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    Originality‚ is the ability to think independently and creatively. In the book anthem the character Equality 7-2521 faces many toils in his collectivistic society. Ever since Equality 7-2521 was born he has been more physically and mentally different than his brothers‚ but his collectivistic society has taught him that to be different is a sin. He tries to suppress his curiosity and transgressions but to no avail. Equality’s character traits such as individuality‚ intelligence and‚ compassion make

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    his most powerful weapon. By depleting the mind of knowledge‚ a man cannot be in control of his own self and therefore is more easily conquered. In Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ the leaders and society in her book seek to accomplish control by choosing the jobs for the people‚ keeping the word “I” unknown‚ and maintaining a sense of unity from birth. In Anthem the leaders of the society in the novel‚ the High Council‚ examine the students and based upon their observations‚ give the students their jobs accordingly

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    Dystopian Essay Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem are two books that focus on government control in a futuristic typed writing. Ray Bradbury and Ayn Rand both predicted that in our society today that this could occur because of the invasion of technology. The novel that made a stronger argument against government control would be Anthem. In Anthem‚ they are restricted of basic rights as citizens ‚ and did not have freedom to do what they wish. “We strive to be like our brothers.” The characters in the

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    Anthem for Doomed Youth Through “Anthem for Doomed Youth” a well-known Petrarchan sonnet written by Wilfred Owen‚the reader sees the horrors of wars and how unfortunate it is to in the war.Owen fought in World War 1 and wrote this poem while in a hospital recovering from shell shock.”Anthem for Doomed Youth”‚solemnly discusses death in war and shows how those who die in war do not receive the normal ceremonies that are used to honour the dead. Owen was able to express how he felt about those who

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    against societies norms and fight for what they believe in. The antagonist of both stories‚ a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something‚ control the citizens leading to the fall of mankind. In the novels Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem‚ written by Ray Bradbury and Ayn Rand‚ two contrastive worlds‚ in which the government has the utmost authority over the citizens and tries to suppress all distinctive individual characteristics. Fahrenheit 451 displays a society lavished with technology

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    that not standing for the national anthem should not be allowed. The national anthem pays respect to people who have risked their lives‚ been injured‚ or died defending the United States. Drew Brees‚ New Orleans Saints quarterback‚ supported Kaepernick’s message but disagrees with the delivery: “it’s an oxymoron that you’re sitting down‚ disrespecting the flag that has given you the freedom to speak out.” In the article “ Refusing to Stand for the National Anthem” by Lois Lane‚ he incorporates the

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    The novella Anthem by Ayn Rand showcases the confession of Equality‚ who lives in a society that scorns individualism. In the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henry‚ the main character is a martyr with an unbreakable spirit. Equality and the main character are alike; they are both persecuted by their respective societies and possess similar characteristics as a result. Equality and the main character are both rebels in their society‚ which brands them as somebody to punish. The community Ayn Rand

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    starling message about the reality and costs of war. He highlights the dehumanisation and futile deaths of the soldier’s life’s in the year 1917 throughout the gloomy war in his poems Anthemed for doomed youth and the next war. In Wilford Owen’s poem‚ Anthem for doomed youth the battlefields dull conditions influenced the dehumanisation of the men at war‚ reducing them to cattle “what passing-bells for who die as cattle”. Initially the crucial repetition of dehumanisation on the enforcement

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    they should live their own lives. People should not be threatened by their own society‚ but they should be themselves instead of mindless puppets of society. Ayn Rand‚ a Russian-born US novelist‚ creates related personalities between Equality‚ from Anthem‚ and Howard Roark‚ from Fountainhead. Both characters are different from the society they live in‚ have a female companion who supports their ways

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    that you can take away some things from the people‚ but one thing that you can’t take away is the minority rights. In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand she says about how the world would be like if people were the exact same and they didn’t have these rights. In the world Rand creates people should care more about themselves. She put the idea of individualism in the book Anthem because she thought that it was important to for people to know how important being yourself is and not having to be like everyone

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