Anthem by Ayn Rand Roar post 2

Summary
In the second half of Anthem , Equality 7-2521 shows the scholars his discovery at the scholars convention and they dismiss the idea all together. Infact they decide to destroy it because it wasn't an idea that they came up with together. It also puts the candle, a power source they had recently come up with in jepordy. Hearing the scholars rejection of his idea that he believes to be revolutionary, Equality 7-2521  runs away to a forest to stop the scholars from destroying his idea.While in the forest, Equality truley discovers free will. He realizes there really are no limits for him there and decides not to return to the society that tried to limit him before. This is the section of the book where The golden one comes to play in the plot. She follows Equality to the forest and decides to live with him there. Equality decides he wants to create his own society based upon the unmentionable times. This is significant because it emphasizes the theme of the book which is that free will is important. 
 
 Quote 
"It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect." (Rand 94).
 
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This quote is significat because it comes after Equality 7-2521 discovers the word "I". Its important to the theme because Equality really discovers the power of free will and that his destiny lies in his own hands, not the hands of society.

Anthem by Ayn Rand Roar post 1

Summary
Anthem is about a boy named Equality 7-2521  who lives during a time where the governtment structure controls every aspect of it's citizen's lives. Equality was not not the others in his society snd is the protagonist of the story. He had aspiried to become a scholar. The Council of Vocations controlled his destiny, and it was up to them to decide what job he would have. He became a street sweeper and alothough he wasn't pleased with it he accepted the job. While working as a street sweeper , he meets a girl whom he calls the golden one. She plays a bigger role in the latter half of the story.He eventually discovers electricity and determines that the way his society works isn't perfect. He sets off to try and find the scholars and show them what he has discovered. He hopes to become one of them after showing them this new innovation he has stumbled upon. This is significat to the plot of the book because he is the only one in the book that discovers free will and decides to rebel against the government.
 
Quote
"There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but chose to ask." (Rand 60) 
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This quote comes from the part of the boook when Equality 7-2521 discovers electricity. It's significant because he discovers that he does not have to be limited even though that is how his society opperates. With the discovery of electricity also comes Equality 7-2521's metamorphisis. From that point on he decides to break society's laws in order to achieve his goal of presenting electricity to the scholars and ultimately becoming one of them.

It's Kind of a funny story by Ned Vizzini pg 152-300

Summary
After the phone call to the suicide hotline, he goes to the nearest hospital, the Argenon Hospital where he is told is a great place.  And after telling the nurses and doctors that he had thought about suicide (by jumping off  the Brookline bridge) he is told that he would be staying in the mental hospital. Later on is he told that he has to stay there for five days at least. In the five days he meets many people. His roommate who doesn't come out of the room so much.  A man who talks big and says that the only things that therapists write down is how much money they are going to get.  A man that is like Craig, depressed.  The president of this little society who loves to play cards. And a pretty girl, the same age, that has cut up her face because that is the only reason  people know her, because of her looks. Don't worry, her scars are healing.  In this selection, he goes back to drawing his maps, which turn out to look like maps inside people's heads.
Quote
"There's something about people the same age. It's like you got piped out in the same shipment. You've got to stick together. Because deep down i believe my year was a special year: it produced me" (Vizzini 359)
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It's really cool and exciting to finally get to the part where he's in the hospital and meets all these new people.  As he talks about life in the mental hospital, it's as if it's a normal life, even though the people may be different.  I really like the quote above because it sounds really confidential because he's proud that he was born and that he's happy about it too.  I really like this section because there's more comedy and a little more romance. I also like it because Craig is into art and is a depressed until he meets a girl in there. It reminds me of me.

It's Kind of a funny story by Ned Vizzini pg 3-151

Summary
Hanging with friends, watching movies, being with your best friend, and the girl you've liked for a while, but at also knowing that she's going out with your best friend, some other people who are just there, and sometimes some crack.  That was Craig Gilner's life.  He was depressed, went to the bathroom with the lights out and did nothing, and he didn't eat or sleep well.  Unfortunately, it gets worse after he aces the entrance exam to Manhattan's Pre-professional High school and starts to go down in the difficult school life of extreme work. At one point he thinks about suicide.  Though having to leave got to him, and so he looked up the suicide hot-line and went to the nearest hospital for "help".
Quote
"I click END. I think it's a little harsh how the END button is red" (Vizzini 134)
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After seeing trailers for this movie and finding out that it was a book that was turned into a film, I was so eager and excited to read the book. There were many funny things and many creative things like how Craig used to draw maps of what ever he wanted. Instead of drawing Manhattan, he drew his own dreamland. For this quote, i really like it because the color symbolism and the name of the button match well because the color red would mean death and the word end can mean the same thing.