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Many people define success as being famous or wealthy. However, that is not success. Throughout “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, Howard Roark and Peter Keating are depicted as opposites trying to succeed. Peter Keating is successful in the beginning while Roark is struggling or failing. He is wealthy and well known. Keating is However a liar and a cheat. Keating has Roark do his work and presents it as his own. In court the prosecutor asks, “Mr. Keating, will you state under oath whether you designed

The story Anthem takes place in the future, however, there is no technology to support that era. This book displays no flying cars, or jet packs that most people today would associate with the future. Instead, society has regressed to a time where not even a light bulb remains. As the story follows Equality 7-2521 through his transition from a simple street sweeper, to a free man with his own family, the oppression and draconian laws of this new society is documented by Equality. From the very first

In the book Anthem, Equality 7-2521 risks his life just so he can find himself individually. The society that he lives in is a society where all men do the same job and are forbidden to have their own thoughts. Equality 7-2521 is a guy that is fascinated with the phenomena of nature and can’t help but wonder what power of the sky causes lightning and how it can be harnessed to human benefit. When Equality 7-2521 discovered a tunnel in an uncharted forest, he secretly started to perform scientific

The Triumphant Characters of Anthem, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged     In reading the fiction works of Ayn Rand, one becomes quickly aware of her use of characterization to display a set of mores that apply to a group in today's society she is describing. In Anthem, for instance, even the names hold significance toward the point of the story. The name Liberty 5-3000, a gross smear of the philosophy of her world, becomes The Golden One, and then Gaea in the eyes of the protagonist. This

ECL in China Case Study Problem Identification and Situational Analysis ECL is a multi-national corporation that continues to expand its core business as well as create opportunities for foreign divisions to influence the direction of the company in addition to bringing cohesion and unity throughout the workforce. ECL developed a division in China that allowed the company to integrate into the Chinese market but also presented it with issues it would need to manage successfully in order to

Anthem Essay Ayn Rand, a name that can plaster absolute disgust or admiration onto a person's face, a woman whose beliefs created great controversy. Ayn Rand was the mother of Objectivism, the mentality that self-sufficiency and preservation should be a person’s main concerns as they venture through life. When she expressed her beliefs through her writing, people were outraged or inspired as her philosophy defied the normal expectations for ethical behavior. She was right to label people as “Moochers”

Equality The book Anthem is an adventure through a futuristic Utopian society that revolves around everyone being equal. The main character, Equality 7-2521, proves to have a higher IQ than the rest of his brothers and sisters in many different ways. This characteristic, however, gets him embarrassed in front of the city council and unexpectedly gets him sent off on his own into the uncharted forest. “…And we heard suddenly that we were laughing, laughing aloud, laughing as if there were no power

Historically, in novels and in the real world, scientific and technological advancements shape the change a society undertakes, for better or for worse. The setting of Ayn Rand’s Anthem, though a (controversial) novella, does not follow the general concept of a futuristic society bustling with amazing feats of scientists present and past. The Council that governs the land strictly prohibits the creative thinking of citizens, unless they work under two roofs, The Home of the Scholars or The Home of

The Undying Pursuit Of Independence A society engulfed in the selfless act of “equality” has long forgotten the word I. Nothing is too good of a sacrifice for the whole group. Not even the sacrifice of the ego in a human spirit. Man is forced not know himself as I but as the collective “we”. In Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, the concept of a complete altruistic state is explored. In Anthem, Rand displays that despite the tries to isolate man from himself, man’s natural curiosity for an identity pursues

An Ethical Dilemma at WorldCom: A case study of Cynthia Cooper The Scenario One May afternoon, while sitting in his cubicle at WorldCom Inc. headquarters located in Clinton, Mississippi, Gene Morse was stunned to find an accounting entry for $500 million in expenses, which was not accounted for with any invoices. He immediately reported this entry to his boss, vice president of internal audit Cynthia Cooper (Pulliam & Solomon, 2002). Little did they know at the time that this discovery would begin