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43 children per day or 15,780 children per year are expected to be diagnosed with cancer (Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation). Cancer is an everyday struggle that families go through. The Fault in Our Stars is a novel written by John Green. Its purpose is to portray a teenagers life with cancer. This book brings the reader's eye to eye with cancer patients Hazel and Augustus, and walks through the life and everyday struggle that one faces.The Fault in Our Stars uses a realistic fiction story

Equality 7-2521 is introduced to us as the main character and narrator of Ayn Rand’s beautify written novel, Anthem. He is a twenty-one year old street sweeper for the council of vocations, who displays an extraordinary amount of intellect and pride. His ambition in life is to join the council of scholars as a scientist, but the scholars fear he has evil seeping through his bones. To break his spirit they assign him to work as a street sweeper and discourage his mental intellect. He has always

​In the society of Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem, it is a crime to show any individuality, and it is a reminder of how some people fear being themselves in today’s society. In the novel Equality 7-2521, the main character, knows that they are different from everyone else they know. However, they are forced to hide it because they know that they will be punished for these thoughts. When Equality 7-2521 has these thoughts, they must say to themselves, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but

Involvement When he was taking high school classes as an eighth grader he did not gel with the other students very well, but his overall high school experience was pretty good. He was only at the Berry Academy for high school Geometry for one year before the university scrapped the entire program. He started playing French Horn in 8th grade before starting high school and since then music has been a part of his life. He’d been taking piano as a child so it gave him a head start on understanding music

“We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike… We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great we, one, indivisible and forever.” (Rand Chapter 1.1 (??)) The Council of Vocations assigns Equality 7-2521 the job of Street Sweeper purely out of sinister motivation. Equality 7-2521 exemplifies the qualities of an independent young man, a concept that the council is against. They believe that all individuals should be the same, and that the differences that

Anthem is a book by Ayn Rand. Ayn Rand has written quite a bit of novelties. She is a Russian-American. She was well known for her writing and the style in which she wrote in. She has some well known books including: We The Living, Anthem, For The New Intellectual, and The Fountainhead. She obviously was very good at what she wrote because she has so many well known books. People became inspired by her and used her actions and creations as role models to help them. What helped Equality 7-2521 be

Throughout the book Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 changes his perspective on how he views the leaders of society. As he starts to realize that there is more meaning to his life than he previously thought, he changes his view which leads him to start thinking of himself as an individual instead of just another member of his society. He no longer accepts the way his government is telling him to live his life as a proper way to live. Equality 7-2521, is correct in denouncing his leaders

How can a group of individuals work efficiently? A simple question to most, but how is it answered? When it comes to technology, efficiency is a must. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, the effect of society on the nature of technology is a lack of progression. Technological advancements are hindered by the society because of the individuals working collectively rather than individually. Being that Anthem takes place in a futuristic totalitarian world, its ideals are purely single minded. Usually, totalitarian

Throughout reading and analyzing Ayn Rand’s dystopian novel, Anthem, a clear theme of egoism shines its way through the novella’s pages. The novella centers around Prometheus, a self-reliant and self-sufficient character. Prometheus, who evolves from his prior and sheepish self, Equality 7-252, holds his head up higher than anyone else’s. Prometheus holds an arrogant ring to his personality, but his arrogance and conceitedness gets him a life unlike what he has ever known.Through his journey of discovering

Ayn Rand Ayn Rands critical thinking throughout life made her a very successful writer. Her three major notions encouraged readers to be selfish using reason, reality, self-interest and capitalism. She believed happiness could be achieved no matter what standards, and to be content in life is up to oneself. When Ayn Rand was young she looked up to Maurice champagne the author of La Vallee Mysterieuse, Victor Hugo author of Les Miserables, and Fredrick Nietzsche author of Beyond Good and Evil