tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post6628133865163042201..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: AnthemStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-12824897200026015972014-06-07T15:13:22.365-05:002014-06-07T15:13:22.365-05:00I used to be more staunchly individualistic, when ...I used to be more staunchly individualistic, when I like Equality 7-2521 was escaping a domineering worldview. There must exist a balance between the rights of individuals, who are the sparks that keep humanity adapt, and the interests of the people they are born into. Traditionally we were born not just into families, but into tribes, something that manifests itself in our obsession with sports, our easy identification with groups. The family as a unit could not exist without the individuals who compose it, but what is marriage except a partial and voluntary denial of selfishness? It is in that act of mutual selfLESSness that parents are able to nurture children who become not beasts, but men who can act with integrity. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-44505695594899077162014-06-07T15:05:10.412-05:002014-06-07T15:05:10.412-05:00Anthem is an interesting novella that seems like a...Anthem is an interesting novella that seems like a myth in some ways. Your review covers the main themes well. Among them I wonder about the importance of the individual. As an individualist myself I value the this concept. Ayn Rand may have over emphasized this in Anthem, perhaps to make her argument strong--too strong for some. But I think that the family and society could not exist without the individual.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.com