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U.S. Wallis And Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Name of the teacher who assigned the essay (if applicable) Your Essay Please select the topic question your essay addresses Topic 1: Anthem depicts a world of the future, a collectivist dictatorship in which Topic 2: In Anthem, the City has numerous rules and controls. Why do these exist? Topic 3: Contrast Equalitys view of morality at the end of the novel to the morality exemplified
Anthem depicts a world of the future, a collectivist dictatorship in which even the word I has vanished. Discuss the heros struggle to free himself from collectivism. What makes his victory possible? In your essay, consider what Ayn Rand has to say in The Soul Of An Individualist excerpt from her novel The Fountainhead.
In Anthem, the City has numerous rules and controls. Why do these exist? What is their purpose? Do you think the society that Equality envisions creating at the end of the story would include any of these rules and controls? Explain why or why not.
Contrast Equalitys view of morality at the end of the novel to the morality exemplified by his societys institutions, practices and officials. In your essay, consider what Ayn Rand has to say in these excerpts from her writings.
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