...As I read the book Anthem, I recognized many social differences and similarities. The book is set around a time period after the supposed “Unmentionable times”, were a new society was born and was based on collectivism rather than individualism. Yet, in the times of this lifestyle, there were some similarities that do relate to our way of life. In our life we believe in individualism because everyone is free, not like in the novella Anthem were people are controlled in a collectivism society. First of all, Individualism can be described as, “a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control”. When people are following individualism, like our society, people go their own way and act like they want to. They are not controlled by one person. People who are individualist, don’t always act the same as others they act the way they think is right. In the book, towards the end, Prometheus and Gaea had settled in a house form the forgotten times and gave themselves names...
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...What is the difference amongst individualism and collectivism? Anthem, by Ayn Rand, is a select novel. It encloses individualism and how people can conform to society and do as they are told without knowing the consequences and outcomes of their verdicts. Furthermore, it teaches the importance of self-expression and the freedom that comes along with being your own person. Ayn Rand was a person with distinct intellect, which is reflected with her novel Anthem. In Anthem, there are leaders, known as the council. The council has a restricted form of deliberating. Pointing out the evils of capitalism and class inequality, the council preserves collectivism. This dystopia is a response to having no social classes known as the “Unspeakable Times”....
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...A society cannot be successful unless it has both elements of collectivism and individualism in it because independence, creativity, opinion, and teamwork all go together to make a society that works well together. Collectivism is the practice of giving a group priority over each individual in it. Another word for it is a Communist Government. It all depends on what people stand for and what their opinion is whether people agree or disagree with collectivism. An example of collectivism in the book Anthem is when everyone eats, sleeps, works, and walks together as a group. Everything is done for the group and as a group in collectivism, not as an individual mind. A society cannot be successful unless it has both elements of collectivism and...
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...The numerous rules and controls exist, so that the world council of scholars can keep their power and that there’d be no individualism. Equality struggles in this new society because he thinks he’s unique. Anthem shows how people shouldn’t go along with the group and develop their own thoughts and ideas. When the world council of scholars rejected his idea, Equality started to believe in individualism. Equality begins to have an idea that none of the rules matter. The rules in Anthem were created so that everyone would be treated equally. But instead it accidentally showed collectivism as a totalitarian dictatorship and caused a lack of individualism. The society used fear to make people follow every single rule. In this society, people aren’t...
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...book Anthem 1. Risks of collectivism The author of Anthem wrote the book about twenty years after the Russian revolution had taken place. The mistakes of Josef Stalin leading his government made an impact on Rand’s (author) interpretation of collectiveness. The idea that communism would help many people collectivize their aspects of life was initiated by Russia. This belief assumed that everyone would benefit if they served each other by their ability. This was not the case since the rise of communists had been so bad. People had different ways of seeing this issue while others assumed that soviet communism was restrictive due to leaders decline. The author made an opinion that collectivism had many faults and decided to show them in Anthem. During the great rebirth, many business men were defeated due to collectivism this has made it for combination of society into a hard state system. The schools began to introduce the children into doctrines of philosophy...
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...Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual. Individualism is something thats makes a person one, giving them the right to be an individual, the freedom to equality. In the novel Anthem By Ayn Rand individualism is a central idea explored through the story. The main character Equality 7-2521 is living in a society where the concept of individuality is non existent, he is very curious about the world he lives in and the science and nature that surrounds it. But unfortunately it's a sin to think/wonder such things and that it's not good to be different from his brothers but it is evil to be superior to them. According to the text it states (Rand 6) “We...
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...In the book “Anthem” there were many different ways of showing collective and individualism. I’m just going to name off a couple and then explain why it is that. The first quote that I found that has to do with collectivism is found in the first sentence of Chapter 1. It says that “it is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see.” I feel like this is collectivism because they are practically being owned and they are working together to help that become a sin. Another other example that I found of collectivism, is when it said “but we must never speak of the times before the Great Rebirth, else we are sentenced to three years in the Palace of Corrective Detention.” This is an example because they are controlled over this. They have a rule to follow and if they don’t, they get punished. My last example I found was page 20, when it said “we remember the Home of Infants where we lived until we were five years old……when we are five years old, we were sent to the Home of the Students, where there are ten wards, four our ten years of learning.” This collectivism because they are owned to do this. They have too....
