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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 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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    This poem talks about the lack of spiritual rituals that didn’t take place during the deaths that occurred during World War I. The title refers to a song that condemns the deaths of innocent people during that war. The poem is a sonnet‚ so it is divided into two stanzas with eight verses the first one (two quatrains)‚ and the second one has six verses. The first quatrain has an abab rhyme‚ the second quatrain rhymes cdcd‚ and the six final verses have an eff rhyme. We can also find

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    Imagine if there was no electricity‚ no computers‚ no cars‚ no smart phones. What if there was no “I” or “you‚” or anything that allowed people to stand out from one another? In the novel Anthem‚ Ayn Rand creates a dystopia that is true of all those things‚ but still proves that liberation and hope can be found among the suffering and despair. She is able to do this through the actions and thoughts of the main character‚ Equality 7-2521‚ when he finally realizes society is not what it seems to be

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    Scholars. When he showed them they all ran from the table that Prometheus placed the box of light bulbs. One member from the World Council of Scholars said “How dare you think that your mind held greater wisdom than the minds of your brothers” (Ayn Rand‚ Anthem‚ page 71). Everyone in this society has to think and act the same. It is a sin to oppose the laws that the World Council

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    compelling works of fiction that border along being something of an attempted prophecy‚ specifically in the case of Anthem. While we may not have direct words from the author to prove this‚ the book gives off this aura as though it were a vision of what the world could become if communism as Rand knew it during her time continued on in the direction it had then been traveling. Perhaps Anthem was written‚ in contrast‚ to simply deliver a message of self-worth and independence to a new extreme. Her new

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    English essay – the new true anthem The poem “The New True Anthem” by Kevin Gilbert acknowledges the fact that there is more then a single opinion of what has happened to the lives of people both English and native aboriginal‚ also what has happened to the beautiful land once home to many native aboriginal tribes all over the continent of Australia. It also says that people of English descendent say that they do love Australia while in fact they don’t and are treating it as a land of their own

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    Anthem Rough Draft Ayn Rand’s “Anthem” illustrates a series of ironic connections between great successors of Greek mythology and to her two main characters. The main characters‚ Equality 7-2521 and Liberty5-300‚ both contain very interesting and unique personalities‚ which makes them incompatible with their collectivism society due to who they are and what they believe. Ayn Rand disperses random clues throughout the book that provide evidence and reasoning of why she chose to rename her characters

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    The main character‚ Equality 7-2521‚ in the book “Anthem”‚ introduces readers to the numerous rules and controls in their city. Refraining from the concept of self and individuality is a major rule that all members of the society must abide by. The famous dystopian fiction novella‚ “Anthem”‚ was originally written in the 1930’s about the adverse side of collectivism. Ayn Rand describes a futuristic society where pronouns such as “I” are to be unspoken. Equality 7-2521 refers to himself as “we” repetitively

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    novel Anthem‚ as he refers to the act of simply writing to the reader of the book. Equality is told all his life that there is no one person‚ only the group‚ he was never introduced the word “I’ for he knows only of “we”. With that being said‚ he was also told that it is against the law to be thought of as one single person thinking his or her own thoughts‚ that it is against the law to have your own ideas or opinions because thinking as one does not benefit the entire society. As Anthems story progresses

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