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    Ayn Rand in the book review‚ Anthem‚ Rand portrays that Equality 7-2521 lived in the dark ages of the future. Rand supports her claims by telling us that equality 7-2521 lives in a city that is different the our’s. The author’s purpose is to show us how Equality 7-2521 had the courage to seek and find knowledge so that he could be an individual person and then he will no longer like the word “We”. The author writes in a formalistic tone for a science fiction audience. Equality 7-2521 lives in

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    Imagine a life where your thoughts and beliefs no longer show any sense of desire or feelings‚ as to where all forms of originality have been lost. All live under the idea of “one in all‚ all in one”(Rand‚ 19). Minds of the citizens of the Anthem society are formed to think‚ feel‚ speak as one; all equal and no individuality‚ all are one. One to think as an individual shall be shunned for the greater good. Rebellion of individuality‚ a form of evil of which none shall bare the pain‚ except for one

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    The power and knowledge of individualism is lost in the novel Anthem and Ayn Rand does a good job showing us the downfalls and troubles the future might hold. The society that Equality 7-2521 lives in is harsh and believes only in collectivism instead of individualism. The main collective government figures are known as Council of Scholars and Council of Vocations who make the rules and strictly force each brother in the society to follow each rule. They are forced to be alike in every way and live

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    In the poem “O Me! O Life!” by Walt Whitman he starts by saying that he has always questioned himself and life like most people regularly do. The fact that there are tons of others in this world like him‚ faithless and without direction and foolish‚ he admits he may be amongst the worst of them. He claims that he is always criticizing and analyzing himself in a negative light and how he along with other people long to become more and long to see the truth of what the meaning of life is. The poem

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    “You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.” Oprah Winfrey often speaks about finding your own path and not allowing others to dictate your life. The story of Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ is the exact opposite of what Oprah stands for. Rand tells the story of a young man named Equality 7-2521‚ it being written from his point of view. Equality has shown to commit many “sins” throughout the course of his life. He feels as though what the council decides

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    Anthem- Epilogue Maggie Bergmann We lay silently in our bed. We look at the blank white walls‚ the sleeping bodies‚ and the darkness. Everywhere. We wonder if this is all there is to life or what is being hidden. Certainly there must be something out there different from here‚ but we are forbidden to think of such things. Every night we close our eyes and we dream of places far away‚ places where we are happy always‚ and of places not so dark. We are forbidden to dream of such things.

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    Risks Collectivism means that there is a group and together‚ but independence means that there is one person and one thought. Which one do you prefer? In the book‚ Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ there is no independence at first. The community all follow rules and they do not get to make any choices‚ but if they try to make a choice then they are punished. The main character‚ Equality follows the rules until he realizes that he wants to be creative and independent. He starts going to his own little tunnel

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    July 14‚ 2009 Experiment 6: Fractional Distillation. Separation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Abstract: A mixture of cyclohexane and toluene were separate from one another by fractional distillation in order to measure the composition of each fraction and prepare the sample for gas chromatography. Introduction: Distillation has been used since antiquity to separate the components of mixtures. This method has been used to manufacture different organic chemicals but the most recent application

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    No one did anything alone. Imagine living in a world where the everyone did the same exact thing everyday like clock work. In the novella‚ Anthem‚it took place in an unspecified future date. Mankind had entered what they call a “dark age”. The whole entire concept of individuality had been completely ruled out. Imagine living in a world like this. Living in a world like this would be

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    secretly brought some comic books for him to read‚ but Mrs. Conway saw what he was doing‚ and took the comics away and tore them up. Mrs. Conway then called Walter “a bad boy. A very bad boy”. Afterwards‚ she gave Walter a book called: “East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon”. It was a collection of Norwegian fairy tales that Walter really enjoyed reading. So much so that he asked Mrs. Conway if he could take the book home. However‚ she said no‚ but he could read it every day in class if he could behave

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