Chapter One 1. The sins/ wrongs that Equality 7-2521 accuses himself of are • Sin to write • Sin to think words no others think and to put them down on paper no others are to see • We have committed a greater crime‚ and for this crime there is no name • We are alone here under the earth. The laws say that non among men may be alone‚ ever and at any time. • We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts which are forbidden. 2. Equality 7-2521 is happy when he hears his life
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Sins and Transgressions The society and government in which a person lives is one of the most influential factors for their religion‚ values and what is socially acceptable within the terms of society. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the dystopian society’s government has a very prominent role in every citizen’s life. The council‚ the group of people who run the society‚ established many rules and ways of thinking towards appearance and lifestyle. In this society‚ being different is considered evil because
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In the book Anthem‚ Rand opposed the idea of collectivism. The primary character‚ Equality‚ is motivated by the pursuit of knowledge and inclusion to the Council of Scholars. Equality’s desires reveal the thematic understanding that the world would become monotonous if a every man and woman became part of an overruling “we”. For Equality to achieve his great dream of being in the Council of Scholars‚ he needed to provide evidence of his existing knowledge. He was “born with a head which is too
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The dictionary definition of freedom is The state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint. But what is true freedom. In The American National Anthem‚ it claims that America is the “land of the free”‚ but what does that legitimately means. When you think of freedom‚ you think of the idea of being free‚but that’s not the case. If we are free‚ why do we have a government that watches our every move we compose on the internet. If we are free‚ why do we pay so
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Anthem is a book of Equality‚ where no one is left out. A book where nobody is on their own. A lack of individuality has consequences. Being an individual can be a good thing because‚ creativity comes from one’s mind‚ typically‚ when they’re alone. One consequence is not being able to make his own decisions. In the book‚ Equality was not allowed to make his own decisions. He had to follow directions from the he could understand them. When he was old enough to mate‚ he was paired with a mate of
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It’s like they let depression hit them right in the butt. If people would just be more motivated I feel like the world would be a happier place. In Anthem‚ they weren’t allowed to have feelings. They weren’t allowed to be motivated. And that is one boring‚ depressing life. “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men‚ but one the great WE‚ One‚ indivisible and forever.” (Chapter one left side
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“True Freedom” Throughout the book Anthem‚ by Ayn Rand‚ the society in which Equality lives strongly discourages individual effort. Instead‚ Equality is constantly told that only things done collectively with all his brothers can be good. Anything that does not include all is evil. When Equality discovers the forbidden word‚ “I”‚ he finds the joy one can experience by recognizing individual accomplishments. When Equality says “To be free‚ a man must be free of his brothers” he is realizing that
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When Honore de Balzac said‚ “Equality may perhaps be a right‚ but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact‚” he meant that the idea of equality could never be a fact because the world isn’t always fair. There will be a time and a place when someone is thought of as different or someone acts distinctive compared to the people around them. Human nature is to think of them as different and exclude them for being something other than them. Eventually‚ you’ll find someone in a sea of people that
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What is the process to individualism? In the book Anthem the story is based around a collectivist society. This society is built around the sake of mankind as a whole and not the individual. Many different laws are in place to enforce this collectivism. In this society Equality 7-2521 who strays off the beaten path and strives for his individualism. The process that Equality went through to become his individual is that he defied the oppressive laws‚ he started to see himself as his own person‚ and
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Sins and Transgressions to Success and Progress In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the main character is brought up into a society where individualism is never an option. In secret‚ this character broke these laws and constantly made what was called “transgressions” to the book’s authority figures. Near the books closing he states “Why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins.” Prometheus has came to understand that he was different and that his sins gave
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