gods to give to the humans. Zeus created Pandora‚ the first woman‚ to deliver misfortune to mankind. As punishment to Prometheus‚ he was tied to a rock on a mountain and given a curse that said that every day‚ an eagle would come and eat his liver. Ayn Rand chose the name Prometheus for Equality because he was the one who tried to bring light to man and make their quality of life better. There are many comparisons between Prometheus’ story and Equality’s story. Zeus is comparable to the government
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Anthem Theme Essay This wonderfully crafted novel‚ Anthem by: Ayn Rand suggested many ideas concerning how effective and “perfect” utopian societies are. In the story our protagonist‚ equality‚ lives in a utopian society in the future however the societies technology isn’t very futuristic. All of what we have know has been stripped from the society to the point where they don’t have electricity and they use candles for light and primitive ways of farming instead of more productive ways to mass
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Anthem is written in the format of a diary of Equality 7-2521‚ a young man living in the future in which all sense of individualism is lost. All aspects of the citizens are controlled by the “Council”‚ and everyone “strive(s) to be like all [their] brothers
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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
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ANTHEM In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the story of Equality 7-2521 and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden can be compared and contrasted in many different ways. Two of those are their similarities and differences. They include both personal and behavioral similarities as well as personal and behavioral differences. They will be stated in the following paragraphs. There are similarities between Equality 7-2521 and Adam. They were both born with a natural curiosity. The curiosity caused
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Mrs. Logic’s Message Six feet was too tall: Equality 7-2521 stood head and shoulders above the crowd and his brothers in society looked down on him because of it. In the novella Anthem‚ author Ayn Rand explores the dangers of a Collectivist society and the freedom that comes with escaping such a place as she chronicles the life of her main character‚ Equality. Part of Rand’s motivation for writing her novella was her desire to further develop the philosophy that she created that is known as Objectivism
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In a society of many‚ how can one live to their true potential? One cannot go about finding themselves when criticized and ridiculed for acting and thinking different. This is the idea that Ayn Rand bases her novella‚ Anthem‚ upon. Against the society’s laws and beliefs‚ Ayn’s character‚ Prometheus‚ learns “why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins” (98). He finds that his sins enable him to bring back such a power to the society‚ even if
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Ayn Rand’s Anthem shows us her view of our world united under what seems to be communist rule. For example their view of right and wrong; which Anthem portrays is a system of very strict rules which mainly make sure that everyone is involved in a collective role within the society in this system no one is considered an individual or that they can even think as an individual. From the day that Equality 7-2521 were united as one they have been considered freaks‚ because they were all about six feet
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many 18 year olds off to fight for their country-when most had never picked up a gun. The question always remains‚ whose war are we fighting? In Tim O’Brien’s short story "The Things They Carried" there are many examples of the psychological loss of innocence of a young soldier. Similarly‚ in Louise Erdrich’s "The Red Convertible‚" the reader becomes acquainted with the effects of war after returning home. In both works the trauma that a young soldier experiences is made painfully real. In essence
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men. Equality‚ being the protagonist of the dystopian novel‚ Anthem expresses that there is a gap between him and society. Men can be easily attracted by one substance causing everyone to follow or fear. The author of Who holds the Clicker explains a scenario in which Mario‚ a victim of severe OCD‚ consulted to a doctor to help him sever from his disease. Thus this ties also in with novel The Meme Machine “Strange Creatures”
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