You now live in a communistic society where the government is in such control to where it is literally a sin to have a mind of your own. Imagine living in ultimate fear because you are not as dull-witted as all of the other ‘citizens’ in the totalitarianistic society in which you live. This represents Equality’s way of life in the horrific society he has been forced to live in in Anthem, which was written by the controversial writer known as Ayn Rand. Anthem is a story which takes place under the
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Individualism, a quality that the main protagonist of “anthem” fortuitously discovers, established an eventful journey to the hero to manifest this philosophy. In the book “anthem,” tells a story of one dystopian society being the product of multiple wars and destruction. Multiple councils control this society under laws that condemn the act of individualism. Defying the will of their brothers goes on as the basis of these laws. The ultimate transgression was speaking of “the unspeakable word,” (Rand
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It was evident that Pasiphae was not going to evade retribution her puerile behavior. The two beings glared at each other with an intensity that would melt steel, but neither moved. A thick silence hung in the air that was complimented by the steady breaths that were coming from both of the mongrels. Pasiphae dug her claws into earth, because she sensed that the brute was not going to let this go, not like she was prepared to. The Brindle remained tense, internally worried that she had bitten off
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Thematic Idea: Militarisation of Political Ideology What I think the Author want us to learn: I believe he wants people to see and understand that politics have a way of dividing even the closest of people producing a world where no one can win. Author's opinion on the human condition: I think he is talking about the fragility of interpersonal relationships when a leader rises up in power and calls for loyalty even with the danger of death or injury for an ideology one believes in. Example 1:
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Accordingly, Society cannot function the way an intellectual maneuvers the information they acquire but questions them when doing so, resulting in a lost connection between those two things. This is basically telling people in the government that focusing on the individual’s happiness lets people with questions gain freedom to do as they like. Equality 7-2521 and John, the Savage, are imprisoned in a controlled experiment where they cannot exceed the structure of freedom created in the civilization
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I LOVE red shoes! One time my uncle had a pair of red Nikes that made me just druel. He said he would give them to me for $100 because they don't fit him anymore, but at that time I never had $100, then he told me if I wanted the shoes I would have to work for him. He worked as a Pig Breeder, so I had no idea what I would have to do, so he gave me instructions on what i would have to do. First, feed the pigs, and that includes getting a 40 pound bag of Pig Pellets and putting a bag in each stall
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Brave New World is about a very controlled futuristic society. The story begins as a group of young students following a tour in a factory called the London Hathcherey and Conditioning Center, conducted by the director of the factory. The director describes the process of how humans are mass produced and conditioned to have certain morals. Each person in the community exists to serve society. Next, a new character named Bernard is introduced to the story. Bernard is an Alpha male psychologist that
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In A Brave New World by Alduous Huxley is a story of how technology in the future can take over the human race by depicting the story of a man who is different than everyone else through imagery, motifs, and symbolism. This novel in some ways shapes what the future will look like when humans are cloned and the whole world is corrupt. Love will no longer exist, it will all be about men and women just having sex all the time. There will be no emotion or feeling. The world will be a dark place and Huxley
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The Netflix original movie, What Happened to Monday, portrays a dystopian world where the government, to combat overpopulation, enacts a single child policy. The government supposedly freezes the children for a later age of prosperity, but Terrence Settman rebuts this and insead raises his seven identical granddaughters with a single identity. This Netflix original covers a wide variety of interesting ideas and topics, but what interested me the most was the portrayal of the European Federation
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Kirke Kirke, the goddess that inhabits Aiaia, posed yet another obstacle in Odysseus’ journey back home to Ithaka. After landing on Aiaia, Odysseus sent a group of his men to explore the isle. The men soon came across a house surrounded by docile animals, they came across the goddess, Kirke, who lured all but Eurýmakhos into her house and turns the men into pigs. When Odysseus learned of how his men were tricked, he set off alone in order to save them from the goddess’ spell. With the help of Hermes
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