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    Roy, Sue Mrs. Collazo English 5 March 2016 Ayn Rand Argument Paper One of the great 16th century authors, John Donne, once wrote “no man is an island.” with that phrase Donne probably meant that we are social beings and depend on other people in society. As much as I respect Ayn Rand said, I disagree with her quote. The quote in which she said she will never ask a man to live for her, or live for another men, she believed man can only achieve true happiness by living for

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    with, what would you do? Ayn Rand chose to write about it. She connected us with her history through the character, Equality. She translates her struggles through him and in doing this she made an impact. Rand unveils the actions of her characters and brings attention to their wrong doings. In the book Anthem, Ayn Rand relates her past and personal problems to those of Equality 7-2521 to make a statement with the actions of her characters. Equality is directly related to Rand in varying ways. Throughout

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    would never progress. Questioning and trying new things helped Equality to produce this invention that he planned to share with everyone, “we can give our brothers a new light, cleaner, and brighter than any they have ever known.” It seems the society Rand describes has repressed. They go from using electricity in the unmentionable times to using candles in the present story. If no one was motivated by learning, nothing new would ever be discovered and ideas would be lost, which is exactly what happened

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    In Equality’s society of Anthem by Ayn Rand, they have many rules and controls, or regulations. They have the rules in place so everyone is the same. The Council doesn’t want anyone to be different, or to have different thoughts. Equality’s new society may have no rules from the old society because he encourages differences, he hated the old society’s rules, and he knows what it means to be an outcast. To begin, Equality encourages differences and individuality. He and Liberty created new names

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    The book Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, is about a man named Equality who lives in a state with a communist-like government who developed numerous rules and controls which than Equality realizes are wrong and breaks them for freedom and starts a new life with a woman named Liberty who than start a new family and make a new society as the city in Anthem is controlled by a communist-like government and has made numerous rules and controls. They exist because the rules prevent the people from having freedom

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    “Anthem” was written by Ayn Rand (A Russian-American novelist) and was published in 1938. Ayn Rand had a great understanding of her philosophies and had immense perspectives on issues. Reading the book and after finishing it one will learn that if they do not become an individual in society they will then become a victim of the brainwashed population. One would eventually become synchronized with peer actions/lifestyles instead of developing their own philosophies and thinking for their own well-being

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    What happens when society demands that its citizens all act and do the same things? In the book that Ayn Rand writes named Anthem it shows how society demands the citizens all act the same, and function on the same level. When social conformity has gone too far it will be very harmful to the people that live within the society or follow the rules set forth by society. When taken too far the society can only progress to be as smart as the lesser person operating in that society... hence you are only

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    Anthem’s Society Anthem is a book written by Ayn Rand and is about a boy who lives in a future society where there are numerous rules and controls which keep people in line. It is forbidden to be alone therefore everyone is required to say plural pronouns and it is illegal to say personal pronouns. In real life, the present is the past in anthem and is called the unmentionable times. The extensive rules may be present because of what the people of the unmentionable times has done to the Earth like

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    Set in the age where government has become synonymous with oppressor, Anthem by Ayn Rand focuses on the perspective of Equality, a boy who grew up nestled underneath the boot of collectivism trying to find an identity. Equality’s narrative expresses both Rand’s fears and hopes for the society where government threatened to rein all. To comprehend fully what devices and mechanics that Rand did to implement her predictions of civilization under the tyranny, you must take into consideration the rhetorical

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    constant and inevitable. One, who evolves, chooses to do it for better or for worse. In literature, a character’s evolution is seen through a term called dynamic characterization. Dynamic Characterization is clearly visible in the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand. In this dystopian fiction book, mankind has entered a period of darkness regarding the government and society; a society where your job, mating partner, and mindset has been chosen for you, and a government where individuality is forbidden. Living

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