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    Essay of Ayn Rand Ayn Rand is a wonderful Russian American writer. As a writer, she committed to express her faith,she is brave because she never gave up in exposing her belief, in which she succesed through continous effort. Ayn Rand was born on February 2, 1905, and passed away on March 6, 1982. With her strong character as an othrest, she supported rational and ethical egoism , and rejected altruism and collectivism. Ayn’s works profoundly expressed her idea. For example in art ,Ayn likes to write

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    Throughout the novel, Anthem, and a speech from Fountainhead, written by Ayn Rand, it expresses the argument between individualism vs collectivism. An individual is a person who has control of his or herself, while a collectivist is someone whose hard work benefits their society. Although, another ideology that Ayn Rand mentions in her literature is egoism, throughout her books the significant meaning of being an egoist is considered a good thing, but in our modern society today we consider it a

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    The world that we live in today is selfish, a polar opposite from the world of Ayn Rand's book ¨Anthem¨. The citizens of her book live in a collectivist/communist society, forced to conform to the Great We by completely letting go of any kind of individuality. From the way they spoke to their lifestyle, they became mindless sheep of humanityś agenda for an ¨equal¨ society. However, one man named Equality 7-2521 rose from the conformed sea of people and dared to speak the unspeakable word: I. Equality

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    This essay will discuss the life and works of Ayn Rand. The woman who would become Ayn Rand was born Alice Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905. (Branden, Barbara pg.3 1986). She was born during the eleventh year of Nicholas II's reign in Russia.(Baker pg.1 1987). Rand's birth was just before a revolution in Russia, however this revolution was put down by her first year.(Branden, Barbara pg.3 1986). The Rosenbaum's lived quite comfortably under the czar.(Baker pg.1 1987). Beneath their large apartment was

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    Anthem Essay Anthem, by Ayn Rand, depicts a futuristic society, an alleged utopia where everyone was created the same, no exceptions. Men in this novel are taught that it is a virtue to agree and be agreed with, when no one praises the creator, the egoist. The protagonist, Equality 7-2521, struggled his whole life to separate and free himself from collectivism, and develop an ego, obtaining victory at last. From a young age, Equality 7-2521 has differed from his ¨brothers¨. He was more knowledgeable

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    The Fountainhead depicts Howard Roark as an ideal man who struggles to become a unique and unadorned architect in a society where he is doomed to follow in other people’s footsteps and compromise his beliefs. The Fountainhead is the story of Roark’s battle to maintain his integrity while he discards convention. Ayn Rand, the author of the novel The Fountainhead, was born in Russia in 1905 and lived in a culture that practiced communism, socialism, and collectivization. Naturally, recurring themes

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    The Metaphor of Architecture in The Fountainhead At the outset of her novel The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand delivers an unorthodox artistic theme. Unlike other conventional art forms like poetry, painting, or music that dwell upon human emotion, the unique theme bears its roots within the realm of reason and rational thought. The art of architecture is observed as the medium for which the implied values of selfishness, individuality, and independence are revealed. In formalizing the essential

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    Ayn Rand has written many novels. Anthem was one of her most famous ones, along with The Fountainhead. Rand connected these two pieces of writing. Each one of them prove that she believes in individualism, or the ability to think for one’s self (Rand).She shows this in Anthem by creating a dystopia, a place where there is no freedom. In The Fountainhead there was a section called The Soul of an Individualist. In this Rand shows the audience ways of how people were not doing what they wished to do

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    In the novel, The Fountainhead, the author Ayn Rand introduces her philosophy of Objectivism as Rational Individualism. Rational Individualism is the self-realization of one’s worth and how to go about life in the most logical and beneficial way for one’s own well-being. In The Fountainhead, the protagonist, Howard Roark, is depicted by Ayn Rand as the epitome of objectivism. A common theme that has been brought up multiple times throughout this novel and plays a major role in understanding rational

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    Ayn Rand, the author of the Fountainhead book has well presented her great philosophy about Objectivism respectively and mostly through those two characters: Howard Roark and Peter Keating. In her writing she has described Howard Roark as the hero in the story. His struggle to succeed as an architect on his own develops the essence of the novel's conflict. Roark’s personality serves as a standard by which to judge the other characters; they are either like Roark or they would allow others in one

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