their story. This literary device is utilized step by step in order to focus and clarify the crucial aspects about the character in a story. The stories that move us most, the ones that will be trapped inside our minds years later, are those inhabited by characters the reader can connect with on a deep emotional level. No one character can grasp in a story what they need to learn in order to give in or overcome their own limitations and flaws without first undergoing rigorous life experiences. The
exist. They do not know when his power comes nor what it is. One night they were cutting open the body of a dead frog, even after being cut open its leg jerked, some power unknown to men was causing it to move. The discovery haunted them, they followed in preference of their studies tested it in more ways than they could describe and each step was another miracle unveiling before them. Many days passed before they could speak to the Golden One again. The day came that out of nowhere the sky turned white
are to see. It is base and evil” (17). Equality 7-2521 was born into a society that portrays a totalitarian rule. The people living in the controlled environment have been taught and brainwashed to know only one thing: the priority of the group over the individual person. Equality 7-2521 is one of the few people raised in the world of collectivism that is born different – filled with curiosity, gifted with intelligence; the difference leads him to believe he is cursed and evil. He was ashamed of his
How did Equality 7-2521 discover the electricity and the lights? Why did he show them to the World Council? What were the things that led him to do this? What was Equality’s motivation? Was it right for Equality to be motivated this way? What was Equality 7-2521’s motivation? Equality 7-2521’2s motivation was to help his brothers. Equality didn’t just want to help his brothers but he wanted to make the world they lived in better and the life they lived easier. “Our brothers! You are right. Let
so-called sin being tall and smart. He followed the rules of the leaders and did what he was told to do for his brothers. In the story, it talks about the engraving set in stone at the World Council building " There are no men but only the great WE, One, Indivisible and forever." (chapter 1, page 1) As a kid Equality had a problem with fighting with his brothers as well as being taller and smarter than them. The teachers told him that he was cured and that there was evil in his bones. " It is we
In the morning of his first day in the Uncharted Forest, Equality 7-2521, realizes that he has woken up on his own for the first time in his life. The daily bell of the morning did not ring, and no one sought to wake him up. Then and there, Equality discovers himself as an individual, and not part of a whole. In that moment, he senses his past troubles, and worries are far behind him. He, for the first time in forever, is on his own. While lying on the moss of the forest floor, Equality laughs
denouncing them in moral terms. Do you think he is correct to do so? Why or why not? Do you think he would agree with the advice that Rand offers in her short essay “How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?”? Explain. We are Equality 7-2521, which is written on our bracelet. We are twenty-one years old and six feet tall. We were born with a curse and have sinned many times. We were born without being able to choose what we were able to do and dared not ask why it was
The motif of Censorship drives the theme of self discovery by providing hidden knowledge that is available to be found. When Equality 7- 2521 discovers the tunnel in chapter one, it leads to him finding more about himself, even though it is illegal, as shown in the quote “all things that are not permitted by law are forbidden”. When Equality-2521 finds the tunnel, he discovers that he like to spend time alone, and write for his own benefit. The censorship of not allowing men to talk to women helped
a quest, and a person without one is lost to himself.” This statement is true to everyone including Milo and Tock. Milo and Tock should accept the quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason for these three reasons: the kingdoms are in chaos, the quest will be an exciting change for Milo, and everyone desires Rhyme and Reason to return from exile. The first reason that Milo and Tock should accept the quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason is the kingdoms are in chaos. With no one to turn to for guidance, there
Equality 7-2521 brought his new creation of a light bulb to the World Council to share his discovery, but he was not expecting their reaction. Instead of praising him for his discovery, they were outraged at his multiple transgressions against their society, including thinking something nobody else is and working on something alone. Equality 7-2521 then jumped from the window, carrying his discovery with him. He had no intention of heading toward the Uncharted Forest, but that is where his legs carried