REZA Fariha 24/10/12 The Age of Innocence (1920)‚ Edith WHARTON (p. 41) The characters * In this excerpt‚ the first character is Mr. Newland Archer. He is married to Mrs. May Welland because on line 43‚ the narrator calls her by ‘his wife’. He seems to lead a well-off life since he gave to his wife ‘a small highly-varnished Verboeckhoven “Study of Sheep” ‘ (l. 13)‚ which must be quite expensive. Besides‚ it should also have signified that they are a loving couple. Only I can observe that their
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Throughout a perfect society so many laws and rules are passed. Another idea of a perfect society is you are in certain categories or groups. Two examples of a distopian society is The Maze Runner and Anthem. In Anthem and The Maze Runner there are so many similarities. The book Anthem was written by Ayn Rand. Equality 7-2521 is the main character. The book takes place in a town where there is a bunch of factions and you are assigned your own faction and soulmate. Equality follows the certain rules of
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Term and Definition | Examples from Anthem | 1. Why is the character or act condemned in Anthem? 2. Should it be condemned? Explain why/why not. | 1. Transgression: the breaking of law or oath | * Transgression of Preference: Equality chooses International 4-8818 as his friend * “The laws say that none among men may be alone‚ ever and at any time for this is the great transgression.” * Transgression of communication: Equality speaks to Liberty even though Liberty is from different
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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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“The sacred word: Ego.” (Rand 105) Ego is the word that makes Equality 2-2521’s morality different from the beginning to the end of the book. Imagine going from no freedom or independence at all to finally knowing the word “I”. In this society that Equality 7-2521 lived in you would be a loud to be alone at all. The morality in the beginning is that it is god to be as one and bad to an individual. By the end‚ Equality 7-2521 learns that it is good to be an individual and bad to be the exact same
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work on either. Which is shown in the quote “Yet as we stand at night in the great hall‚ removing our garments for sleep‚ we look upon our brothers and we wonder… And a word steals into our mind‚ and we look upon our brothers‚ and that word is fear” (Anthem 46) This idea of Equality’s brothers in fear can also be found in the quote “There is fear hanging in the air of the sleeping halls‚ and in the air of the streets. Fear walks through the City‚ fear without name‚ without shape” (46) Equality may also
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Divergent is a word that seems close to meaning and even sounding like the word different. Anthem is described as call for help or for one’s belief. Both of these words are perfect matches for the stories they tell. The similarities don’t stop there‚ nor do the differences. The movie Divergent and the book Anthem almost run parallel with a lot of things but with others it is a big difference. The book Anthem focuses on breaking conformity while Divergent steers more towards accepting that you are
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The truth that lies behind fantasies The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is a book that gave the word "love" many other meanings‚ such as impossible‚ meaningless and incomplete. There were many unbearable obstacles that Countess Ellen Olenska‚ one of the main characters‚ had to face because of love. She was treated badly by many people and always longed for love but never obtained it. With everyone cursing her‚ betraying her and hurting her‚ there was one person who was always there for her. Newland
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Childhood Innocence I have checked all over the internet for a direct definition of childhood innocence‚ however even the Merriam-Webster dictionary does not have a definition of childhood innocence. I guess you could look up the two words separately and link the definition together. Childhood is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “the state or period of being a child”. Innocence is defined as “the state of being not guilty of a crime or other wrong act”. So childhood innocence could mean
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The Vulnerability of Innocence “Billy Budd‚ Sailor (An inside narrative)” by Herman Melville uses John Claggart as a foil to Billy Budd in order to draw attention to the vulnerability of innocence. This can be seen clearly throughout the relationship of Billy and Claggart‚ as their relationship is an obvious struggle between good and evil‚ as well as the similarities and differences that Herman Melville stresses continuously throughout the short story. By analyzing the relationship‚ similarities
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