Summary
Equality 7-2521 runs into Collective 0-0009, while he starts questioning them and soon find out that Equality 7-2521 is breaking all the rules. Equality 7-2521 is keeping a close look his box that the council considers useless, they believe it will ruin everything so they declare to destroy it, but Equality 7-2521 ran a got this glass box. Equality 7-2521 walk right in the Uncharted Forest, and knew that the council would not follow not go in there. Equality 7-2521 believe that this was it that he was never going to see anybody from his life he just left, trying to survive on his own. Equality 7-2521 notice their reflection saying that they were more beautiful than their brothers. Writing was the only way for him to speak, and on his second day alone he notice that the Golden One was there. She left once she heard that he was gone. They decided to be together. When the Golden One said "we love you" said that is not what she wanted to say. They found a house that they decided that it was theirs, which Equality 7-2521 call it the house of Unmentionable times. They were able to learn to understand what is going on in the house and they both like it. Finally he knew of the words I, my, mine, and never wanted to use the word we. Then the Golden one decided to say "I love you" and they change their names hers is Gaea, and his is Prometheus. He wanted to start a new history, they had a son and he will teach his son the word I. One day he would fight for the freedom of Man, word that will never die he says is EGO.
Quotation
Towards the end of the book when Prometheus says he will fight for freedom, "shall I fight...For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor" (Rand 104).
Reaction
As I was reading this book I was surprise that he was able to be accompany by the woman he admire which I was happy. When he says the that day will come I wonder how long will that take and would the people he is trying to fight freedom for want it? It does take one to change something. He shows that he cares about his brothers and all the others that have to left in that society under all that control. He is willing to not stay with his father, but help everyone else get it too. It was strange how he switch from "we" to "I" so quickly I would of thought he would say "we" by accident but he hates that word. From this last section I read from the book I think it is self explanatory because here is a guy who found out something is not right with his society where he lives gets out to start a new life, and then wants to get others on his side.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Anthem (pgs 34-67)
Summary
Something I did not catch in the beginning about the people in this society all though Equality 7-2521 says "we" and "our" what he really means is "I" and "my" so this explains a lot about their type of dialect. International 4-8818 and Equality 7-2521 decided they will keep it a secret from the Council. Each night Equality 7-2521 will go to that special place and spend 3 hours there. Stolen manuscripts and had handwritten them, but also able to learn things Equality 7-2521 wasn't suppose to know. It was forbidden to take notice of women, and women to take notice of men. Equality 7-2521 would always think of Liberty 5-3000, Liberty 5-3000 work in the soil life in the Home of the Peasants. Liberty 5-3000 started to notice Equality 7-2521, and they began to greet each other without anyone suspecting them. Equality 7-2521 gave Liberty 5-3000 a new name which was the Golden One this is another sin added onto the list. People in that society are not allowed to be married actually when it comes to the right age of having children, mates are picked by the Council of Eugenics. Women never see their children, and children never know their parents. Equality 7-2521 decided to talk to Liberty 5-3000 when all alone working in the fields. Was surprise to find out that since Liberty 5-3000 was 17 soon to go to the Palace of Mating, this made Equality 7-2521 sad, but then happy because of the ability to talk to her. Equality 7-2521 started to realize how different he was from his brothers, Fraternity 2-5503, and Solidarity 9-6347. Then Equality 7-2521 started to look into this Uncharted Forest, of the unmentionable times with the unspeakable word that is the greatest sin of them all and Equality 7-2521 had discovered a new power of nature which the Council of Scholars say it doesn't exist. It was a frog experiment having to do with zinc and copper. Liberty 5-3000 named Equality 7-2521, the Unconquered. Equality 7-2521 knew with the discovery it had to be protected with the tunnel it was a sin of discovery. Equality 7-2521 got caught and got lashes because he didn't tell he has been doing.
Quotation
This is when Equality 7-2521 is talking about the unmentionable times and asks this simple question to himself, "What is the Unspeakable Word?" (Rand 51).
Reaction
Honestly I do not know what the word that is forbidden to be said in his society, but I could take a guess I think it is "I" that is the word these people cannot say. It is strange because they say we and us a lot you would honestly think there is a group of people under one name walking around together, but it is the way the society works there is no such thing as I and me. I cannot wait until Equality 7-2521 finds out these unspeakable words will he use them, who knows but he does like spending most of his time in that tunnel. He is figuring out that there is something not right about his society but where is the person to guide him lead him the way to success. Will he find that guidance in the tunnel or is he just all alone? Maybe it is Liberty 5-3000 the guidance who knows. I have a feeling that Equality 7-2521 will start using this unspeakable word. When he finds it would he know how to pronounce or even use it in his own use of dialect?
Something I did not catch in the beginning about the people in this society all though Equality 7-2521 says "we" and "our" what he really means is "I" and "my" so this explains a lot about their type of dialect. International 4-8818 and Equality 7-2521 decided they will keep it a secret from the Council. Each night Equality 7-2521 will go to that special place and spend 3 hours there. Stolen manuscripts and had handwritten them, but also able to learn things Equality 7-2521 wasn't suppose to know. It was forbidden to take notice of women, and women to take notice of men. Equality 7-2521 would always think of Liberty 5-3000, Liberty 5-3000 work in the soil life in the Home of the Peasants. Liberty 5-3000 started to notice Equality 7-2521, and they began to greet each other without anyone suspecting them. Equality 7-2521 gave Liberty 5-3000 a new name which was the Golden One this is another sin added onto the list. People in that society are not allowed to be married actually when it comes to the right age of having children, mates are picked by the Council of Eugenics. Women never see their children, and children never know their parents. Equality 7-2521 decided to talk to Liberty 5-3000 when all alone working in the fields. Was surprise to find out that since Liberty 5-3000 was 17 soon to go to the Palace of Mating, this made Equality 7-2521 sad, but then happy because of the ability to talk to her. Equality 7-2521 started to realize how different he was from his brothers, Fraternity 2-5503, and Solidarity 9-6347. Then Equality 7-2521 started to look into this Uncharted Forest, of the unmentionable times with the unspeakable word that is the greatest sin of them all and Equality 7-2521 had discovered a new power of nature which the Council of Scholars say it doesn't exist. It was a frog experiment having to do with zinc and copper. Liberty 5-3000 named Equality 7-2521, the Unconquered. Equality 7-2521 knew with the discovery it had to be protected with the tunnel it was a sin of discovery. Equality 7-2521 got caught and got lashes because he didn't tell he has been doing.
Quotation
This is when Equality 7-2521 is talking about the unmentionable times and asks this simple question to himself, "What is the Unspeakable Word?" (Rand 51).
Reaction
Honestly I do not know what the word that is forbidden to be said in his society, but I could take a guess I think it is "I" that is the word these people cannot say. It is strange because they say we and us a lot you would honestly think there is a group of people under one name walking around together, but it is the way the society works there is no such thing as I and me. I cannot wait until Equality 7-2521 finds out these unspeakable words will he use them, who knows but he does like spending most of his time in that tunnel. He is figuring out that there is something not right about his society but where is the person to guide him lead him the way to success. Will he find that guidance in the tunnel or is he just all alone? Maybe it is Liberty 5-3000 the guidance who knows. I have a feeling that Equality 7-2521 will start using this unspeakable word. When he finds it would he know how to pronounce or even use it in his own use of dialect?
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