The Role Of Life Tendency In Ayn Rand's Anthem
Anthem Essay Contest There are several unique factors that affect life expectancy of every human being alive. The margin between those with high life expectancies and those with low life expectancies is indeed a large one, and it is steadily increasing. In Anthem, we are introduced to a society that considers the age of 45 to be “ancient”. While they are a futuristic society, they chose to live in a society that resembles the past. For instance, the light bulb invention is considered an insurmountable feat- beyond anyone’s imagination. This exhibits the lack of technology in such a society, thus raising the question as to it’s affect on how long people in this society live. In the book, everyone is treated as equals-as one. They are not
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Because of the lack of technology, they are incapable of extending the life span, nor do they provide proper treatment and medication that would drastically prolong one’s life. This society cannot advance technology for medical purposes because it is too buys attempting at every chance it receives to suppress thought, and chastise those who try to act independently. Because they are not allowed to use their ingenuity, they lack the ability to transform the status quo and extend life expectancy. This is yet another pitfall present in a collectivist society such as the one in Anthem- the lack of ingenuity and …show more content…
Through the suppression of thought and individuality, the society really contributes to its own lack of the ability to affect life expectancy. One cannot live long without those necessities and to go back to the starting point and build a society based on collectivism is not good for the people as a whole. As the old adage goes:” You can’t please everyone.” This novel exhibits the need to please everyone as a whole, and even Equality 7-251 realizes at the end that he olds his brothers nothing and vice versa. That they have to gain his respect rather that just be given it because the merely exist. This is when Equality turns from one of many to an individual. Life expectancy in this society is caused by the factors discussed above, there is no doubt that the way people live has a toll on how long they
Because of the lack of technology, they are incapable of extending the life span, nor do they provide proper treatment and medication that would drastically prolong one’s life. This society cannot advance technology for medical purposes because it is too buys attempting at every chance it receives to suppress thought, and chastise those who try to act independently. Because they are not allowed to use their ingenuity, they lack the ability to transform the status quo and extend life expectancy. This is yet another pitfall present in a collectivist society such as the one in Anthem- the lack of ingenuity and …show more content…
Through the suppression of thought and individuality, the society really contributes to its own lack of the ability to affect life expectancy. One cannot live long without those necessities and to go back to the starting point and build a society based on collectivism is not good for the people as a whole. As the old adage goes:” You can’t please everyone.” This novel exhibits the need to please everyone as a whole, and even Equality 7-251 realizes at the end that he olds his brothers nothing and vice versa. That they have to gain his respect rather that just be given it because the merely exist. This is when Equality turns from one of many to an individual. Life expectancy in this society is caused by the factors discussed above, there is no doubt that the way people live has a toll on how long they