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Rand's "Anthem" - Research Paper

Rand's "Anthem"

Anthem, a science fiction novel, deals with a future primitive society in
which the forbidden word "I", which is punishable, has been replaced by "We".
Anthem's theme seems to be about the meaning and glory of man's ego. In this
novel, Rand shows that the individualism needed for building a complex
technological civilization has been suppressed by collectivism. Rand glorifies
man's individual ability to think, and appeals to emotion. The emotion is
displayed at various time throughout the story; the encounters of Equality and
Liberty, on the occasion regarding the discovery of the light bulb, and during
the time the two find the house in which they will live in for the remainder ...

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into the forest, and the first sign of
forbidden love is shown when "we bent to raise the Golden One to their feet, but
when we touched them, it was as if madness had stricken us. We seized their
body and we pressed our lips to theirs."
Equality is excited with the joy of learning when he finishes his work of
building a light bulb. "WE MADE IT. WE CREATED IT. We brought it forth from
the night of the ages. We alone. Our hands. Our mind. Ours alone and only.
We know not what we are saying. Our head is reeling." The emotion shown by
Equality after having just built the light bulb is pride and happiness because
he has just created some power unknown but to the people of the Unmentionable
times. After he fully realizes what he has done, he has defensive emotions and
has to "guard our tunnel as we had never guarded it before. For should any men
save the Scholars learn of our secret, they would not understand it, nor would
they believe us. They would see nothing, save our ...

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Added: 5/10/2004 02:01:26 PM
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