1. 1. THE BOOK AS AN OBJECT
1.1. General outlook and layout: small book, organized layout, small, medium and big letter used for different parts.
1.2. Cover description: link with plot: Black and yellow book with a drawing of a candle that iluminates the darkness. in the book a candle is the artifact that helps the main character learn in the dark. so to get out of his ignorance.
1.3. Written year 1937 Publication year 1938
1.4. novella
2. 2. THE AUTHOR
2.1. Short biography
2.1.1. name of the author
2.1.1.1. Ayn Rand
2.1.2. date of birth and death
2.1.2.1. feb 2, 1905 st petersburg, russian empire- march 6, 1982 new york, usa shes american and russian
2.1.3. importance in the history of literature
2.1.3.1. many literature and philosophy departments dismiss her as a pop culture phenomenon rather than a subject for serious study but in the Literary Encyclopedia entry for Rand written in 2001, John David Lewis declared that ¨Rand wrote the most intellectually challenging fiction of her generation¨.
2.1.4. best remembered for
2.1.4.1. her philosophy objectivism and her best sellers
2.1.5. predilection topics
2.1.5.1. she uses literature to promote her philosophy of objectivism for example this book
2.1.5.2. collectivism, individualism, egoism, dark ages, power of language
2.2. other important books
2.2.1. The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
3. 3. THE CONTENTS
3.1. Literary genre with subgenre
3.1.1. fiction,
3.1.1.1. dystopian literature, philosophical literature, fantasy, satire
3.2. Main storyline or pitch (one sentence only)
3.2.1. A city, after the Great Rebirth, somewhere and sometime in the post-apocalyptic future where a dystopian society takes place and the ¨we¨ is the most important and everything is abour equality.
3.3. Plot diagram
3.3.1. Exposition
3.3.1.1. Equality 7-2521 lives in a society where everyone is equal. At the ceremony where jobs are given, Equality 7-2521 is assigned the job of street sweepers even though he wanted to be a scholar. “the will of our brothers be done”says equality. aftHe then goes to live at the Home of the street sweepers with the other street sweepers.
3.3.2. Rising action
3.3.2.1. One day, he is out sweeping the streets with his friend International when he finds a hole in the ground “this place is forbidden”says international, “the council does not know about this hole. So it cannot be forbidden “says equality “since they do not know of this hole, it is not permitted by law, so it is forbidden”says international, “i will go anyway”says equality. Equality goes into the hole to explore, and finds some glass beads (lightbulbs) and he declares the hole his. He keeps going every night One day, equality is working near the end of the road when he sees a beautiful woman. A few days later he talks to her, “we have given you a name in our thoughts Liberty 5-3000. The golden one” says equality “nor do we call you equality. We call you the unconquered “ Over time, equality discovers things while in his hole, like electricity.
3.3.3. Falling action
3.3.3.1. Main climax: The most important moment without which the story would have finished differently
3.3.3.1.1. However he is caught coming back late from his hole to the home of the street sweepers. He is taken to the Palace of Corrective Detention, where judges try to find out where he had been. That night he easily escapes. Equality brings the lightbulb to the council of scholars and tell them everything, but they don't like his idea. He runs away into the Uncharted Forest. The golden one follows Equality into the forest “if you are damned, then i wish to share your damnation” she says.
3.3.3.2. Equality and Liberty find a house from the Unmentioned times.Equality reads many books in the house. He decides to name himself Prometheus, and Liberty names herself Gaea.
3.3.4. Resolution
3.3.4.1. They decide to never go back and Equality carves the sacred word into the wall “ego”
3.4. The characters
3.4.1. Protagonist and antagonists
3.4.1.1. protagonist EQUALITY 7-2521
3.4.1.2. protagonist LIBERTY 5-3000
3.4.1.3. antagonist counsil
3.4.2. Round and flat characters + quotes to justify
3.4.2.1. EQUALITY 7-2521:
3.4.2.1.1. He feels like hes cursed that theres something wrong with him, he just wants to be recognized with his intelligence. He founds a hole in the ground and he goes there to learn, he discovert that the most important thing is freedom and his own happiness ex We have committed a greater crime, and for this crime there is no name. chapter 1 to And the day will come when I shall break all the chains of the earth, and raze the cities of the enslaved, and my home will become the capital of a world where each man will be free to exist for his own sake. chapter 12
3.4.2.2. LIBERTY 5-3000:
3.4.2.2.1. shes proud, scornful, strong-willed and defiant, with a body “straight and thin as a blade of iron” and eyes that are “dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them.” she also has the courage and independence of judgment to defy her society’s laws, which forbid men and women to think of one another, let alone to speak personally or pursue a romantic relationship. When Equality 7-2521 flees into the unknown, Liberty 5-3000 follows him, leaving the only life she’s ever known and risking death to pursue her highest value.“if you are damned, then I wish to share your damnation”
4. 4. THE MEANING
4.1. Title meaning
4.1.1. ¨Hymn to mans ego¨
4.1.2. Quotes to justify the narrative technique used: first person point of view, first person major narrative mode ex: we are sitting at a table and we are wrting this upon paper made thousamds years ago. chapter 10
4.2. Authors style + quotes to justicy
4.2.1. Quotes to justify the tone or tones
4.2.2. Quotes to justify the type of language used: the absence of singular pronouns in anthem the narrator uses "we", "us", "our". ex "we are alone here under the earth". chapter 1
4.2.3. literary form is a serie of journals entries, form of communication diary or journal
5. 5. MY PERSONAL OPINION
5.1. What you have learnt while reading this book
5.1.1. I'll re-read it to remind myself of the spirit of humankind. The way he has been repressed his entire life, but still cannot be crushed, gives me hope and inspiration.
5.2. Why you would or would not recommend it
5.2.1. it gives you a different perception of the world, totalitarian authorities and individualism. collectivism and individualism ideas that should been seen.
6. 6. MY WORK RESOURCES
6.1. Relevant websites or other sources to be mentioned in your oral presentation
6.1.1. Anthem | AynRand.org
6.1.2. Ayn Rand - Wikipedia
6.1.3. Anthem Analysis