Analysis Of Atlas Shrugged By Ayn Rand

“Anthem” – one of writing authors Ayn Rand, shows her at her most vicious, hungry, and ambitious reading personality not only as a writer, but as a storyteller as well. The classic hit novel “Anthem” is the predecessor to Ayn Rands later books and storytelling works such as “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged”, often tackles controversial themes that are still prevalent within modern America today, such as Family & Love. The grandeur novel “Anthem” is a reflection of such topics, all whilst being told with almost an aura of mystery within the novels plotline / storyline. “Anthem’s” take on things such as individuality and self discovery along with universal, self serving terms such as “I” & the word “We” are the key factors in helping differinciate this author Ayn Rand from other authors that write and compse the same genre of literature as Ayn Rand. Anyways, please allow for me to introduce you to the under the surface, deeper themes expressed in the classic debut novel, Ayn Rands “Anthem”

“It is a sin to write this” (Rand 17). Equality 7-2521 lives in a society where it is forbidden to have individual thought and to write those thoughts down. Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, is a journal of Equality 7-2521’s thoughts and actions from his point of view. The story takes place in the future, in an unidentified city with a collectivist society. This setting is important because Equality 7-2521 does not fit in with the standards of the society and is different from the other citizens, which causes much of the conflict throughout the story.

Ayn Rand’s assertion in Anthem is that it shows mankind has had their freedom hidden and it exactly what the book says and shows. One of the quotes in Anthem was “We are one in all and all in on. There are no men but only the great we, one, indivisible and forever”. Anthem’s knowledge is skills, information and practical understanding of a subject. Equality remembers that his “Happiness is not the means to an end”. Relevant quote “Happiness is not a ended”. The purpose of knowledge is it causes us to known things. It helps survival, so therefore it’s often useful and pursued. The way how it benefit mankind is that Equality understands that his invention will benefit mankind greatly. Dystopian societies control knowledge by his images and how

The narrator of Anthem,7-2521 are the only ones from this community to see or know more than there brothers,which causes them to create something that nobody else can create.The council tries to stop them from overthinking or triying to be more than the rest.They told themselves that they rather die than let the council know what they have created(33-34).The way Equality 7-2521 thought they felt proud but they felt scared they never wanted to get caught by the council.Additionally,when Equality 7-2521 does decide to speak up and show the scholars what they have created.(69-70)

Who am I? Teens struggle with this question in their lives because they are soon to be adults. The book we read to answer this question are Anthem by Ayn Rand, “Emancipation Proclamation,” by Abraham Lincoln, “Prometheus”, from Greek Mythology, “Critical Thinking” audio by Leo, and we did a Socratic Seminar as a class. These items helped me see that I am a passionate and independent person.

When you grow up in the world we do you are told that you can achieve anything and be whoever you want to be. What if you couldn’t tell anyone what you were dealing with, what would you do? Ayn Rand chose to write about it. She connected us with her history through the character, Equality. She translates her struggles through him and in doing this she made an impact.

When reading the novel, “Anthem”, by Ayn Rand, through a historical lense, readers can see that many aspects of anthem are written based on the events and experiences that Rand had encountered in her life. Rand based many aspects of the novel on her childhood experiences in communist Russia. Things such as “The Unmentionable Times”, the tunnel, and the escape showed how Rand felt about her experiences in Russia and after.

Would you like it if the government had complete control of you? For example, the government might tell you who you aloud to interact with, or they could tell you what job that you have to go to every single day, and where you are allowed to live. The government should not have the right to control an individual because a person knows what's best for them, such as who they from relationships with, what they do for a living and what their lifestyle looks like.

Ayn Rand, a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, and playwright wrote the novella Anthem in 1937. During the time Rand was writing this novella, the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin mercilessly ruled over Russia. Also during this time, the beginnings of World War II took place. These events more than likely inspired the plot for Anthem, a dystopian fiction. Rand's projection of the totalitarianism of Anthem's society is astounding, the book itself has feeling and meaning in correlation to today's world. Anthem depicts a collectivism dictatorship world of the future as in this world there is no "I", these people are forced to follow a strict set of rules, and they are born in bulk, learning and knowing only what their higher powers want them to learn and know.

It is said that Jesse was sort of like Robin Hood in the sense that he stole from the rich and gave to the poor, but

In “Anthem” Ayn Rand writes in a dystopian world. A dystopian world is “a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control” (ReadWriteThink). The opposite of Utopia which is “a place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions” (ReadWriteThink). In the world of “Anthem” the main character who had no name was called Equality 7-2521. Equality meets Liberty 5-3000 a girl from the Home of the Peasant. Equality 7-2521 came from the Home of The Street Sweepers in which each person was assigned a home such as the Home of the Scholars and so forth. However, he finds out that all his life in the city was not what life was about. Equality finds out that his life is meant to be free. Also that life, consequently was a place where you were meant to be

“What is not thought by all men cannot be true” is the common belief in the totalitarian world of Anthem (73). In this post-apocalyptic and altruistic society people can only exists through the service to their brothers, and individual thoughts and actions are shunned upon. Equality 2-72521 is brilliant, using technologies he found from before the “great rebirth” to formulate new conclusions about the virtually unexplored world of his time. With individualism shunned, personal thought is prohibited as well. Idiosyncrasy of anyone is looked upon as evil because it is different from other brother men, so people are bred to be and think the same. Science and technology are advanced upon with the thought of individuals coming up with new hypothesis

Throughout the article there were plenty of characters that were compared, real to mythical, and there were also legends told that could have been or may not have been true. One of the characters that stood out to me was Jesse Woodland James, the well-known in the old west for bank robberies, train robberies and murder when he killed a banker mistakenly thinking the banker was responsible for the shooting of Bloody Bill. However what caught my attention was the accusations of Jesse James taking from the wealthy and giving back to the poor. Although, there was no proof for this, it was compared to the mythical-being known as Robin Hood. Who was also known as an outlaw in the English Folklore, as well as taking from the higher class and giving back to the lower class. Just as Jesse James sent impudent messages to Pinkerton detectives and newspapers, Robin Hood did the same sending letters to the sheriff of Nottingham. However, with actuality, Jesse James and his gang had prices on their heads for the crimes they committed in which he paid the ultimate price for and was shot dead in his own home by Robert

Vision a lifestyle where one perceives it as a sin to comprehend data more efficiently than of one’s peers; a felony to long for things that others do not wish upon. Where floods of white tunics and austere minds obliterate the Earth. A colony built upon leaders who asphyxiate anyone from infatuation of any object or significant being; moreover, a world suffocating in collectivism. Through exasperated transcription, Anthem brings about such a community; nevertheless, a world of black and white. Ayn Rand does not overemphasize the effects of totalitarianism, but amplifies it so that it is more effortless for one to enlighten he or she’s notion on the particular proposal. First, by analyzation of “Equality 7-2521”, and

In this paper, I will be talking about the book called Anthem by Ayn Rand. I will be talking about characters such as protagonists and antagonists and how some characters impacted the story. I will talk about the setting, conflicts, and the plot of the story. I will also talk about literary devices such as point of view, symbolism, mood, tone, and theme.