Archetypes In Ayn Rand

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Archetypes In Ayn Rand’s Anthem Essay, Research Paper Julie Gibson English 2 – Pre-AP QUOTATION COMMENTARY 1. (p. 18) “The walls are cracked and water Water represents the mystery of creation, the runs upon them in thin threads without cycle of death, and rebirth. The color black sound, black and glistening as blood.” is a color of mystery and the unknown. The Home of the Street Sweepers is a mystery to Equality. He doesn’t understand why things happen. The water and the color black symbolize his felling towards this home. 2. (p. 18) “It matters only that the light is As a source of light, the candle represents precious and we should not waste it to creative energy and spiritual enlightenment. write when we need it for that work Equality’s life is, indeed,

precious. His which is our crime.” courage to write a journal took more power than anyone one at that time had. Equality was a source of light or knowledge for the world. His creative energy gave him the power. 3. (p. 20) “The sleeping halls were white This exact quote is mentioned three times in and clean and bare of all things save the book, on page 20, 21, and 28. The color one hundred beds.” white represents the purity and cleanliness of the room. On page 90, the author states, “We found the sleeping hall and we stood in awe upon its threshold. For it was a small room and there were only two beds in it.” When Liberty and Equality find this house in the forest, it is an amazing discovery. When Ayn Rand states this exact quote three times, she is expressing that we

need to realize the incredible amount of sharing that these men did. Sharing a room with one hundred other men is a difficult task, but when they find a room with only two beds, they are shocked. The room is also very dirty and dusty, unlike his old sleeping hall. 4. (p. 21) “We looked upon Union 5-3992, Pale can be interpreted as white. White means who were a pale boy with only half a bran, purity and innocence. Union was innocent. and we tried to say and do as they did…” Union was not as smart as all the other boys. He kept to himself and didn’t talk much. 5. (p. 23) “We think that there are Water represents the mystery of creation, mysteries in the sky and under the the cycle of death, and rebirth. The water and in the plants which grow.” plants are a symbol of the

life principal- growth, fertility, creativity, and regeneration. The water is a specific example of Equality’s feelings toward life and earth. It is a mystery to him. His growth from adolescence has been a difficult task. It’s been hard growing up and not knowing who he is or what his purpose was. 6. (p. 24) “Scholars must study the earth Rivers embody the transitional phases and learn from the rivers, from the sands, of life and the flowing of time into from the winds, and from the rocks.” eternity. The Scholars learn from the river, hence they learn the ways during the flow through time. The Scholars are through the river. 7. (p.30) “Beyond the ravine there is a The forest represents the unconscious, plain, and beyond the plain there is a mystery, and darkness. No one

has ever Uncharted Forest, about which men dared to enter the Unchartered Forest must not think.” and live to tell the story. To all, the forest is a mystery. To some, it is unknown. They blocked it out of their mind. They believed that the forest was evil and demonic, thus, they stayed away from it. 8. (p. 31) “Of a sudden the earth fell in When Equality and International found before us, and we saw an old iron grill this black hole, it was an open door to over a black hole.” solve the unknown. The color black represents mystery and the unknown. This hole was like nothing that they had ever seen. It was unknown and it was a mystery. 9. (p. 32) ” But we could not follow, for Once Equality entered the hole, it was very we were losing the puddle of light difficult for him