The Fountainhead novel‚ movie by Ayn Rand‚ she represents her concerns with the rights of the individual over the demands of society and expounds her belief that genius entitles the superior man to ignore moral and ethical restrictions. However‚ the fountainhead takes place in the United States‚ mostly in New York city during the 1920s and 1930s‚ it describes the lives of two classmates Peter Keating and Howard Roark. Howard Roark who is a fiercely independent innovative architect struggling
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Samantha Henry Oral Report Anthem Anthem by Ayn Rand focuses on the life of the main character‚ Equality-72521‚ set in a futuristic dark age. Equality -72521 lives in a society that strips individuality. He is given a job as a Street Sweeper‚ but this does not feed his curious mind. Equality-72521 questions the government and his “brothers”. His curiosity leads him to thoughts about friendship‚love and science. When he finds a forbidden tunnel he begins to explore and discover there
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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 the Forest” (Rand 48). The government tells stories to the citizens
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Graduation speech Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi Wa Barakat uh Good evening distinguished guests‚ mothers‚ sisters‚ grandmothers‚ friends‚ teachers‚ our beloved admin‚ and‚ of course‚ last but not least the beautiful‚ amazing‚ guests of honor also known as the senior graduates of 2016. Welcome to the graduation ceremony for the graduating class of 2016. I am proud to be representing the voices of my fellow seniors on this final day of our high school career. And I am sure the lot of us would truly
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Understanding Dystopias Analysing The Giver by Lois lowry and Anthem by Ayn Rand “to what extent do the actions of utopian societies in their attempt to create a perfect world rather creates a dystopia” English Dublin Coffman High School School (3306) May 2014 Advisor: Timothy Flora Word count: 3977 Abstract This investigation outlines the fine line between utopias and dystopias. It assesses the topic of when and how the shift from a utopia to a dystopia can occur‚ analyzing
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University of the Philippines Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone‚ Angeles City‚ Pampanga Reflection Paper Anthem by: Ayn Rand Jemima Micah T. Sadsad 2012-20252 BS Business Management Submitted to: Sir Aoux Santos It’s a sin to not write this. For finishing this will allow me to acquire one fourth of my grade on the most-anticipated subject—A subject that is hard‚ yet easy; A subject able to be both loved and despised; A subject whose aim is to know thy self
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Numbers and Labels In society it is socially accepted to be one’s own self. Anthem by Ayn Rand focuses on one’s own individualism and finding their own identity along the way. An expert titled “Don’t Read with Your Eyes” in How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster helps illustrate the bigger picture about individualism in Anthem. Therefore individualism is not just being in a state of control but rather finding the deeper meaning of who they are meant to be. Individualism is described
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“Tonight‚ after more days and trials than we can count‚ we finished building a strange thing‚ from the remains of the Unmentionable Times‚ a box of glass‚ devised to give forth the power of the sky of greater strength than we had ever achieved before (Rand 59).” In this quote‚ it demonstrates how Equality was extraordinarily determined in his work that he achieved. If the world were the same‚ then the world could be more advanced by everybody thinking differently and coming up with new ideas about new
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“But here‚ in our tunnel‚ we feel it no longer. The air is pure under the ground. There is no odor of men. And these three hours give us strength for our hours above the ground.” (Ayn Rand 44) Inside the tunnel‚ Equality starts to discover different aspects of his life. Where he never felt so self centered because he was never alone. As described in the quote‚ the only reason that he is so self centered that he has time to thing of
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The novelist Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in a place known as Alisa‚ Russia. Rand was American novelist philosopher‚ screenwriter and a playwright‚ well known for her best two selling novels‚ Atlas shrugged and fountainhead. Her work is primarily centered in developing the philosophical concept of Objectivism. Rand died on 6 March 1982 having influenced many writers and philosophers of her time. One of the philosophers greatly moved by the work of Rand was Leonard Peikoff (Deflem 223). According to
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