each other to create new things. Classes now include Robotics, Digital Design, Art, and Band. But what happens if all of a sudden it stopped? We pull these classes, shutdown kids’ imaginations, take away their sense of wonder. In the book by Ayn Rand called Anthem, a young man called Equality 7-2521 grows up in a collectivist state. This means that this society works for each other. They dismiss all actions for themselves and put their “brothers” first. “It is a sin to think words no others think and
of the students where they learn about how their society works. For ten years they learn about the rules and the educators and council watch each individual to put them in the correct life mandate. Equality, the protagonist in the novel, Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, showed curiosity in the knowledge of knowing why things worked instead of how they worked. He was scolded for being divergent; they classified him as evil. Equality is headstrong, hard working and he always strives for more, even though
In Anthem by Ayn Rand, the importance of individual freedom and self-worth is flawlessly outlined. This dystopian novel shows the struggles a man goes through when dealing with society. In a collective system the importance of the whole society or group is far more important than the individual. The citizens of this collective society have been led to believe that they exist solely to serve their society and they have no other purpose. This society basically forces and enslaves its people to do whatever
Objectivism in Anthem A society that contains individuals that live only for everyone else, where individuals cannot be independent, denounces the theory of Objectivism. Objectivism displays a secularized world view that promotes individualism, especially with morality. Ayn Rand’s Theory of objectivism can be found throughout her book Anthem. On the contrary, there are also instances where Objectivism contrasts with events in the novel. To begin with, Rand’s Theory of Objectivism is prevalent