Ayn Rand's Anthem, a novelette
("Ayn" rhymes with "fine", the reader mispronounces it as "Ann")
This novelette depicts a world of the future, a society so collectivized that even the word "I" has...
Ayn Rand's Anthem, a novelette
("Ayn" rhymes with "fine", the reader mispronounces it as "Ann")
This novelette depicts a world of the future, a society so collectivized that even the word "I" has vanished from the language. Anthem's theme is: the meaning and glory of man's ego.
Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.
She is known as a defender of objective reality, absolute reason, a morality she called rational selfishness/rational egoism, laissez-faire capitalism (please note, she WAS NOT A "LIBERTARIAN"), and romantic art.
"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." --Ayn Rand
"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for the sake of mine." --Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The title track on the 1976 concept album 2112, by progressive rock band Rush, has a story that very strongly parallels Anthem (although, perhaps naturally, the protagonist of 2112 discovers a guitar instead of a light bulb). The liner notes of the album acknowledge "the genius of Ayn Rand."
Neil Peart, Drummer/Songwriter for Rush, said that 2112 was based on Anthem and inspired by it; though he did say that he didn't notice that they were so alike until afterwards, and so thought that it was necessary to provide a reference. Through his success as a Songwriter and drummer in pop culture, Neil Peart has become one of the biggest popularizers of Rand's ideas, although that was not the purpose of 2112 or his song "Anthem" on their earlier album Fly by Night. (Wikipedia)
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Our children and their children's children may yet be forced to eek out an existence in a world like that Research what rights you have and use em or lose em, give me liberty or give me death!
"Never again will you be capable of ordinary human feeling. Everything will be dead inside you. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves."
i Honestly Love this book It is truely a book that will continue to inspire people of all ages to unite and see past What the government Wants you too see, i love the way Ann has Made "I" vanish and use "we" in every context towords one's self, and how everyone in this book is Equal and nobody is Prefered over anybody else i love this book it will always be with me. and i Dearly do think this book will Stay around for Generations too come...
i think you might have missed the point. Rand's philosophy is not about the 'we', but, in fact, is "egoism", a discovery of the power of the individual, "I", is the driving force behind Rand's vision. Certainly, the idea of going against the establishment "government" is a prevailing theme, but it's the INDIVIDUAL vs. the establishment that Rand is getting at. Great book, though.
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Research what rights you have and use em or lose em, give me liberty or give me death!
its the only book ive read by her
and i just read it like last week
but it makes you think thats for sure
1984