Joshua Leonard

‘’The Death of the Moth’’ by Virginia Woolf In the death of the moth, the author Virginia Woolf compares the fear of death to the struggle of life by observing a little moth as an example of anyone or anything alive striving to survive. She started her narration by the plural form of the moth ‘’ moths’’ as a way of describing the whole community that is committed to the same fate; however, talking about such a small living being means that if a tiny creature like moths suffers the fear and the struggle

been read by many over the course of hundreds of years. Having been adapted into plays and films several times over, the archetype of two star-crossed lovers is prevalent in many pieces of literature and movies. Starring Olivia Hussey as Juliet and Leonard Whiting as Romeo, the movie released in 1968 was directed by Franco Zeffirelli; Baz Luhrmann directed his own interpretation less than thirty years later, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet. Both versions of the play

The juxtaposition of the society in Anthem with today’s society is surprisingly terrifying. The dystopian society in Anthem promotes the ideology of collectivism and the oppression of individualism with resemblance to how aspects of those ideas are portrayed in our society. Anthem primarily focuses on a controlled society, yet our society focuses on the competition of prosperity amongst the population. Using Ayn Rand’s satiristic writing elements, the events in Anthem depict a correlation to today’s

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a narrative about a young man, named Equality 7-2521, who lives in a collectivist society. This book is about the personal journey of Equality 7-2521 in a future version of our society. In this novel, the reader reads about an environment in which everyone is considered as one, meaning that no one is meant to be an individual. Each person in this society is assigned a certain job to benefit their “brothers” and is expected to follow a certain order throughout their lifetime

“Anthem” In the book “Anthem” by Ayn Rand the main character, Equality, is assigned the job as a street sweeper by the Council of Voacations. The reason that he is placed as a street sweeper is a more sinister motivation that the council has. The Council of Vocations had a more sinister motivation when assigning him the job. They know that he is smart. He has the ability to learn quickly, making the assumption that he was given the job due to incometence false. “It was not that the learning was

Anthem Chapters 1-3 Theme Outline Topic Choice: Equality Theme Statement: Ann Rand used equality in her book, Anthem, to show that being the same may seem nice, but it’ll cost us our identity. III. Character- Equality 7-2521 Quotes- “...we repeat to ourselves whenever we are tempted: ‘We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.’ We repeat this to ourselves, it helps us not.” pg.19 Explanation- This quote gives a background of Equality

Virginia Woolf uses the respective meals served during her visit at the university to illustrate the variation between the two schools. Woolf makes a powerful distinction between the female and male schools through such adjacency. Woolf, in regard to the poverty of the women's school, and therefore their position in society, uses diverse structure, diction and imagery to differentiate the descriptions of the two meals. During Virginia's visit at the two colleges, she experienced two distinct

It has become blatantly obvious that history repeats itself similar events reoccur and have nearly identical outcomes. The rise and fall of civilization comes as the ocean, rising to its highest point and then falling down to its knees but only to find itself climbing back up again. The book Anthem shows the extent a government and its citizens are willing to go to preserve the idea of a perfect society. But with this great society come sacrifices and challenges the people must find ways to accept

Jim Rohn, a motivationist once claimed “If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.” Ayn Rand’s protagonist in Anthem, Equality 7-2521, lives in a society where almost everyone is going down the wrong road. A society where it is a forbidden to own one’s opinion, occupation or freedom. Although this might seem like a black hole that one cannot get out of, Equality climbs out using knowledge resulting from his motivation

In the novel Anthem, by Ayn Rand, a collectivist society is suppressing a man named Equality 7-2521. He is different from the all the others. One day however, he creates something truly special. His society has backtracked away from electricity. They never knew electricity, or used it.. Equality created electricity, in the form of a “light box”, or a light bulb. He is very excited to present the wonder to the council. His primary motivation was not to benefit the society. Equality’s primary motivation