Elmore Leonard

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Likely stemming from our youthful years, most of us are familiar with this rhyme. As I've grown into an adult I have come to find it to be true that sticks and stones may break bones, but the regarded truth that words will never hurt is a complete a fallacy. Stigma is a judgmental way of thinking towards another person which depicts them in a lesser light than yourself or others. This way of thinking whether conscious or not is a

Equality 7-2521 evolution as his own man creates the tone of Anthem as a twisted dystopian world, as it also foreshadows his inner turmoil regarding the considerable merits of being in a group and being a sole individual. As the reader continues to understand the character a bit more, it's clear that Equality 7-2521 will be a probable defiant who will be working his way to defying the rulers of his world and who will undeniably reach the point of radicalization, but will have to deal with the guilt

“Anthem” is an engrossing novel by Ayn Rand focusing on the character Equality 7-2521’s descent into rebellion against the new socialistic government that has taken all previous scientific advancement out of life, only to leave the ideology of collectivism. His quest to discover, learn, and invent is problematic to those that oversee the progress of the civilization, and from roughly around the age of five, he is punished for his nature. Soon enough, the twenty-one year old is on a journey to learn

Despite any futile resistance, every living creature eventually succumbs to death. Ultimately, death is part of living. Death is inevitable. Likewise, although a diminutive moth may appear to be insignificant and pathetic, it can symbolize the true, many connections between the duality of life and death and human beings. For instance, Annie Dillard and Virginia Woolf illustrate similar, universal messages of the value of life through the metaphor of a moth. However, the manner in which they portray

A memorable symbol from Ayn Rand’s novel, Anthem is the Uncharted Forest where Equality 7-2125 leaves civilization behind in hopes to find himself. When he left he was not willing to sacrifice his discoveries of the light bulb or even his science experiments. He aspired to be just like Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word, the man who died saying the word “I.” He knew what self-sufficiency was and he knew how he was going to get it. Moments before the Transgressor died Equality promised him that

“The Death of the Moth” by Virginia Woolf explains the life of a moth that is centered around a role that represents life. The theme is the mystery of death and the correspondence of the life of the moth with the true nature of life. Death is a difficult subject for anyone to speak of but it part of life. The Death Process, the struggling and fighting against death. It is demonstrated that death was inevitable, humans tend to fight against death and anything in the way of "the power" will fail

In the paper “Thoughts on Woolf’s ‘The Death of a Moth,’” the author gives their thoughts on the quality of the short story and Virginia Woolf in general. Throughout their paper, the author analyzes specific points in the short story and shares their own interpretations as well as criticisms of these excerpts. All of the comments they give are positive which slowly hinders the reliability of their analysis. The author closes by looking back at the short story and reflecting on the choices Woolf made

When Equality 7-2521 begins the novel by saying, “It is a sin to write this.” he has a different moral assessment of writing than at the end of the novel. Throughout Anthem, Equality’s actions affect how he views his society and the people around him. By the end of the story, Equality begins to realize that the government and society that he lives in might not be so perfect, and it might not be a sin to write. Equality’s eventual moral assessments of his sins are correct and are supported by;

Is it necessary for a community to have rules to control its citizens? In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, the city that Equality 7-2521 lives in has numerous rules and controls. Beginning at a young age, men are taught to do the will of their brothers. In this collectivist dictatorship, this means that there is no such thing as Ego, and the will of the group is always valued above the needs of an individual. Equality began to realize that collectivism wasn’t the only way to live when he found the tunnel

“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision”-Ayn Rand. Everybody is made equal but no one is free. In anthem there is many rules and controls Equality committed many sins just by being himself. In this essay i’m going to explain why there are so many rules and why they are so strict also what their purpose is and if the society that Equality is creating will have any of the rules his old society had. There are so