and "Anthem" The two novels‚ The Handmaid’s Tale and Anthem‚ are both haunting‚ first person tales of personal hardship in a closed and controlled society. In this essay I will point out many important similarities and differences between the two books‚ mainly the setting and the similarities between the two societies in which the stories take place‚ as well as more important differences between the main characters. To start I would like to compare the settings of the two books. In Anthem the
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The country of Venezuela is the counterpart of Anthem: plagued with corruption‚ oppression‚ and authoritarian rulers. From the article on Venezuela’s horrendous woes‚ many components are equivalent to the society of Anthem by Ayn Rand. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and the World Council of the novel ardently strive for authoritarian power‚ and they would authorize any action to maintain this status. In the novella‚ it presented the top officials obstructing Equality 7-2521’s distinctive philosophy
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controversy concerning Colin Kaepernick’s‚ the quarterback for San Fransico‚ decision for the pledge (Florio). According to Mike Florio of NBC Sports‚ Kaepernick has caused many problems in football‚ but he also has many people on his side. The national anthem is played before every football game and people must stand when it’s being played (Lutz). Americans should not be forced to pledge the flag because it contradicts the reality of society‚ infringes on the freedom of speech‚ and religion. “Kaepernick
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stand up for the National Anthem shows complete disrespect and dishonor to our country. Our country has been through so much in the past to fight for what we have today‚ people have risked their lives for you to have an even better one and for you not even acknowledge the importance of the sacrifices they made for you and everyone else‚ is disgraceful. New Orleans Saints quarterback‚ also disagreed with the fact that it’s a disrespectful to not stand up during the National Anthem‚ he stated‚ “[I]t’s an
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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. Dictators often will enforce families living apart from each other. In some cases‚ this happens mainly because dictators don’t want parents to feed their children information about
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Does everyone have “ego”? In Anthem the citizens of the city grew up not knowing of this word‚ and in turn its power. They were taught to be a whole‚ rounded up like tagged mules‚ doing assigned work blatantly. In the song “Drones” by Rise Against‚ the lyrics‚“The drones all slave away‚ they’re working overtime. They serve a faceless queen‚ they never question why. Disciples of a God‚ that neither lives nor breathes (I won’t come back!). But we have bills to pay; yeah we have mouths to feed! (I won’t
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and traveled into the forest‚ up into the mountains. In the mountains Equality found an abandoned house‚ and inside there was a book and while reading the book he realised he is an individual not a whole like the society he was living in thought ( Anthem Pg 78-105). When Equality left society he sacrificed everything he had‚ but he did this because he knew he was different and was tired of living by the strict rules that must be followed. If equality did not take the sacrifice of going into the forest
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Ayn Rand expresses her views on the future with her book Anthem‚ which is full of adventure and mysteries that never stops surprising the reader especially with how she expresses her views on objectivism. Equality 7-2521 is a character that is on a journey into a discovery that will change his life. Pursuing his life‚ goals‚ liberty‚ and happiness is forbidden. Ayn Rand’s works of political philosophical fiction states her negative views on totalitarianism while explaining how individualism is a
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Anthem for Doomed Youth - Analysis The very title that Wilfred Owen chose for his war poem‚ ’Anthem for Doomed Youth ’ is an apt representation of what he wanted the poem to encapsulate and the emotions he wanted to evoke in the readers. The word ’anthem ’ and ’doomed youth ’ is a stark juxtaposition when placed in the same sentence. An anthem is supposed to be something revered‚ something that represents the glory of a country and is bursting with national pride. However‚ when placed right
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Anthem vs The Matrix In all of these dystopian literature books and novels‚ the main protagonists are young adults. It shows that more kids are starting to like dystopian literature more because they can relate to them more. Just about all of dystopian literature novels or even movies there are young adult that take the lead. Dystopian literature is quite the topic‚ there are novels and even movies based on dystopian literature! You might not even realized that dystopian literature is everywhere
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