Tuesday, October 28, 2014
"Anthem" Echoes And Reflections?
Where do you "see" Anthem in your modern society? Characters?
Theme(s)? Philosophy? Text(s), etc... You may write about the
challenging and wonderful elements within the text. Please specifically
qualify your ideas. This blog is to be completed during class on
October 29, 2014.
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I see Anthem in every day life an example is Congress. Congress wants to be able to keep track of everyone and what they are doing
Examples in real life from Anthem would be North & South Korea. They dont want anyone thinking their government is evil and will execute anyone who thinks this way and it is illegal to try to escape from Korea as well as try to start an uprise in the economy.
I see Anthem in our life in the way the Democrats are trying to run the country. I also see Anthem in the way school is inhibiting our ability to be creative. I see Prometheus in the way humans are moving forward in our technology and knowledge.
I see them in a song I heard on my phone earlier today. The song was called "The Pretenders" by the foo fighters. I watched the music video and it was the band standing together against police officers. In anthem Equality 7-2521 stands together against the council.
Congress wants to keep track of what everyone does and says. Also in the book/movie called The hunger Games, The government keeps track of everyone and they treat everyone equally. They also have different districts which in anthem could represent the different jobs.
There is a lot of social pressure in modern society that hold the same values that is presented in Anthem. For example, people who have differences that make them stand out can be criticized heavily and that might make people afraid to truly express what they are truly interested in or if they have preferences that are out of the ordinary in hoped to just fit in and avoid conflict. This example might not be as extreme as in Anthem, but I still think it exhibits some of what the society in Anthem us also afraid of, being different.
In "Anthem" Prometheus reminds me a lot of the gay rights movement that is going on right now. To be gay was widley unaccepted but that is now begining to change as some people go against what society tells them is wrong.
I see Anthem in school in certain ways because school wants you to be just a certain way and if your not that way most of the tome they try to change you.
I see anthem in our society today in communist groups. Communism is a type of government in which everyone is equal. People get paid the same and have the same benefits. If you are a doctor you will be paid the same as someone who hands out newspapers on the streets. They want everyone to be treated the same in Anthem also. Equality is the main idea of both of these kinds of government.
In modern times the government wants to put all these regulations in place and keep an eye on everything. I believe that this relates to how anthem is in charge of everything.
in modern times the government wants to place all of these rules and regulations in place to keep us under control. Hopefully our government doesn't end up like the one in anthem.
I see Anthem in our life because I can see some people trying run our country and they want to keep tracking everyone. Also they want to see what they're doing everyday.
I see Anthem some times but it is in different countries. We have freedom and a lot of people don't. I don't want to say examples. I see it when I go to a country that is ruled by somebody or something.
Where I see anthem is in school, everyone wants to be the same as the cool "group" everyone strives to be perfect. This is the same as Anthem because everyone wants to be the perfect so that the council wont look down on them. people.
I see Anthem in our life every day in parts of our government, school, entertainment and social things.Anthem is controlling things in all of these categories in some ways. For one example in social categories people in there group are the same and there are many groups of people but in all the peoples groups they are the same. What I mean is Jauks,Smarter Kids, Bad, and the goods. The kids in each of the groups are the same like in Anthem when mostly everyone is the same.
I see Anthem in everyday life such as school. School is trying to form you into a certain type of person. It isn't in a bad way like Anthem is doing but it is still the idea. Also in parenting parents try to form the "perfect kid". Again it isn't for the bad like Anthem but it is still the same idea.
There are many people in our modern day life that live without freedom just like in Anthem. I don't know of any situation that perfectly matches Anthem. I think North Korea takes it to an extreme but there people are hidden by the entire outside world just like in Anthem. There are probably people who live there that do not understand how horrible of a place it is that they live in. North Korea is not the only place where there is similar issues with Anthem. There is a large percentage of people who live without freedom or modern day advancements and I think that all of them can relate to Anthem. I believe that everyone no matter their lifestyle can relate to Anthem in some way.
I see Anthem in modern society by the police force and the certain discouragement and low expectations towards specific groups. There is a lot of control by the government forced upon the people. It sometimes feel like people's potential are being held back due to some type of oppression. Equality reminds me of Maya Angelou due to their shared similarities in strength and perseverance.
I see Anthem in our society through schools with school uniforms. School uniforms make you feel like you are apart of something, but maybe make you feel like you want to break free, be creative, just like Equality. If you put a kid in front of a piece of paper and pencil they will do something creative, but if you just put them in a room, they will freak out. Our generation in very creative.
I the philosophy of the good in many and not just one in all team sports. Although ever player is valuable to success, just like in Anthem, it is not good to think as one instead as a team working to achieve a goal.
In the modern society I see anthem in many different places. Some are on the streets because when you go to New York you see people being put down because of what their true colors stand out about.
The story anthem is related to communism in a very close way. In communists countries the government has total control, and everyone is "equal". In North Korea is very close to the society in anthem. They have no connection to the outside world and the government has total control over your life. The society in anthem can be seen everywhere in the world were government has control over every detail of your life, and you know nothing of the outside world
In the Novel Anthem their society is controlled by the government 24/7. Their whole existence in planed out to the very minute. At school our day is scheduled for us and limits us to certain boundaries. The difference is we are allowed several freedoms within it. In no place in our world is it controlled as much as Equality's.
Anthem is seen in modern society by people trying to create complete equality. Throughout many examples, people have been been pressured to stand out less and less to create more of a system. The characters are seen in modern society in ways such as individuals rebelling against society or people who immensely stand out. Society is changing and becoming less and less special and different from one another.
Anthem is seen in modern society because some people around the world are taught not to be different and not to believe in there own thoughts.This is sad because we all are creative and have different thoughts, and we need to share our thoughts with other people. In order to get different ideas across.
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