Anthem By Ayn Rand: Literary Analysis

Ayn Rand chose to rename her main characters to give an understanding of her philosophies, which are shown from the comparisons. She strongly exemplifies her disbelief of collectivism by forcing her main characters to disobey their society, making them realize that they have a right to be different and that they want more knowledge about the times before the Great Rebirth. She demonstrates her belief of individualism and the right of having your own freedom by the Character Equality and how his thought process is contradictive to his

So in conclusion Ayn Rand's early life in Russia and her experience with the rise of the Soviet Union closely related and influenced the writing of Anthem. When you take a close look and dissect these two there are many similarities. An example is a communist society and the idea of collectivism, in both the situations both societies stress the importance of what is good for the state and the people as a whole. No importance of the individual is placed in either, and you see what happens when Equality 7-2521 starts to think for himself and go against what the state

The fiction novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, begins as equality takes a journey to individualism. He begins by writing how wrong he is to be writing what he is, how much of a sin it is. To be thinking as his own, and as an “I”. Ayn Rand is from Russia, which is a communist society. As Rand was growing up in this time frame, she had made the time to give herself an education which was frowned upon as she was a woman. She was not given a sense of “I” it was the normal thing for women to stand back and watch. To continue deeper into the book, Equality's eventual assessment of his writing on his own, changed from being a sin to being and individual activity, from the beginning to the end of the book.

Ayn Rand grew up in communist Russia. Her upbringing in the communist society is evident throughout the book which is based on her childhood. One could infer that she is a lot like Equality, we could also deduce that Rand enjoyed a sense of self and took pride in breaking the rules in her society to individualize herself. In Anthem rules exist to make everyone equal, and their purpose is to ensure no one “goes out of the box”, but Equality would not include any of these rules because of his personal beliefs, and his adventures breaking these rules. Guidelines exist to make everyone uniform, and their purpose is to not have any people who break the mold. Although Equality grew up in a extremely strict and dour society, he would not enforce

At first glance, the book Anthem by ayn rand is pretty good. The book flows nicely and makes you want to stay up reading it instead of sleeping(at least that’s what I did). But there is a lot more hidden in the writing than you might think. In this essay, I will be discuss the topics of the unspeakable word, Objectivism, Rand putting her life into her work, and the possibilities of a connection between Anthem and the book “Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld. Ayn rand is a really smart author, and she has hidden many secrets in her book.

Set in the age where government has become synonymous with oppressor, Anthem by Ayn Rand focuses on the perspective of Equality, a boy who grew up nestled underneath the boot of collectivism trying to find an identity. Equality’s narrative expresses both Rand’s fears and hopes for the society where government threatened to rein all. To comprehend fully what devices and mechanics that Rand did to implement her predictions of civilization under the tyranny, you must take into consideration the rhetorical theories of great rhetoricians like Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero. While Plato and Cicero’s theories explained details and choices, Aristotle’s theories explained how Rand introduced her paramount message and supported it.

equality in society, which is ironic because it is totally the opposite in the society. Ayn Rand, the author, is a woman who believes in the idea of objectivism, which is the philosophy of individualism. Ayn had one task in the book of Anthem, and that was to show her philosophy. Ayn wanted to tell her readers that the Saint of The Pyre foreshadows things that Equality 7-2521 does to tell us that life is all about one thing- ego.

During the unmentionable times, people had to follow the rules that the council has made. Of course no one wanted to follow them because they wanted to go their separate ways so they can be free. Equality 7-2521 the main character had to make some bold choices, which means he has to go down a few paths to do what he wants to do in the future. Equality wants to make some big changes in the future, he knows what he wants to do, while everyone else is following the council's rules. Equality has to get through some hard times.

In the book, Anthem, there's a constant theme of choice making. The author, Ayn Rand, writes the book through the eyes of Equality 7-2521 and the readers see all the choices he makes against his society.

Ayn Rand’s views on ego are very different from what you immediately think about when you hear that word but the way she demonstrates gives a new meaning that turns out to be extremely influential. Every person has an ego no matter how old you are or how young that you are it’s something that can not be changed. An ego gives people their personality by giving them more confidence about certain things or shy about others. Equality had a very big ego about individualism that is why he was able to speak out about it so confidently. If he didn’t have such a big ego about it he would have been shy to speak out and not

The novella, Anthem, by Ayn Rand, exhibits the philosophy of objectivism through the unique setting that takes place. The setting plays a crucial role in how the plot and character development unfolds. The main character, Equality 7-2521, lives in a world where people are denied the knowledge of individuality and opportunity. The beliefs of the society that Equality 7-2521 comes to believe are influenced by the setting and give background for the plot. Also, the setting influences Equality 7-2521 to come to his own conclusions about life because of the difference in the way he lives throughout the novella.

Equality learns that although his society has taught him that to be alone is evil and to work for others is substantial, he must actually work for himself and take pride in what he aspires to be and to do in order to achieve happiness. Ayn Rand does not clearly use the word “egoism” in Anthem, but the actions Equality achieves expresses the idea of egoism. “…he broke their chains…he broke their chains…he broke their chains…” (Page 165). The use of the phrase “he broke their chains” symbolizes the respect Equality gives to his fellow brethren. Equality realizes that he must break away from the chains of the government in order to truly live. Toward the end of the novella we receive the “forbidden word” that had been hinted at throughout the entire book. “The sacred word: Ego,” (Page 171). Ego is the theme of the story because it breathes life into the alternative theme of

Ayn Rand was a Russian- American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on February 2, 1905. She is known for her very controversial novella showing a fictional, but eerily realistic post-apocalyptic world that has fallen into communism called Anthem. Anthem was published in 1938 and depicts a city that has fallen into now would be considered inhumane acts and laws. The city in the story Anthem features a collectivist dictatorship which holds strict laws that must not be broken, these laws prohibit individuality, creativity, and freedom.

In Ayn Rand's work, society views knowledge with ignorance and fear. The book states that, He realizes he is to smart and slowly remembers his past when he was young. Equality says in the book that, ¨All men are good and wise; it is only we alone who were born with a curse.¨ Equality was sent to the house of students at 5. Equality though was not happy when he was young. He would fight against himself because of his intelligence. He was afraid to show how smart he was because he knew the consequences. His society would not accept him because he was supposed to be the same as all of his brothers.

Equality's thoughts portray Ayn Rand's ideas in “How Does One Lead A Rational Life In An Irrational Society”. Ayn confines her answer to a single principle “ One must never fail to pronounce moral judgment”. That is exactly what Equality did, everybody else in the society ignored what the Council of Vocations was doing and they thought they were absolute; however, Equality challenged them from the beginning by writing in his diary, he also knew he was challenging them, yet he was ready to face the consequences and he wrote “ It is a sin to write this....”. Also Ayn Rand said "To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture". Equality morally denounced the society not making him an accessory to the torture