Bullying And Violence Revealed In Anthem, By Ayn Rand

“Nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying” ( "Bullying and Suicide." - Bullying Statistics. Web. 11 June 2015.). Bullying is when someone uses strength or influence to intimidate or humiliate another. This violence towards one another occurs daily in the lives of many children, teens, and even adults. