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    Anthem Literary Analysis

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    Symbolizes Happiness Prompt: In the final chapter of Anthem‚ Prometheus writes that he now understands “why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins.” What has Prometheus come to understand about himself? Why does his society regard the “best in him” as sinful? “It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon paper no others see.” “It is a sin write this.” So begins Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ a dystopian novella convening the life of Equality7-2521

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    Anthem Rhetorical Analysis

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    Mrs. Logic’s Message Six feet was too tall: Equality 7-2521 stood head and shoulders above the crowd and his brothers in society looked down on him because of it. In the novella Anthem‚ author Ayn Rand explores the dangers of a Collectivist society and the freedom that comes with escaping such a place as she chronicles the life of her main character‚ Equality. Part of Rand’s motivation for writing her novella was her desire to further develop the philosophy that she created that is known as Objectivism

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    Anthem, by Ayn Rand

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    In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the protagonist Equality 7-2521 begins the novella as a primitive unique adolescent‚ who has realized that he might be different from those around him. He feels remorse in his differences and attempts to make himself become like the others in his society. But after the discovery of the tunnel‚ however‚ he realizes that loneliness pleases him‚ and it becomes harder for him to deny his own individuality. Rand hoped to uncover the link between the historical figures‚ Prometheus

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    National Anthem Analysis

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    believe whatever I want to believe and allows me to walk out those beliefs without restraint. Veterans alive or fallen have fought for these privileges and fought for our rights and our freedoms to explore all of these liberties. In our national anthem‚ it says “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” We live freely in this land because of the brave souls that fought for it. There are a multitude of veterans everywhere and in many families‚ they deserve our gratitude and respect because

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    Equality is a major factor in the development of society because it teaches the members to value identity. However‚ a totalitarian society‚ like the one portrayed in Anthem‚ diminishes the idea of individuality‚ personality and pride. The government dominates every aspect of Equality 7-2521’s life‚ in attempts to contain his wild mind. Equality’s ambitions are to become a scientist; this ambition prompted him to discover an electric light source‚ similar to the light bulb. After being forced into

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    Anthem Ayn Rand

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    Anthem‚ written by Ayn Rand in 1937‚ takes place in an ominous future. In a time when society becomes the great “We” and deprives men of their identities‚ knowledge‚ and freedom‚ one man stands alone. Equality 7-2521 had the audacity to go against the rules of the City Council. The story of Equality’s courage is similar to that of the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. When God gave Adam and Eve the Garden of Eden he gave them one simple rule: “Thou shall not eat of the tree of knowledge

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    Anthem English Paper

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    beginning is that it is god to be as one and bad to an individual. By the end‚ Equality 7-2521 learns that it is good to be an individual and bad to be the exact same as everyone else. Individuality is the enemy. This is what the citizens in the book Anthem were born and forced to believe. The human kind that lives in this society repeats a chant to their selves. “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE‚ one‚ individual‚ and forever.” (Rand 19) They need to remember to

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    Anthem By Gabrielle Trede

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    Essay Question 1 By Gabrielle Trede “It is a sin to write this.” begins the story of Anthem. By the end of the story‚ Equality 7-2521 has a different moral assessment of his actions‚ but was the eventual assessment of his actions correct? His eventual evaluation being that of seeing this as a breaking of bonds with collectivity‚ an achievable freedom and disregard of the Council. In all terms‚ this judgment is correct‚ indifferent to the few flaws it may have. This can be proven through

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    questions him as an individual. He chooses to stay seated during the national anthem which sparked major controversy across America. Many say that he move Kaepernick pull on that compulsive day was an act of terrorism which is a little out of hand but that how some individuals took it. Kaepernick says he doesn’t support a country that doesn’t have equal rights. Kaepernick had been doing some research on the national anthem to find out what it really stood for. What he discover wouldn’t be only shocking

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    Sydney Richter August 20‚ 2012 Period 1 Dialectical Journal (Anthem by Ayn Rand) |Passage |Explication | |Chapter 1 |This passage seems rather similar to the pledge of allegiance stating | |“We are one in all…indivisible and forever”(19). |that we as Americans are one nation under God. However

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