Sins and Transgressions The society and government in which a person lives is one of the most influential factors for their religion‚ values and what is socially acceptable within the terms of society. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ the dystopian society’s government has a very prominent role in every citizen’s life. The council‚ the group of people who run the society‚ established many rules and ways of thinking towards appearance and lifestyle. In this society‚ being different is considered evil because
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The book Anthem‚ written by Ayn Rand‚ represents a technologically primitive totalitarian view of a futuristic society. This future society governed by heavy limitations to technology may of been the effect from a civilization with a surplus of technology. With ongoing advancements to the technological world today it can raise awareness to the question of establishing a completely technical society. In society today technology has replaced jobs and became such a necessity for everyday life. With
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A society in which no individual has the freedom to choose their own path in life is the exact dark society Ayn Rand portrays in the fictional novel‚ Anthem. The society in Anthem is shown to be a perfect place where everything is setup so that the "citizens " remain ignorant to the horrid past and live organized‚ safe lives‚until it is revealed that this is a dystopian society in which individuals have no say in how their life will be lived. Anthem’s society and modern day US society are polar
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At times I ask myself‚ how can two people from different eras have such similar personalities? In the book Anthem‚ a short novel written by Ayn Rand‚ is about a dystopian society that is based off of the Council. The idea of independence and individuality is prohibited. Everyone is afraid to be different except Equality. Equality 7-2521 is a man that feels the need to be independent and has a quest for freedom. He is striving to be special in his own way and falls in love with The Golden One
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everything. This is the reality of Anthem. Almost all technological advancements were lost during a time we cannot mention. After these times‚ there has been an effort to keep them at bay and eradicate all evidence of its existence in order to keep the society in control. Anthem’s technological primitiveness is due to the fear of the science and technology and its lack of progress is due to the loss of individuality. Inventions are not easily accepted into the society. In Anthem‚ there is a set process for
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American novelist‚ philosopher‚ playwright‚ and screenwriter that wrote a book called "Anthem". This fiction book‚ Anthem‚ is about a 21 year old guy named Equality 7-2521‚ who lives in a restricted area full of limits. He isn’t suppose to write about anything‚ which he is in this story. He writes his story in a tunnel under the earth by a candlelight. He isn’t suppose to put himself first in any sort of way. He uses plural nouns such as "we‚ he‚ they" to describe himself
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Anthem is a dystopian novel written by Ayn Rand that takes place in a futuristic world in which‚ in theory‚ the human mind is not individual‚ but should be melded with its fellow citizens. There was no greater honor than to carry out the will of your brothers. However‚ although appearing to be a utopian society‚ it was actually a society full of cries of suffering‚ stifled by fear and mindless obedience to a government that had lost sight of the beauty of individualism‚ arguably‚ the most human of
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Anthem is a book of Equality‚ where no one is left out. A book where nobody is on their own. A lack of individuality has consequences. Being an individual can be a good thing because‚ creativity comes from one’s mind‚ typically‚ when they’re alone. One consequence is not being able to make his own decisions. In the book‚ Equality was not allowed to make his own decisions. He had to follow directions from the he could understand them. When he was old enough to mate‚ he was paired with a mate of
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novel Anthem‚ as he refers to the act of simply writing to the reader of the book. Equality is told all his life that there is no one person‚ only the group‚ he was never introduced the word “I’ for he knows only of “we”. With that being said‚ he was also told that it is against the law to be thought of as one single person thinking his or her own thoughts‚ that it is against the law to have your own ideas or opinions because thinking as one does not benefit the entire society. As Anthems story progresses
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In the novel Anthem‚ the society lacks technology in comparison to other places. The people are still using candles‚ when electricity has already been discovered in the past. This must mean that they had technology before‚ but they got rid of it for some reason. My theory is that they had technology before‚ but they were starting to get lazy and corrupt from it‚ so they got rid of technology. With the use of technology today‚ humans are getting more and more lazy. For example‚ in the past‚ people
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