Anthem's society and the society in the movie, "The Matrix", are very similar but also very different. Even though we only watched a couple minutes of the movie, I still have a good understanding of it. You really had to pay attention to the movie because the similarities were not obvious. The similarities were the numbers, orders being given, someone got caught doing something, which I think might happen later on in the book, and in "The Matrix" it says follow the white rabbit and in Anthem they followed the metal pieces when they discovered the tunnel. The differences are the was a lot more action in the movie "The Matrix" and in "The Matrix" they have certain people that are targets but in anthem if something happens I’m pretty sure it will
Dystopian Complications- Anthem VS. The Maze Runner “ And if you 're not needed by you brother men, there is no reason for you to burden the earth with your bodies…”(Rand, 1.20) Dystopian literature is a type of genre that is dark and like everything has just lost all common sense. Teens are going into the dystopian fandom because it 's like the music the listen too. “Against the rules.
In several ways the novella Anthem can be compared to the modern day communist dictatorship North Korea. Although they are similar in some places they are completely different in other ways. Ways they are able to be compared and contrasted are the forms of government, the state and mentality of the citizens, and development or progress as a civilization. Although it is often said that anywhere can be better than a certain place, such as people saying that school is the worst place that exists for a relatable example, there are various different factors that play into the overall condition of something that it can be extremely difficult to tell. To finish the previous thought, school can be hated because people are put up to endure hours upon
Technology and electricity has regressed, everything that had been from the “Unmentionable Times” is nonexistent now, this new society started from complete scratch. In summary, Harrison Bergeron and Anthem have major differences in their societies, but they both end up to be dystopias. It does not matter of one has electricity or one has families or one has flying cars. The only part of a society that matters is the way they treat the people.
In both communities people are forced to live exactly the same and not have any thing unique about them. In Anthem the community is taught this by being told, “We are nothing. Mankind is all” (Rand 20). This shows that they were told from day one that they should never think about themselves in life, but instead think only about the community and what is best for all. They believe that the community being exactly the same is alright, because they are taught that it is all for the greater good.
Both 1984 and Anthem have very oppressive governments, but their laws are completely different from one another. In 1984, the government is strange when it comes to rules, there is nothing that is illegal, the people are allowed to do whatever they want, but if they do anything or even look slightly suspicious, the “Thought Police” will kidnap, torture, and kill anybody who has gone against the government. The government believes that if people are allowed to have emotions, they will become angry at the government, and revolt, and that’s why emotions are illegal (I will call it illegal because even though there are no laws, doing certain things will get you in trouble, so to avoid confusion, I’m going to continue saying it’s “illegal”), including emotional attachments to other people. People having sex for the purposes of procreation is perfectly legal, but having sex because you love the
Comparisons and Contrasts of Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem The novel Fahrenheit 451 is written with aspects of a society similar to that of Anthem in relation to their futuristic governments and dynamic characters. Montag in Fahrenheit 451 is faced with multiple challenges comparable to those of Prometheus in Anthem. Although each character plays a different role, they are both striving to achieve freedoms and happiness. The wellbeing of themselves and others is predominately the main concern for both Montag and Prometheus.
In the books Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem, by Ray Bradbury and Ayn Rand, the societies displayed are very different from modern day societies. In Anthem the main character, Equality 7-2521, is a young man who lives in a society where there is absolutely no individuality personality wise and it is basically considered a sin to be different than others. In Fahrenheit 451 the main character, Guy Montag, lives in a society where no one thinks independently, it is illegal to read, and no one really cares about anything. Both societies restrict free thinking, but both do it in ways different than the other. In both books the main characters meet someone who changes their lives for the better.
Anthem is a story written by Ayn Rand as a propaganda piece portraying the evils of communism. The book takes place in the future in a undisclosed city surrounded by forest. In this city a collectivist society dwells. The conflict of Anthem is character vs. society where one man by the name of Equality decides to go against his broken government. Equality took a stand against his broken society, he has defied the council of scholars and his government, had a relation with a women, and escaped the city to The Uncharted Forest.
“O Brother Where Art Thou?” is a comedy, adventure film produced in 2000. Many of the scenes in this film are based off the Odyssey, which is an epic poem by Homer. It is based on a true hero’s journey back home. There are many correlations and yet differences between the Odyssey and the film. Although the overall plot of “O Brother Where Art Thou?” is vaguely similar to the Odyssey, there are certain “episodes” that closely mirror the film’s classical influence.
Imagine you lived in a society where you were told who you could love, who you could talk to, who you could even look at. Some people believe going back in time would bring back a kinder, gentler society. In the book, Anthem, the narrator describes the society he is living in as very contained and controlled. In the movie, The Village, a young girl named Ivy lives in a society where it is still controlled by a group of people but there is a lot more freedom.
“An unexamined life is a life not worth living” - Socrates. Both ‘The Matrix’ and Plato’s allegory of ‘The Cave’ develops a question of reality and how the world is perceived. This can be closely connected to one of the great Greek philosopher’s sayings where an “unexamined life is a life not worth living”. Socrates states this due to the increasing number of citizens who lived their lives without questioning the world around them. ‘The Matrix’ and Plato’s allegory explore how when the world is properly examined the outcome is a new understanding and perception of life.
The Oracle in Oedipus tells him his true prophecy, but he refuses to accept it, whereas Neo is given inaccurate information but he chooses to go with the Oracle, however, Oedipus still ended up facing the truth and Neo experiences the opposite of what the Oracle explained to him, demonstrating that no matter if one chooses to accept one’s outcome or not, their fate will come true. In Oedipus the King and The Matrix, both Oracles chose a different way of revealing the futures of the protagonists, but it didn’t differ the end result of their lives. The Oracle in Oedipus the King is very straightforward and tells Oedipus the truth, “Revealed at last, brother and father both/ to the children he embraces, to his mother/ son and husband both-he sowed
Fisrt of all, one novel that interconnects with V for Vendetta is The Matrix by Joshua Clover. For example, some similarities are that both want to overthrow a manipulative government who is control by insane people with extreme ideologies. In fact, that main characters of both texts want to find someone that could help them to destroy the people in charge, who controls the dystopian society, this way they can free society from an illusion that prevented them to see the real freedom. Moreover, in the novel The Matrix a man named “Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans” (Plot Summary). This connects to V for Vendetta, because just