Freedom In Ayn Rand's Anthem

A noticable interesting topic about the story is the way Liberty acts. It seems Ayn Rand, the author, has something against women even though she is a woman herself. The meaning of this is, the women out there that act like girls and only care about fashion and themselves is what is being spoken of. The literary element that is being focased on deals with this issue. This essay will focas on the story "Anthem" written by Ayn Rand containing the literary element of character.

There has always been a slight anxiety, a slight fear, of being alone or standing alone. Students rarely want to admit to having an answer different from the rest of their classmates; some people do not want to go somewhere and do something by themselves. Notably, with more shy or anxious people, they will often stick around someone they know, so they will not be alone in the crowd. Although that company might help them make it through those nerve-wracking moments, when is the right time for them to walk alone? Should a person ever walk alone? In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, Equality’s internal conflict of conformity versus individuality plays a role that Equality needs to overcome in order to complete their quest for freedom which helps create

How could Ayn Rand’s Anthem have been altered if Equality and his society had been founded on Christianity? Throughout the story, beliefs and convictions were a significant factor in plot progressions. In addition, different doctrine also provided a huge contribution to character development. However, these various viewpoints established throughout the story, directly contrast with Biblical values. Looking closely at the development of society’s and Equality’s beliefs, a reader can easily distinguish his ideas from Christianity.

Ayn Rand's Anthem shows us her view of our world united under what seems to be communist rule. For example their view of right and wrong; which Anthem portrays is a system of very strict rules which mainly make sure that everyone is involved in a collective role within the society in this system no one is considered an individual or that they can even think as an individual.

In today’s society, we tend to imagine what the future will be like. Our imagination leans towards flying cars and being able to read one’s mind. This is not the case in Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem. In Anthem, the society is deprived of technology and the people are ruled by a totalitarian government that controls everyone. The people of the city are told what and how to learn, how to speak and act, and how to live their lives. Equality 7-2521, the main character of the novella, sits in candlelight and tries to gain insight on new things such as electricity and inventions to make life easier. The lives of the citizens aren’t filled with expensive gadgets and trees that plant themselves; it is filled with darkness and oppression. Just beneath the surface of the city’s oppression is the lack of technology. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, society doesn’t have the chance to expand its knowledge, embrace new ideas, and

brought them for a civilization where the word ?I? did not exist to a world

We, the Society will form an order of how the society will stay and think as one. As we choose the steps of the future, we ask that we all accomplish what we are assigned to do. The future, we plan for. The present, we live for, and the past we will never speak of. We all have a job to do, and as we achieve them, we need to learn our ways there and back. Forget the past, and look forward to the future. We of all people need to respect and obey what we choose for society, to make it a place where we feel comfortable and safe. We all will establish to be in The Council of Scholars, the Home of the Peasants,The Palace of Mating, The Council of Vocations and more jobs. Though, we the people may be forgiven for

It has become blatantly obvious that history repeats itself similar events reoccur and have nearly identical outcomes. The rise and fall of civilization comes as the ocean, rising to its highest point and then falling down to its knees but only to find itself climbing back up again. The book Anthem shows the extent a government and its citizens are willing to go to preserve the idea of a perfect society. But with this great society come sacrifices and challenges the people must find ways to accept, examples are, having complete trust in authority figures, the idea that the group as a whole is more important, and they must accept that there is only one way to achieve this “perfect” society. Through fear and propaganda, the citizens begin to have a closed mind and only see what they are told to see and question nothing.

Equality isn't the only citizen who feels their rights are restricted, but he is the only

How would you feel if a council put one in a working system based on who you are and how you

Everyone has a drive and a motivation to do better than the generation before them. However, not everyone has apposite means to move up the economic ladder. Capitalists, such as Ayn Rand, would argue that everyone has the ability to do so if they try, choosing to ignore actual stipulations and obstacles people who are not economically privileged face; including not being able to afford higher education, not being able to sustain jobs that pay above minimum wage, and having to live paycheck to paycheck. Charley Reese, anti-capitalist, says capitalism “is good at producing wealth; it’s bad at distributing wealth”. Nevertheless, it is extremely simple for someone to advance if they have the government, or The Council in Anthem, on their side.

In the book Anthem, they have so many different rules and controls. The rules they have are there so that everyone is treated equally. The people of the different cities are not allowed to have affairs with other women in the city. Equality and Liberty can’t have affairs with each other otherwise they would get into a lot of trouble with the council members. Some of the other rules that they have are that they can’t talk to other people in other societies. They also have to stick to their work that their society is to do. They can not do other peoples work they have to do the work they are assigned. If they do other peoples work they will get into trouble. Equality has already broken a rule by finding a tunnel and not telling the city council

“Anthem”, a book written by Ayn Rand is a dystopian novella based on collectivist ideas. The story was written as a warning of communist Russia and other European regions around World War Two. In the society all individual rights are forgotten and forbidden by brainwashing people from birth to death to only think about everyone as one and not as individuals. No laughing, no smiling, and no loving however, like every dystopian story there is a “hero” someone that thinks and acts differently than the others, in this case that “hero” is none other than Equality 7-2521. Rand uses symbols such as light, names, and colors to place

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

Intelligence can be uncomfortable, but innovation can be downright frightening. No one likes being forced to see the world in an entirely different way just because of one factor. Though Equality 7-2521’s actions may have seemed harmless, to the government this creation seemed like the catalyst into evil. Often times the proposal of new ideas is met with great opposition and criticism. This is seen in both the world of Ayn Rand’s Anthem with society’s extreme prejudice to new ideas and in the past with fellow scientists to Ignaz Semmelweis’ scientific proposals. Both innovators’ works were negated and they were in turn ostracized for their works. Even though their situations were quite different, both Semmelweis and Equality showed similar