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Normal Day In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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This essay will be about a book with a very different world from ours. In Anthem the "Normal" day is very opposite from ours, in many ways physically and mentally main character Equality is a man very much like us in a society that shuns him for being so. His average day consisted of waking up, eating breakfast and working until it was time to attend the theater. Then inevitably starting the process over each day until the age of 40. For them in their age of evolution the age of forty is the verge of the end for them and they sit in a retirement home till the end. In this society, technology has been lost through the "rebirth" of the world in an effort for a perfect and peaceful world. The availability of technology isn't much more than what you could compare to an Amish village. The basic necessities are met and not much more is given to them. As this story developed I realized that many things in fact, all things we do freely here are restricted in Equality's world. From as simple as a smile to hard labor, everything had a restrictive law and reasoning to it. Equality was questioned for his reason of …show more content…

How we are not even the slightest bit close to being like them. We strive for greatness and advancement, while they're punished for it. Everyone is so wrapped up in how their appearance is, but not equality he hasn't any idea what his face looks like until he's a full grown man and runs away. It really makes me wonder what life would be like day to day if I didn't get to choose my clothes or wake up when I want. Our modern society is also decades in advancement compared to Equality's society. With just the use of candles coming upon them and we're developing driverless cars. It really grounds a person on a humble level after considering all the freedoms we have compared to this story. But one thing stuck out to me, no matter how advanced we become our world still is run by

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