Joshua Leonard

The suicide of the moth, the immolation on a cigar lighter, is a literal presentation of his ideas for life. In the poem “Lesson of the Moth” by Don Marquis, two conflicting opinions about life face each other. There is a cockroach named “archy” that thinks you should live your life as long as you can, and an unnamed moth that wants to live life to the fullest, even if it means dying early. The “lesson” in this poem is that there are several conflicting ideas to everything. Throughout the story

The novel “Anthem” is written very uniquely. It encloses individuality and makes the readers believe of how people can adapt to humankind and to do as they are advised to do without being aware of the results of their compromise. Also, it teaches the significance of self expression and the independence that comes additionally with being your own individual and obtaining the capability to choose what direction to take in your own lifestyle. Figurative language is used frequently in this novel and

“...we waited for the earth to rise and strike us in the face. But we ran. We knew not where we were going. We knew only that we must run, run to the end of our days.”-Equality 7-2521 in Ayn Rand’s Anthem. Equality 7-2521 was always been different. He wanted to become a scholar but became a street sweeper instead. One day he meets Liberty 5-3000. They fall in love but this against the law. When Equality discovers electricity he show the council of scholars. The council disapproves of his ideas and

“To be a judge one must possess an unimpeachable character…” (Rand, ”How does one lead a rational life in an irrational society?” Paragraph 4). Equality is that “unimpeachable character” in Anthem. He is not afraid to judge. Ayn Rand is a philosopher and a writer and she wrote Anthem and How does one lead a rational life in an irrational society. Anthem is a about a post-apocalyptic society with a government with morals that are against our morals today and humans knowledge destroyed in the disasters

Anthem depicts a world of the future, a collectivist dictatorship in which there is no individualism and people are grouped together and given the same name to unify the group and strip away individualism. The future as depicted in the novel Anthem (1938) by Ayn Rand is an insight into what she came from in Russia, where communism and Stalinism a form of communism under the rule of Joseph Stalin, was the main form of government in Russia where all people get the same amount of everything. There

In the book Anthem written by Ayn Rand we are introduced to a man named Equality 7-2521 who lives in a dystopian city. He faces many difficulties within the course of the story and finds out that thinking for what’s best for yourself is better than the community. Equality catches interest in a woman in his city named Liberty 5-3000 but sadly cannot associate with her because men are not allowed to even notice women. Equality becomes very critical and rebellious throughout the course of the story

In the very beginning of Act 1, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, there is a fight between the Montagues’ and the Capulets’ servants about them biting their thumbs at each other; biting their thumbs at each other was a sign of disrespect. The variations in the intonation, tones, and stage directions in the four different variations of the scene, show the viewer or the audience how differently they were created and how each director has different ideas about how it should look and sound.

The famous adage, “ignorance is bliss” may be true for some, however Equality is not one of them. Equality is happier knowing the truth than being kept in the shadows. In Ayn Rand’s oppressive, totalitarian society where individualism is the highest crime, Equality struggles to free himself from collectivism. Thus, enforcing the idea that his curiosity and intellectual strength is the reason he overcomes his internal conflict. From a young age, citizens are taught humility and to be submissive toward

Oppression The oppression used in the novel “ ANTHEM”, Ayn Rand demonstrates that you should always follow your goals no matter the obstacles along the way. The main character “Equality 7-2521” decides to do a sequence of events even if the actions taken are against the government. The decisions taken by Equality 7-2521 at the beginning of the novel affects his life at the end of the novel in a positive way. The main character went through many obstacles to achieve happiness. Rand uses imagery

It is often said that death is an inescapable inevitability in life. In Virginia Woolf’s narration “The Death of the Moth,” the struggle between life and death is depicted exactly as such—a battle that is not, in the end, ever won. Woolf utilizes rhetorical devices such as tone, fragmentation within the narration, and metaphors to convey this message and invoke the feeling of pity in her reader. As the tone shifts throughout the piece, Woolf’s metaphors and stylistic choices strengthen and drive