Paul Rand

It was an honest question, one not verbose to the point of obscurity, “What language do they speak in England?” there was a beat, and I, with my ten year old witticism responded to my 17 year old half-sister’s question with a candid retort, “English, duh!”. This amused my parents who continued packing their suitcases and travel books, her question stemmed from our much anticipated departure to Great Britain the next day and it had left us all buzzing with excitement. “Well when did you become such

in a journal in an underground abandoned railroad tunnel. This dystopian novella deals with authoritarianism as the government has taken control and assigns jobs and duties for every being based on the Council's decision. In the novels Anthem by Ayn Rand and V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, the totalitarian government takes advantage of their higher power to enforce strict obedience on citizens, without concerning for their opinions or wishes and removing their personal freedom, which causes a rebellious

blundering nature. Montag is inquisitive about all things unanswered in the world and intends to find the answers. Author Ayn Rand composes main character Equality 7-2521 as strong, but vain. He, like Guy Montag, aims to change society for the better. Both characters plan on changing society by starting a revolution. In the stories Anthem and Fahrenheit 451, the writers Ayn Rand and Ray Bradbury, focus on the controlling of society through the government and propaganda to show that society and its

strangers since the close relationship has a much more meaningful connection to a person’s life. In these situations, the only morally correct way of acting is in the way that defeats the well being of the agent of an action for the sake of others. Ayn Rand has an attitude of condemnation towards the practice of this type of ethics, as it’s fallible when its seems intuitively right that the agent of an action should have some precedence when it comes to acting in their life. She calls those who subscribe

The fiction novel, The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand is based off of her philosophy of Objectivism. Ayn Rand defines and separates her philosophy of Objectivism into four different and distinct parts. The first part Ayn Rand explains is Metaphysics. Metaphysics is an objective reality where you only accept facts as reality and not fantasies or desires. The next part of Objectivism is Epistemology, which is reasoning by perceiving reality by using knowledge or facts as your guide. The third part is

steel will of the industrialists propels the nation to greater heights, not the selfish arrogance of the beggar. The men who carry the weight of the world, Atlas and his proteges, do so by their incredible strength, not because of weakness, just as Ayn Rand asserts in her

Throughout history, there have been many instances of cults, many of which share the common characteristic of having corrupt leaders. For instance, Charles Manson led his cult in a homicidal spree, and David Koresh and Jim Jones convinced their followers to commit mass suicide. It is apparent that in cult history, leaders are the main cause of the tragedies that ensue. Heaven’s Gate, a religious cult, was founded on a mixture of Christian beliefs and a belief in UFOs. They stayed out of the public

Ayn Rand and We the Living       "We the Living is not a story about Soviet Russia in 1925.  It is a story about Dictatorship, any dictatorship, anywhere, at any time, whether it be Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, or - which this novel might do its share in helping to prevent - a socialist America."  These words, written by Ayn Rand herself for the foreword to the 1959 printing of her 1936 novel We the Living, convey not only Rand's direction to the reader to keep in mind the universality

There are many laws that are in place that everyone must follow. Most of them are fair but most limit peoples choices. “When we were five years old, we were sent to the Home of the Students where there are ten wards for our ten years of learning.” (Rand 20) In both America and Anthem, people are forced to go to school. In the U.S. a law suite will be brought up against a family that does not send their child to school for so many days without an excuse. This is not fair because some parents do not

Anthem is a novella written by Ayn Rand, in which Equality 7-2521, the protagonist, struggles for self-identification living in a collectivist society. Equality believes that individuality is an eminent aspect of one’s life because individuality defines and outlines who a person is. It is difficult for Equality to endure live with people who support collectivism and who reject his ideas. For example when Equality invents and exhibits the light bulb, the World Council rejects it and tells equality