the National Anthem, I think of the US and the land of the free and home of the brave. After reading this article I don’t think there is any way I could support the actions of Kaepernick. Based on my own beliefs and the fact that I have grown up with military men in my family, this was not in any way honoring them, but simply putting the hard work and time they gave to their country to shame. Kaepernick said he was not trying to cause a stir, but he did not stand for the National Anthem not once, but
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The society that exists within the pages of Anthem values collective thought and rejects individuality in any way, as “there are no men but only the great WE” (Rand 19). This is especially unfortunate for Equality 7-2521, one man out of his many “brothers” and “sisters.” For Equality is not like his fellow men. He is more inquisitive than his brothers, more intelligent than his brothers. But it is sinful to be different. When Equality became 15 years old and stood before the Council of Vocations
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In Ayn Rand’s novel, Anthem the technology is very primitive. There is no electricity, so they live by candle light. There are strides made by the character Equality 7-2521 to improve this. After much hard work, Equality is able to recreate the light bulb. By the way this story is written, you can gather how Rand feels about science, technology, and advances in these areas. From her writing, you can presume that Rand is for technology, science and its improvements. In Anthem, Equality represents
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Many famous dystopian novels and short stories are about advanced futuristic societies that have amazing technology. This is not the case with Anthem by Ayn Rand in the future technology has taken steps backwards; in Anthem it seems to be intentional to keep citizens in line and complacent. The leaders of the society are purposely holding back technology as well as schooling to form more of control of their citizens and if the leaders keep control of the citizens by limiting their technology it will
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In Ayn Rand’s “Anthem”, a plethora of themes is presented. Ayn writes about a collectivist society at an indeterminable date in the future, but the residents ae lead to believe by the government that this is a utopia. They had lost all individuality and free will to collectivism. So, the main character, Equality 7-2521, tried to change this and instead got cast away by his brothers. He wanted them to thrive. Collectivism is detrimental because human nature is to be selfish, self-reliant, and independent
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SWOT Analysis of Anthem Inc (ANTM) & Aetna (AET) SWOT Analysis of Anthem Inc (ANTM): • Strengths Strong free cash flow: Anthem has the free cash flow that provides resources to the company for expanding and developing new projects. Skilled Workforce: The company is investing substantial resource to train and motive their employees through the means of training and other learning programs. Satisfactory returns: The company is somewhat successful in the implementation of its new and current
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In the story Anthem, it is how everyone is equal and the people with the highest power are the School of Scholars. Equality is a man that is smarter, stronger, and has full of curiosity which isn’t acceptable since he isn’t equal like his brothers. Once he is 21 years old, he was set to be a Street Sweeper and at first he wanted to be a Scholar since they can express ideas and so but he was happy and accepted being a Street Sweeper. As he works he soons finds out a tunnel from the unmentionable times
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As once said by John F. Kennedy, “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” Anthem by Ayn Rand is a dystopian fiction novel in a future setting where mankind is expected to follow a set of rules as a whole society. Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright and screenwriter. In her novel, Anthem, It shows a way of putting a society as a whole to function the same and think the same way where no one can be independent. One of the main characters was Equality
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Ayn Rand, the author of the novel Anthem, views the concept of being an “other” in society as a stepping stone to one being truly enlightened and destined for a journey far greater than others who are compliant to society’s whims or standards. According to Rand, being an “other” in society is not a burden and those who aren’t “others” in this relative society would be placed in classifications such as the mindless, afraid, or complacently foolish. What sets Equality 7-2521 apart from others,
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Anthem Essay “A champion needs motivation above and beyond winning.” Pat Riley, known as the best NBA coach, once said this, and many people throughout the world believe that this is an accurate statement. Motivation is more important than winning, because winning doesn’t happen without motivation. Thinking in terms of the book Anthem, Equality, the main character, is different than his peers because of his motivation; Equality’s motivation is as important to today’s society as it was in his, and
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