The Giver And Anthem Analysis

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, gender divides are not readily apparent however they do exist, resembling many real societies. In Bradbury’s society the government has the most power followed by the firemen. There is no evidence of any women being firefighters in their society, resulting in women having less power than men. Also in Montag’s case, he works while his wife is at home. Montag’s wife, Mildred, is not expected to work, nor are there any jobs mentioned that she, a women, could perform.

There are multiple times in the novel where it shows greasers and socs have something in common. One thing they have in common is the parenting shown by both sides. Neither the socs parents nor the greasers parents are very involved with their children's lives. Johnny’s parents ignore him, act like he isn’t even there for the majority of the story. Johnny is a greaser.

The visions for the new American Republic were seen very differently through the eyes of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. They were both founding fathers of the United States; however, they opposed each other when it came to government. Hamilton grew up with nothing, abandoned by his father and his mother had past away. Jefferson was the complete opposite, brought up in wealth and privilege. The two man differences between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton's visions were economic and political.

First, in “ Aria” By Richard Rodriguez the reader can see that throughout the story he never goes outside to talk to any of his neighbors, nor does he say he ever plans to. Richard believes that due to him not being white or as he calls it a “Gringo”, then he will never be able to spend some recreational time with them. Furthermore, we also see that Richard is one of the few fortunate ones that got to live around this area instead of the mexican side of town this implies that since he and his family do not belong there, therefore they would not be accepted by his neighborhood. His family is even shown to understand this when Richard states “My mother and father were more annoyed than intimidated by those two or three neighbors who initially

We are all sold the American dream. We are told that if we pick ourselves up by the bootstraps, we can make our dreams happen. Not to say that is not possible, but no one mentions that broader sociological concepts will shape many, if not every, aspect of our lives along the way. No one explains that there will be people who cross the street when they see you, no one teaches you how to deal with the added pressure of being the only person that looks like you do in your classroom or office, and no one explains to you that you will live in a different world and receive vastly different treatment depending on what you look like. Fortunately, because of Claude Steele’s work in Whistling Vivaldi, we are introduced to concepts such as identity

This quote suggests that although he will not acknowledge it, he desires to be with everybody else and to have people who understand him. However, there are no other colored people around to relate to Crooks. "And now there ain't another colored man on this ranch and there's jus' one family in Soledad (Steinbeck 70)." This passage suggests that he feels isolated with no one to know how he feels. Not only does he have no friends, Curley's wife also puts him in his place.

The novel “Anthem” by Ayn Rand was a short heartwarming story that was set in the future presumably after World War 3. In Anthem the society uses Collectivism; they live in groups and put the group above individuals. These people live similar to an ant colony their only purpose for existence is for the overall good of the whole. With this being said, people are not to see themselves as anything more than part of the group. They do not know the word “I”, and they aren’t allowed to be their own person.

In the utopian society they never even get to pick their own jobs thats a big choice they do their jobs for pretty much their whole life and they let some elders who they barely even know pick the job for the rest of their lives. They also have very harsh rules if someone does a few stupid things they could get released for making some dumb choices. Also they can never choose to leave the community they always have to stay their wondering what is outside of their community.“It’s just that without all the memories it’s all

Furthermore, an outsider is a character that is set apart from the established cultural pattern. The most character that was an outsider was Franky, Bernice, and the soldier. Therefore, Franky didn’t feel like she wasn’t part of any club “we”. Bernice is part of the family, but again she’s not part of the family because if they ever move or go somewhere out of the town she can’t go. The soldier didn’t know anybody when he came back in town and he felt unnoticeable because nobody said anything to him at all.

One of these characters is Agamemnon himself. While he has no physical disability, Agamemnon is blind to the motives of his wife, and he is unable to see the problems he creates in his home. When Agamemnon first returns home from the Trojan War, his wife