Ayn Rand's The Symbolism Of The Wolf

Have you ever noticed that symbols, such as the American flag, change over time? For example, during the Revolutionary War, the flag represented rebellion, because the Americans wanted to cut ties with Great Britain. But over time, the meaning changed to represent freedom. Ayn Rand, the author of Anthem, applies a complex symbol that changes throughout the text through the eyes of the protagonist, Equality 7-2521. In the novel, Anthem, Ayn Rand utilizes the uncharted forest as a symbol that changes over time.

Who am I? Teens struggle with this question in their lives because they are soon to be adults. The book we read to answer this question are Anthem by Ayn Rand, “Emancipation Proclamation,” by Abraham Lincoln, “Prometheus”, from Greek Mythology, “Critical Thinking” audio by Leo, and we did a Socratic Seminar as a class. These items helped me see that I am a passionate and independent person.

Being “yourself” would be the biggest sin in the world of Anthem, a book by Ayn Rand, where one citizen, Equality-72521, lives as not one, but among many. By not learning the word “I” at any time in your life, including birth. Equality, however, found a spot currently unknown, and decided to do a crime worthy of death. He hid there every night, and learned all he could secretly for years. He goes to great lengths to learn much no other person really knew, such as electricity, and didn’t tell anyone else about the light bulb as to make sure he could keep on learning, and in the end risked his life to protect what he learned, independently, so he could change who he was and what he knew.

Imagine if a person was fated to live in a society where everything is regulated by the government, which makes the conditions atrocious. This is the definition of a dystopia. Ayn Rand, the author of Anthem, criticizes the idea of communism by writing about a man named Equality who challenges collectivist ideals. Rand uses the symbolism of Liberty, the lightbulb, and the Unspeakable Word to show how their collective society is actually a dystopia.

Symbolism guides everyone through life, through ups and downs. Imagine driving down the road with no symbols telling you where to go, you would be lost, something that wouldn't be guiding you down your own pathway. Author Ayn Rand reveals many big ideas with symbols, but she mainly did this to create detail, but also additional information about the character's motivation and their feelings towards that symbol in their life, that us as readers did not know before. Equality 7-2521 shows this throughout the light, the house, and the uncharted forest, all as a symbol of his motivations. In the novel Anthem, by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 figured out light.

More and more, the question of whether individualism is better than socialism in society has been coming up more frequently. In her novel Anthem, Ayn Rand shows individualism through Equality 7-2521. She places Equality within a society where having a unique identity is forbidden. Throughout the story, Ayn Rand uses Equality to prove that being part of a community is equally as important as being an individual.

Ken Kasey uses the rabit and wolf theme to illustrate the harm an institutioncan take on a man's self worth. By using this metaphor that portrays a loss of confidence, intimidation, and paranoia one undergos when dealing with such a harsh system.

Ayn Rand uses the phrase, “The sleeping halls are white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds”(20,21,28) to display the wholeness of everyone where no one is different. To start with, when Equality explains about what to do when they get tempted he says, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible, and forever.”(19). The society takes away all individualism from everyone. They want people to believe that everyone is a whole. They cannot think or express differences between one another and if they do they get punished severely. Secondly when Equality wishes to go to the House of Scholars he explains, “For men may wish nothing for themselves.”(24). No one in the society is allowed

Imagine if you lived in a society that was filled with terror, where you feel the inability to do anything? What you imagined could be described as a dystopian society. In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand the main character, Equality 7-2521 experiences the struggles of living in a dystopian society. Equality 7-2521 always felt alienated due to his difference in physical appearance and mentality. In the society he lived in it was wrong to be different. Those who are in the this dystopian society have to live by strict rules. In the novel Rand uses literary devices such as setting, mood, tone, point of view, climax, themes, and symbols to express this dystopian society environment.

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, emphasizing the idea that his curiosity and intellectual strength are the reason he overcomes his internal conflict.

“When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty from suffering, it is the innocent whom one forces to suffer.”

The desire for power has always been a common story, repeated many times, over and over again. The book we’ll be looking at is The Call of the Wild by Jack London. When Buck gets dognapped, he experiences what life in the wild is like. Eventually, he becomes one with the wolves. The struggle for mastery is a tiring battle that doesn’t guarantee victory.

Dystopian societies are usually characterized by extreme governmental tyranny and exploitation of people living under their control. Therefore, if the protagonist or other characters in the novel somehow think that they are happy and have achieved their personal goal of change but the state around them hasn’t changed their dystopian ways of manipulation and ruling then to an extent we can call this a happy ending for the protagonist. However, from a personal point of view a dystopia is more effective when the protagonist experiences a sad ending because it reflects the fact that in real world not everyone lives a happy life and that it takes more than one person to make a real change.

Lopez’s novel immediately tosses the reader into a world made only for wolves and their prey. Stunning images complement his words and add a unique flavor to his work. Ranging from scientific explanations of the wolf’s’ adaptability to its love and protection of the pack, this work goes into

In addition to this, the author’s use of syntax also emphasizes these deep emotions. When the protagonist hangs a sheet by the fire to dry, it “steamed…like a burning scrim standing in the wilderness where celebrants of some sacred passion had been carried off by rival sects”. The protagonist falls asleep, “palms up…like some dozing penitent”. When he imagines the wolf’s body, he sees her “running in the mountains” with “all nations of the possible world ordained by God” running with her. All of these religious and spiritual references help express the somber mood and reflect the deep sadness the protagonist feels, as well as the wonder he feels at these imaginings of this wolf’s