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...Ayn Rand wrote a book call Anthem, she wrote her book to represent collectivism. She thinks that collectivism is the opposite of indulivisam. The world council of scholar were so angry Because it took the council 50 years just to get the candle approved. He felt he was superiter to his brothers, so his brothers were felt disrespected. Also he was disrespecting his job that he was given. “How dared you think that your mind held greater wisdom than the minds of your brothers? And if the Councils had decreed that you should be a Street Sweeper.” (pg.41) This topic is related to the topic of Collective because they had to work to get the candle approved. The word ego mean a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance. It also means that...
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...Supposedly detrimental to the basic fundamental rights of human beings, collectivism has been the central topic of debate for many years. Ayn Rand, the author of Anthem, voices her strong opposition to the philosophy, as it is not only a stepping-stone into a totalitarian government but also an idea that can easily evolve as a justification for unfair treatment and opportunities. Rand addresses her concerns through Anthem by formulating the main character as a person who carries ideas that oppose society’s constructs, which ultimately leads him to become an outcast of society to defend his convictions. The main character of this novel goes by the name of Equality 7-2521, a name issued to him by the government of the dystopian society in which...
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...The novel Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, is about how a man, Equality 7-2521, goes against a society that only believes in collectivism and acts as an individual. Anthem takes place in an unidentified city in the future after social order has collapsed (Unmentionable Times) and everyone has accepted collectivism, where there is no emotion and everyone is taught to think the same. In this society, individualism is not allowed. It would be a crime to have your own thoughts and desires. The protagonist, Equality 7-2521, is introduced to us and is shown to be more curious and intellectual than his colleagues. His differences are frowned upon by the leaders of his society, showing that his society is the opposing force (antagonist) acting against...
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...A world where everyone is systematically equal. Where individualism and intelligence lead to unfair prosecution. Where children turn in their own parents for thinking out of line. Where intellectuals are beaten down for their intelligence. This is the dystopian setting of George Orwell's 1984, Ayn Rand's Anthem, and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, where the motif of collectivism and control works to convey the message that collectivism and control make totalitarian control second nature. Totalitarian control through collectivism plants its seeds through childhood brainwashing. In the book 1984, brainwashing is carried out through organizations such as the Junior Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League. Winston says, "… by means of organizations...
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...beliefs and philosophies, and major events occurring in the world around her were all factors that contributed to Ayn Rand’s perspective and style of writing in her infamous novel, Anthem. Ayn Rand, the oldest of three daughters, was born on February 2, 1906 (Gladstein. 3,4). Rand’s given birth name was Alisa Zinovievna...
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...In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, mankind destroys all traces of their materialistic and individualistic past to form a utopia. This so-called utopia is actually more of a dystopian society. Dystopias are defined as an imagined place that is usually totalitarianistic and environmentally degraded. Anthem’s society is one of these societies, due to the tyrannical leadership, lack of technological advancements, the indoctrination of people, beginning at birth, and the loss of individualism. The tyrannical leadership is shown through the ruthless enforcement of unreasonable laws. People were “burned alive in the square of the City” (Rand 49), and theft was punishable by “ten years in the Palace of Corrective Detention” (Rand 18). Technology was also severely...
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...Do you think the most sacred word is Ego. In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand. Anthem is a dystopian novel takes place in the future where Individualism is eliminated and communism is in place. In spite of these laws, Equality breaks them and becomes an independent being. In Anthem, we see Equality break away from the collective, which paved the way for objectivism theme. What is Equality’s Motivation. P1 In the story “Anthem”, Equality is motivated to be an independent being, Since he is an individual being and has the power to think and act for himself. At the end of the story Equality states “I am, I think, I will” (94). This shows that since he is an independent being he has the power to think and make decisions for himself. As the story...
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...“We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike.” The quote from the Anthem by Ayn Rand sums up a society completely polar opposite to our own. The society in the Anthem is a world filled with sameness and a very rigid social structure that oppresses individuality in an extreme way. There is no bettering of one’s self, no having a family, no free will. The men and women in the anthem are taught from birth, they all work together as one unit and there is no such thing as being different. People work not for themselves, but for the great of the city. This idea is so deeply seeded within their minds, they can’t even conceive the meaning of the word “I” This word is unspeakable and for the rare few that do speak the word are put to death. Later in the book when the escape the city into the forest, they have trouble expressing...
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