Understanding Dystopias Analysing The Giver by Lois lowry and Anthem by Ayn Rand “to what extent do the actions of utopian societies in their attempt to create a perfect world rather creates a dystopia” English Dublin Coffman High School School (3306) May 2014 Advisor: Timothy Flora Word count: 3977 Abstract This investigation outlines the fine line between utopias and dystopias. It assesses the topic of when and how the shift from a utopia to a dystopia can occur‚ analyzing
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Roark is also a man who has a strong desire toward his work as an architect and accomplishing whatever he can to achieve personal success. This character is extremely independent and sees his opinion as the only one worth listening to. In part one of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead‚ the character of Howard Roark is characterized to be egotistic by revealing him as having integrity‚ being passionate and being independent. The character‚ Roark‚ has an unusual‚ egotistic personality and is portrayed throughout
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the fear present throughout the story‚ Anthem by Ayn Rand. Fear is a constant theme throughout the whole book and is shown in many different ways. Three of the ways fear is used in this story is through external fear‚ internal fear‚ and pushing past fear. First‚ the government pushes fear upon the citizens in Anthem. The story states‚ “...one among the men...escape alone…They perish from the claws of the wild beasts which roam the Forest” (Rand 48). The government tells stories to the citizens
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Numbers and Labels In society it is socially accepted to be one’s own self. Anthem by Ayn Rand focuses on one’s own individualism and finding their own identity along the way. An expert titled “Don’t Read with Your Eyes” in How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster helps illustrate the bigger picture about individualism in Anthem. Therefore individualism is not just being in a state of control but rather finding the deeper meaning of who they are meant to be. Individualism is described
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Equality unknowingly differs from the collective society around him. Although he attempts to fit in‚ his morals fell apart by the end of the novel. The society’s leaders brainwashes the citizens into collectivism and no singular identity. This all changes when the rejection to his light bulb invention came by a group of scholars he longs to be a part of. He ran away into the Uncharted Forest and soon change many or his moralistic codes. Equality changes his moral rules and built a new society with
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Rand’s novels lend us an insight into her unique philosophy of Objectivism. Her novels expound the concept of unity and integration of the mind and the body. Defying all set standards‚ Rand creates her ultimate heroes who follow their free will rather than conform to the accepted norms and moral codes set by society and religion. Rand’s philosophy suggests that the mind and body of an individual is inseparable and any individual who tries to separate the two‚ ends up suffering both mentally and physically
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The novelist Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in a place known as Alisa‚ Russia. Rand was American novelist philosopher‚ screenwriter and a playwright‚ well known for her best two selling novels‚ Atlas shrugged and fountainhead. Her work is primarily centered in developing the philosophical concept of Objectivism. Rand died on 6 March 1982 having influenced many writers and philosophers of her time. One of the philosophers greatly moved by the work of Rand was Leonard Peikoff (Deflem 223). According to
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1.) In the article‚ Ryden’s research question or the reason for writing it is to compare the Midwest to New England‚ the South and the West. In doing so he uses history to construct a regional identity for each of these places. 2.) In the article Ryden defines region as ““Region” in this sense implies a historical veneer through which a section of the country is seen‚ understood‚ assigned meaning‚ and given identity according to some defining experience or set of experiences located deep in the
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When you picture equality‚ do you see people carrying around heavy bags of birdshot on their necks with the reasoning that they are “stronger than the average person”? No‚ I didn’t think so. The point I’m trying to get at‚ is in the short story “Harrison Bergeron” the matter of equality is taken far out of proportion. Total equality is absolutely impossible. It doesn’t matter how many restrictions you put on people‚ there will always be people who are superior to others. For example‚ in paragraph
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"This is a foul place. They are damned who touch the things of the Unmentionable Times" (Rand 32-33). The unmentionable times‚ Equality’s past and our present‚ is depicted as a terrible period‚ meant to be forgotten due to the near destruction of the Human Race it seemingly caused. The world of Anthemis is extremely technologically inept‚ literally as far back as the Dark Ages‚ using torches and candles for light. Scientific and technological progress in this society is almost non-existent. It is
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