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    The Anthem is a romantic drama written by Ann Ran using an unconventional form of storytelling through suspense, choice of words, and contrasting tones. Early in the story, the reader is confronted by a strange reoccurrence in the text and after reading through a few chapters the true identity of the main character, protagonist, is realized. In the world of the Anthem, people are not allowed to use the pronoun “I’ which creates a unique reading experiences that the reader must unravel. Characters

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    There are very harsh rules in the society from the novel Anthem, by Ayn Rand. These rules are very unfair, but the people don’t realize it because they’ve become so accustomed to the injustice. The government is power hungry and would stop at nothing to keep everyone in control. However to have a stable society you need at least some rules to keep bad things and people away, so Equality 7-2521 will probably use some of the same rules, but less intense and strict. The main character Equality 7-2521

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    The Moth’s Plea is a tale of a Moth’s inner reflection on itself and how humans see him. The Moth seems to be very self-aware about why moths are perceived to be a nuisance. “I hate myself” shows it to be self-loathing for itself, using it as hate it too. The use of first person heightens the empathy evoked onto the reader, making them feel sympathy for a possibly misunderstood creature. On the other hand, Weasels dip in and out of first and third person, spending most of the poem in third person

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    In the story Anthem by Ayn Rand the main character Equality 7-2521 has the quote “To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.” This quote helps represent that Equality 7-2521 is trying to show that he has a freedom to be unequal from his so called brothers, he states that he has the right to be smarter, and has different opinions from the other boys he grew up with all his life. In this story Equality 7-2521 was smarter than his brothers and wanted to become more than the job that the council

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    The book Anthem, by Ann Rand, uses strong, expressive imagery throughout the novel to convey her theme to the reader. The theme of anthem is, collectivism oppresses creativity and the way to prosperity is through individualism/objectivism. In the city, where the narrator lives until half-way through the book is laced with imagery. The allows the reader to have an insight into what it’s like to like in their collectivist society. An example of this is found around the middle of the novel, right after

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    Synthesis Essay Imagine a government so powerful or so fearful that its citizen consider the government as a God. In Anthem by Ayn Rand, the main character, Equality- 72521, lives in a society where everyone was part of the group and the main character was starting to defy this society. In the end of chapter two, the main character was talking about the “Unforgivable” word and how someone among the group, who Equality named the Saint of the Pyre, was publicly executed by fire. When the Saint of

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    Equality’s Morals Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, is a novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. The main character, Equality, has specific positive feelings towards his superiors in his society. They believe in the power of “we,” frowning upon individualism. All of men are equal in education, finances, social status (except for the leaders). However, over the course of Anthem, Equality’s feelings change superbly. His positive thoughts change drastically to negative and critical feelings as the novel

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    The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand is set in a totalitarian, collectivist society in which individuality, as well as many other things, is viewed as a crime. Throughout the story, Equality 7-2521’s views on these laws change. He begins with the feeling of guilt for going against the leaders, but by the end of the story, Equality feels no regret or shame for his transgressions. The shift in Equality’s appraisal of his actions is equitable because the leaders of the society deliberately took away his individuality

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    “We made it. We created it. We brought it forth from the night of the Ages. We alone. Our hands. Our mind. Ours alone and only.” Pg 59 Anthem is a book that explores the difference between a communist type society and a completely free society. Within the story there are many questions that arise. Ayn Rand wrote Anthem in the shape of an onion. Whole at first, but once dissected it exposes many layers. It is possible to skim through the story and take it as what it is. It is relatively easy to dissect

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    Anthem, a novella written by Ayn Rand, that describes a post-apocalyptic future with a dystopian, technology primitive society. The city that takes place in Anthem exists subsequent to a “war between the many and the few in which the many won”,(Anthem by Ayn Rand). The many destroyed any remnants of the few and started the Great Rebirth to which Great WE was instituted. In this community lives a cursed wight named Equality, that has been divergent ever since he was an adolescent and constantly rebels

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