harrison Bergeron”
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Casual Analysis on Anthem “we strive to be like all our brother men‚ for all men must be alike” (Rand 19). In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand the main characters name is Equality7-2521. He lives in a collective society that he does not agree with. Equality’s personality and actions is what eventually led to him running away. Equality disagreeing with the society is one reason that caused him to run away. He keeps breaking the law and doing whatever he wants. “we had broken so many laws‚ and today we
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Due to previous knowledge of Rand’s novella Anthem‚ I was aware that Rand was going to be writing about collectivism. I also know that collectivism is where individuality does not exist and it tries to do the greater good for the whole group while making everyone as equal as possible. Therefore‚ I found it very ironic that the “evil” characters in the society were named Equality 7-2521. I found the names of the character’s to be ironic‚ because this society in a way is striving for complete equality
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mentally. Both Ayn Rand and Kurt Vonnegut imply how if these governments were taken to such an extreme level of totalitarianism it would crumble that government’s people in their stories Anthem and “Harrison Bergeron”. Physically handicapping people is the number one way to enslave them‚ as dictated by
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