Jake Shovlin 7th period 4/22/13 Anthem Study Questions Chapter 1 1. A. The society in which Anthem is set is a very dystopian‚ futuristic‚ and harsh society. The only pronoun used is “we”. All individualism has been taken away. B. No‚ I would not want to live in this society because it is a very strict society with severe punishment. I think they (people who live in the society) suffer of too much pressure and stress. 2. The amount of work that must be done every day makes your body
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Ayn Rand’s Anthem portrays a scared world with a homogenous culture and mindset‚ imprisoning its citizens with their thoughts. This imprisoned mindset caused a regression of technology out of fear of being different and the consequences that came with that. When an individual is erased to be a part of a whole and they are not allowed to question what is “known” nothing new can come about without retaliation‚ which is depicted in Equality’s story of the society he lived in. Equality 7-2521‚ a street
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Is a perfect society ever going to happen in the future? Is it a good idea? Ayn Rand‚ the author of the novel Anthem‚ believes that everyone should get along and demonstrate a perfect society. Ayn Rand believes that everyone should be the same and no one should have an ego. In this dystopian novel‚ Rand doesn’t want anyone to be different‚ or see what they look like. Throughout the novel‚ Rand shows that each person’s feelings‚ choices‚ and needs are more important than everyone else’s‚ when an individual
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Anthem Tayler Konkol My choice book is called Anthem by Ayn Rand and it was published in 1946. This book is about a boy who is frowned upon by his elders and peers because of his height. He struggles with lots of issues regarding school and trying to get the job he wants. This book was placed in the future so there are people who control what job he gets by looking at him and his appearance and they tell him what career he is going to work at‚ for the rest of his life. For the second third of my
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Innocence is a fragile aspect of life‚ where it could be easily broken by anyone or anything. Everyone was brought into this world with innocence‚ but one can easily lose it. How? Racism‚ prejudice‚ and hatred is taught—however‚ some may not be affected by these cruel influences. These types of people can be referred to as mockingbirds‚ who "don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy." Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the literary elements that were used to identify childlike innocence
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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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Acceptance of the Inescapable For some reason‚ many people in the world today ignore the fact that they have to struggle growing up. It comes to a point where they have to face certain obstacles in their lives: growing up too quickly and losing innocence. J.D. Salinger’s coming-of-age novel‚ The Catcher in the Rye‚ emphasizes the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ who seems to feel extremely upset and feels as if he is growing up too quickly. Holden is positioned between being a child and an adult. He
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The dystopian novel “Anthem” by Ayn Rand has many Objectivist political agendas hidden within it. At the beginning of the book‚ the protagonist‚ Equality 7-2521‚ says that all of his crimes are sins. Some examples of these crimes were his acts of individuality‚ writing‚ and interacting with those of the other sex outside of the Time of Mating. To the average American‚ these do not seem like crimes at all‚ but they are in the extremely communistic society in which Equality 7-2521 lives in. By making
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Religion‚ loss of innocence and the danger of the Iranian society caused Marjane to become more self-aware and more mature about her environment. To Marjane‚ religion is important to her; she grew up wanting to be apart of her religion‚ although when she started growing older‚ and heard things from her parents‚ kids from school‚ her uncle‚ that believing something different from the regime can be the reason to go to jail‚ being in war and losing faith in Allah. The events that happened because of
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SUNWAY COLLEGE JOHOR BAHRU VICTORIA UNIVERSITY—ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT 2 ：EXONERATION Group Members : 1. Sim Mao Sheng 11076627 2. Woong Cheun Loy 12014452 3. Gue Seng Wai 12010781 Lecturer : Ms. Vimala Devi Submitted On : 29 May 2012 CONTENT 1. QUESTION 1 2. TABLE OF CONTENT 2 3. INTRODUCTION TO EXONERATION 3 4. CASE ( 1 ) : JIMMY RAY BROMGARD 4 5. CASE ( 1 ) : GROUP OPINION 5 6. CASE ( 2 ) : CHRISTOPHER OCHOA 6
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