Equality In Ayn Rand's Anthem

I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.” (Anthem 94) Equality needed validation for why he was different, but ultimately, he is the validation, he, as a singular.

Escaping Communism Ayn Rand depicts a communist world in her book Anthem, where the citizens live day to day identical to the one before. Equality 7-2521, a struggling man in the society, is set apart for his strive of wanting more than what the society gives him. Rand shows that in a world carried on in such a communistic matter, it leaves some struggling and at a loss to make do with what they have and to fit in. The book, Anthem gives a grand example of how others react to one’s differences, shunning them or giving a punishment. Equality 7-2521 has a compelling ambition to learn things which then helps him escape the society.

The last and final segment is the “ Blooming”. The last semne is about all of the past segments but learning that thing where into going to get better from there for them. They reflect on the love they received and the love they gave to people. They talk about how they have the right to make their own decisions as a person and have a right to build there future for themselves and go down the path they want to, and not what other people say to contribute to them. It also brings light into the fact that they 've learned better to be in a relationship with someone who doesn 't respect them as a individual, and to also take that love they grew up with and base their life around the

When speaking about it we are also referring to our own standards and dignity. As individuals we all strive for something we want and try our hardest to make it happen without realizing how we can be doing something wrong just so we can feel proud. Just for this reason, this is going to be based off the “Scarlet Ibis” in order to show what pride can do to people and the damaged it can cause. No matter the reason we all want something to be proud of. With the narrator in the “Scarlet Ibis”, he wasn’t proud of his little

Unlike others, he wanted to make his dreams come true, hence making him different. He becomes self reliant and believes in his own potential to make his wishes a success. Once he followed his own dreams, he soon, then focuses on himself. Without his Transcendental belief, he did live his desires and

Equality suffers greatly from his cause. Equality’s cause is to be able to create an invention that will appease the council of scholars, and further the knowledge of the society. He also wants to use this as forgiveness for his sins. However despite Equality’s best intentions, he is persecuted for his individuality. “A street sweeper!

Each soul born into this life affects people and makes contributions in their sphere of influence. While some people contribute in positive ways striving each day to be kind, caring for others and upholding high morals and standards of society, others seem destined to pass each day hurting people while breaking society's written and unwritten rules for behavior. Free will gives people the capacity to make daily decisions that will determine their destiny and allows people to choose “good over evil.” The idea of free will is also known as tishmel, a Hebrew word meaning “Thou mayest” choose. Tishmel is a significant word to humankind because it offers hope of redemption for all souls.

Because of the alchemist telling him this, he knows his Personal Legend and continues to work for it. Out of the many challenges people face in life, some still just give up instead of persevering. The Alchemist, however, shows that people should never give up, but instead fight through bad situations to complete their goals. Others may think we are just suffering when we persevere, but “no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity” (Coelho 134).

Finally, Cole talks about how he’s going to make something out of himself even though he grew up living a struggling lifestyle. “Love Yourz” is one of the songs I can relate to because the lyrics show that no matter how messed up your life is, you should learn to love the life you have. “Love Yourz” made me realize that there will always be someone there to support my decisions and accept the person I am, and who I am to become Even though I cannot relate to having the status of a successful rapper, it is important to reflect on the ideas that J Cole emphasizes on. The hook (“No such thing as a life that’s better than yours”) sums up the whole idea of the song.

He says, “As humans we have become more concerned with having, than with being“. The importance of being and the immeasurable value of our pure existence is a key truth for me in how I live my life. The way I choose to perceive and live life is that being comes first because no matter what we do or do not do, we are still meaningful and made of energy, I believe even love itself. I believe we are seeing more of us live in this way and that it is changing the world for the

Human will, especially in Vincent 's case, affirms stronger than genetics. Vincent is able to overcome discrimination and deceive Gattaca administrators, convincing them of his greatness. He receives validation when his director compliments his hard work saying, "Not one error in a million keystrokes. Phenomenal. It 's right that someone like you is taking us to Titan."

Those individuals do not obey. they are independent, pursuing their values, and living their own happiness. Once Equality 7-2521 makes this relization he is able to break away from his old

In Ayn Rand's story Anthem, the protagonist Equality 7-2521 has a power unlike no other within their collectivist society. One day when Equality was working as a street sweeper, he finds an old abandoned underground railroad tunnel from the Unmentionable Times long ago. This is where he conducts his experiments that fill him with pride and joy. Equality dreams how his new invention that he brought into existence can change the world, but helping mankind is not his true motivation behind his passion to create. Throughout the story, Equality's true motivation is him trying to find his inner self and his identity as an individual.

with Equality’s reputation. The author tries to grasp the reader’s attention using this technique, to help the reader to finish the book until the end. Above all, in Anthem there is many different thoughts that can determine your reputation, and with those thoughts come actions. Equality chooses to make the wrong actions determined by his thoughts and it causes him to think the society’s rules are not how Equality thinks that they should be.

Intelligence. Something that Equality 7-2521 has a great deal of. Ayn Rand, the author of Anthem, suggests that Equality 7-2521 knows that he is too intelligent to be a street sweeper, and he tries to prove his intelligence through his experiments so he can be “willed” into the Home of the Scholars. She shows this through his time in the Home of the Students when Equality is punished for his quick head, his love for learning, and the idea of learning, and when he escapes to the tunnel to work on his invention. Equality knows he is intelligent when he is punished in the Home of the Students because of his quick head.