1. anthem v. the giver
... authority stamps out dispute, and where those who discover self strive to free the minds of those imprisoned by conformity "collectivism and dystopia dictate law. Ayn Rand's Anthem and Lois Lowry's The Giver demonstrate two archetypal dystopias. War, hunger, violence, and pain don't exist in these ostensibly "perfect- societies of interdependent existence. When one dissenter finds Ego in a world of Nos ... , not gender. Before Jonas, there was a female Giver, which is the highest position in society. This difference could stem from the fact that Rand penned Anthem fifty-seven years befor...
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