Respond to 2 of the 5 questions (listed below). Use no less than
3 sentences in your responses. Be
thoughtful and use specific details and examples.
1- To help create setting, Ayn Rand uses color imagery. Find two examples in the chapter. What colors does the author use? What image is she trying to convey?
2- The first page of Anthem begins, “It is a sin to write this.” Using textual evidence, explain why Equality is committing a sin when he writes.
3- Why does Equality refer to himself as “we”?
4- Would you want to be friends with someone like Equality? Why or why not?
5- Ayn Rand wanted Equality 7-2521 to stand out from his brothers. Explain how she accomplished this by contrasting Equality 7-2521’s physical attributes to those of his fellow men.
Q3 Because they ddint teach him indivdualality.
ReplyDeleteQ4-No id dont think i would be friends with him, because I didnt undertsand his personality,
It is hard to get to know Equality because he even has a hard time trying to figure out his own personality and who he is. However, I did like a lot of his personality traits, like his courage to stand alone and his curiosity about the world around him. The only thing I didn't like about him was some of his egotistical ranting at the end of the book, lol. I find it a little annoying.
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DeleteQ3: He refered to himeself as "we" because they did not teach him individuality. It kinda makes him look like he was not taught anything useful. Q4: No I do not think I would ever be friends with Equality 7-2521. This is probably because I didn't understand this book.
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DeleteI agree with not being friends with Equality because it would be extremely hard to understand him.
DeleteInteresting comment: "makes him look like he was not taught anything useful." I agree. If you look at their society, the council wants people to spend their time on meaningless work, because to have any kind of dreams, aspirations, or goals is selfish and sinful. I bet their education system was almost as interesting as watching grass grow.
DeleteI agree. He was taught to act as a group not an individual.
Delete2:Equality was not taught individuality in school.He was not taught the words "I, me, you, etc."
ReplyDelete5: She described Equality as taller than the rest of his "brothers."
I agree.
Delete2. Equality is not allowed to do anything the Council of Vocations doesn't know about including writing. So that is what makes it a sin, because you are not aloud to know about something that your brothers and council doesn't know about.
ReplyDelete5. Equality stood out to his brothers because he was 6 foot tall, which was taller than the average height of the other people. also stood out because he wanted to learn things that were not allowed in his society.
Very good answers Chelsea!
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DeleteQ3: He was taught in school that "I" was not a word. "We" was used as a single person.
ReplyDeleteQ4: No, because I wouldn't be able to understand him. His words and how he speaks would be confusing.
Question 1. I think that Equality refers to himself as "we" because he was never taught that he was an individual. In his school it is taught that all men think alike and that it is a so called "sin" if you think differently. Even though he is just one person he thinks and acts like everyone else being no different. Equality is just trying to make sure he does not break any laws and you can’t act the same as everyone else if you think like your own person. He's trying to convince himself that he and his brother are one whole and not individuals.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 4. From where I stand now I would want to be friends with Equality. I think though if I was with Equality in his time that I would be of a different thought. In his time I would not be his friend because he would be trying to change what I had believed in all the time. Also he would be breaking laws and associating with a criminal could get me in trouble and in his time breaking laws lead to a serious punishment.
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DeleteQ3: He thinks we are all the same as one. He thinks there is "no men just the great we”. He thinks "Some is indivisible".
ReplyDeleteQ4: Yes, because he doesn’t judge like some people do and he acts different than others. He thinks that every man is like brothers and every woman is like sisters. So in his mind I would say that everyone is equal.
Q3: I agree because that is all he knew.
Delete1-Very dark colors
ReplyDelete2-It is wrong to write bad things about their leaders
3-He doesn`t know the word "I"
4-He speaks the truth
5-He knows better then they do
2. No one in this story is allowed to write accept the council of the scholars. He is also not allowed to hold more information than his brothers, there for he is commenting a crime that could possibly get him killed.
ReplyDelete3. Equality is not allowed to act as an individual. The goverment in this story believes that individlisum is the key to unlock darkness and evil. Because of that everyone refers to themselves as 'we' instead of 'I'.
Question 3. Because he was not taught to be a indivdual.
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ReplyDeleteQuestion 3: My assumption is that he referred to himself as "we" because he never wanted to think of himself as one individual. He was taught to never think of himself. Ither that or "we" is all he knew. Maybe he was taught to never say "I".
ReplyDeleteQ3: Equality does not know himself as his own person, for everyone is equal and no one is different. He was never taught the word “I” he only knew the words we, our, and us.
ReplyDeleteQ5: Equality stuck out from his fellow brothers because he was 6 foot tall, which was taller than the average height span. He also stood out because he studied things that were not allowed in society because it was a sin.
I agree.
DeleteQ3: That is only words he knew at the time. He didn’t know any other words. Nobody would teach him different.
ReplyDeleteQ4: No I would not want to be friends with equality because he would be confusing to talk to. I wouldn’t know what he was saying. When you would want to ask him a question he might not understand you since you don’t talk like he does.
Thank you Bryce, for helping me understand. I also agree with you on Q4.
DeleteQ3: He only knows 'we' not 'I' because no one has taught him any different.
ReplyDeleteQ4: No because i couldn't stand someone saying 'we' all the time.
I agree. I would'nt want to be friends with him either because he would be confusing to talk to. I dont like people that talk with big words.
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DeleteQuestion 4. I dont think I would want to be friends with a person like Liberty because he is a difficult person to relate and talk to.
ReplyDeleteI didnt read the book sooo..... yaa....
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DeleteQ1:He used very dark colors because the setting was sad.
ReplyDelete1.Even though he is just one person he thinks and acts like everyone else being no different.
ReplyDelete2.not taught individualy in school.He was not taught the words
Q4:No I would not want to be friends with him because he used words I didn't understand.
ReplyDeletevery true..
Deleteq3 he doesn't know anyword besides the plural ones because he was raised as if the words didn't exist
ReplyDeleteq4 i think it would not be good to have him as a friend because we could not do anything together or people would think i like him better than everyone else and i would get in trouble
I agree.
DeleteQ3- I think they refer to themselves as we because they haven't been taught individuality.
ReplyDeleteQ3 because he was never taught as an individual
ReplyDeleteQ3: I agree because he was never taught any different in gramar.
DeleteQ3 because he was never taught as an individual.
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DeleteQ4: I would not like it because it would be very hard to understand him
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DeleteQ3: He referred to himself as "we" because they were taught that individuality was not accepted.
ReplyDeleteQ4: Yes I would want to be friends with him because he never judged anyone if they looked different. He thought of them as like a part of his family.
#3 He refers to himself as we in third person because he is part of a group.
ReplyDelete#4 I would like to be friends with him because he has independent thoughts.
ReplyDeletei like how he is in third person
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