Anthem

             Ayn Rand looks into the unabsolute, the unaccustomed, the uncharted and unknown. She
             looks beyond that of the world and dares to go beyond the boundaries that life has
             foreordained. Her thoughts become the heart's convictions. One cannot see...one cannot
             breathe... one knows nothing for one feels nothing, by choice. In such a place depicted in
             Anthem emptiness is a set state of mind that one willingly excepts. Yet, some travel on
             where Rand believes they should not go; they speak illicit words and listen to utter silence.
             Striving for perfection they push away the obstacles and the very real dangers staring them
             in the face. Rand thoroughly depicts yesterday, today, tomorrow, next week, next year
             In persuing perfection by way of collectivism, in making complete happiness the
             optimum goal, the society manages to produce hell on earth. Collectivism is all about the
             whole and never its components. One lives for the benefit of those yet to come. There is
             no taking only giving. In the society that Rand portrays, collectivism is taken to the next
             level. To make the community function they lose who they are, their way of life, and their
             ability to discern. " And as we look upon the Uncharted Forest in the night, we think of
             the secrets of the Unmentionable Times. And we wonder how it came to pass that these
             secrets were lost to the world" (50). They live, or better yet, seek to exist in a world
             where all sources of skills and knowledge have been burned as the will of the people. In an
             effort to somehow stumble upon what no man can find, that being a life of perfection, they
             start over. They act without history or prerequisite. The purpose of history is to learn from
             the mistakes of the past. Without that they are bound to repeat history in ways worse than
             before. "Our name is Equality 7-2521, as it is written on the iron bracelet which all men
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