Pragmatic Analysis of Seinfeld's the Contest

In this book the council, which is another way of saying the government, has a law known as the “we” law. This law states that no human can refer to themselves as one person. Each and every person must call themselfs “we” and considering the circumstances, “our” as if they are multiple people. The council feels as if they must have this rule because if these humans were to go around talking as if they are one person, it would be unequal. Which is a huge law, they must all be equal, no exceptions. One character acknowledges, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.” (Rand 19). This quote is a strong quote

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He uses the term “we” to refer to all people, so that his comparison becomes universal. The metaphor reintroduces the idea that in the end all people are the same. In the desert, without water, money, or a place to sleep, we are all stripped of what would otherwise define us in society, and instead we are all equal. Any and all divisions are abandoned when survival is on the line. This ties to the meaning because in these situations, we must band together to figure out how to survive and make the best out of the situation.

The narrator’s use of the first person is use to create an idea of a bond between the friends, and he uses the term “we” throughout the story to point out that the group was together through it all. In the beginning of the story the narrator tells is that the gang of friends had went two nights without doing anything interesting. Then, the third night “Whatever it was we were looking for, we weren’t going to find it at greasy lake. Not that night.” (295). This short quote shows me that the narrator was trying to tell us that everything that was about to happen from that point on was a group decision. Also, to further elaborate, I found the repetition of the word “we” to be a point of emphasis to try to negate some of the future consequences of his actions to his friends despite

n. They also use the term “I and I” instead of “We” to emphasize the equality between all people, in the belief that the Holy Spirit within all people is what makes us all the same.

1.Significance of "Equality 7-2521" and why this character refers to himself as "we". "He is a young intelligent and curious man, that ealizes his place in this world is not just," Our name is Equality 7-2521, as it is written on the iron bracelet, which all men wear on their left wrists with their names upon it. We are twenty-one years old."

The ways in which the society forces its citizens to refer to themselves as “we” and their similar natured names cause the individuals to view themselves as a group. The first official introduction to the main character is in chapter one when he says, “Our name is Equality 7-2521…”( Rand 18). From the beginning, when Equality says, “Our,” while referring to himself, it is clear that the citizens of the society cannot refer themselves as ‘I’. Excluding personal pronouns, engraves in the people’s minds that they are not individuals. In addition, if citizens were to refer to themselves as ‘I’ they would regard and value themselves as individual people opposed to living for others. As a result, this would defy the basis of collectivist principles. Throughout the story, various characters names are words pertaining to synonyms of brotherhood and togetherness. For instance, while Equality is standing in the great hall watching his brothers while they

“we know these things, but we do not care… we are tired.” (RAND 76) Equality is alone here yet keeps using the word “we” rather than “I” or “me” This shows how he identifies himself as a group “we” even though he is alone. “My hands… My spirit… my sky… My forest… My earth…” (RAND 94) In this text Equality begins to use the world “My”. This is a word that is used to classify your-self as an individual and shows how equality thinks he is an individual. Equality changes from classifying himself as a group to classifying himself as an individual. This is how Equality changes throughout the text.

There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.” (Rand 19) The first part says, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE,...” This states that every human is one, and that there is no individual.

In the the novel Ayn takes us into a collectivist society where it is bound to suck the meaning out of life. The councils that control the society and certain jobs in the society believe that individualism is life-threatening to human life. It is shown on page 73 where it says, “What is not thought of by all brother men cannot be true.” -Ayn Rand, Anthem,Chapter Seven. They have eliminated everything from the “unmentionable times” and they are to never speak of it. Certain parts of the language have been lost such as the word “I” which nobody even knows exists. Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 know there is a word which they are seeking but they cannot find. Instead they use the word “we” to refer to themselves because they believe all men are one and they think that by using the word “I’ that it shows they are above their brothers. People are not allowed to think for themselves or express their feelings and emotions freely. All the stuff they felt was basically controlled and everything they do has to be for the good of that person's brothers. On the other hand, in the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, you see some of the same things. When being questioned about her book, Ayn said, “The World portrayed in The Giver is a world where

Another way Rand portrays collectivism in the novel Anthem, is with the word “I” essentially being nonexistent and everything being “We”. Throughout the entire book anytime Equality 7-2521 is referring to himself he states “We”, because that is what he is taught from a young age as correct. Rand writes, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One,

The rhetorical situation refers to “a situation in which people’s understanding can be changed through messages.” (Zarefsky, 12). The rhetorical situation analysis consists of four elements: audience, occasion, speaker and speech, each assessing the quality of speech. In this essay, I will analyze the rhetorical situation of the historical speech “The Challenger Address” delivered by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan.

“I am done with the monster of “We,” the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood, and shame.” (Page 97). In relation to the novel Prometheus is reaching an enlightenment of his own beliefs. He realizes very early in the novella that he is very different from his brothers surrounding him. Prometheus states that he is no longer using the word “We” because it is a word of Collectivism rather than a word of Objectivism. The quote closely relates to the overall theme of Individualism by him saying that he no longer wishes to use the word we. Prometheus closely supports and strengthens the Individuality he has within

Furthermore, the last two stanzas are more personal in the sense of how the narrator speaks. The word “we” is used many times in these last two stanzas, more than the first three. In all five of the stanzas, the word “we” was used as the authors way of

The term ‘we’ in the title therefore refers to property and real estate professionals such