I think Equality has the right to be motivated. His primary motivation is to become a scholar. The world would be better a place in my opinion if everyone was as motivated as equality was in the book. Equality’s primary motivation was he wanted to become a scholar. That’s all he ever wanted to be. He wanted to discover new things. “But we loved the Science of Things.We wished to know. We wished to know about all the things which make the earth around us.” (Left side of chapter one‚ paragraph #4)
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“It was the slender naked body of a man who looked as if he could break through the steel plate of a battleship and through any barrier whatever. It stood like a challenge. It left a strange stamp on one’s eyes. It made the people around it seem smaller and sadder than usual. For the first time in his life‚ looking at the statue‚ Keating thought he understood what was meant by the word “heroic”.’ – Ayn Rand‚ The Fountainhead. In Ayn Rand’s philosophical fiction novel‚ The Fountainhead‚ she dwells
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into a human. Equality lived his life not knowing who he was nor did anyone else living in this world. The novella Anthem was a short story about how Equality discovered himself in a society where people never discover themselves or their abilities. In this world an individual does not exist only a collection of people working for the group. Ayn Rand‚ the author of Anthem‚ wanted to shine a light on common values which are now fading from todays society. Ayn Rand‚ the author of Anthem‚ was able to
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Ayn Rand is a fascinating person and an inspiring advocate of freedom. Rand’s passionate and moralistic tone is probably a real part of her appeal and is no less than an equal and opposite reaction to the self- righteousness that is still characteristic of the leftist rhetoric. Rand’s writing emphasizes the philosophic concepts of objective reality in metaphysics‚ reason in epistemology and rational egoism in ethics. In politics she was a proponent of laissez – faire capitalism and a staunch defender
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The dystopian society that is depicted in Ayn Rand’s Anthem is all about selfishness. The Great WE runs the world. It is the way of life. Even through the dark cloud that is WE at least one I shines through. This light is Equality 7-2521. He is the individualism in this society. He is the first domino in the chain of individualistic life. Equality 7-2521 is absorbed in his own learning. He wants to better his knowledge. Equality is selfish and invested in his own betterment. His brothers would
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Anthem Analysis essay; four parts of Objectivism Objectivism is shown in a number of ways throughout the novella‚ Anthem written by Ayn Rand‚ using reality‚ reason‚ capitalism‚ and self-interest. The entire novella is composed of these four subjects giving insight into the philosophical beliefs of Ayn Rand. Reality‚ the state of things and how they exist‚ is shown most when the main character‚ Equality 7-2521‚ begins to question the information the Council has been teaching. We all may believe
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In the book Anthem‚ Ayn Rand publicizes her ideas of humanity by creating a society in which individuality is a sin and elaborates on these beliefs throughout the book. The protagonist‚ Equality 7-2521‚ struggles in this society as he questions the notion of collectivism that the government imposes on its people. Approaching the end of the book‚ Equality 7-2521 finally grasps the concept “To be free‚ a man must be free of his brothers.” In these words from Anthem‚ Ayn Rand states one of the story’s
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it be like to live in a world where society dictates one’s happiness? In Anthem‚ this is the type of society in which everyone lives. However‚ the character Equality 7-2521 breaks the societal norm‚ and he eventually pursues the lifestyle Ayn Rand‚ the author‚ believed. She once wrote‚ “Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy — a joy without penalty or guilt‚ a joy that does not clash with any of your values and does not work for your own destruction‚ not the joy of escaping from your mind‚ but
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It is inappropriate to use Ayn Rand to support any kind of argument other than her own. Not only is the evidence Rand Paul uses contradicting‚ but also weak. In Ayn Rand’s dystopian world‚ the Council wants to keep candles and stay primitive‚ while in reality‚ the government wants to turn to something more advanced and efficient. There’s also the fact that the evidence he uses almost has nothing to do with his argument. The objective of the governments in the dystopian world and reality are complete
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Anthem by Ayn Rand One of the many things readers notice as they begenan reading Anthem by Ayn Rand is the lack of the word “I”. Anthem is a masterpiece that portrays what collectivism truly is through the eyes of a young man: Equality 7-2521. In the story the characters are given numbers rather than names to make them equal as a whole. Everything is done to make sure that the people are all alike and not unique. As the story goes Equality finds a tunnel and starts writing a diary there. He soon
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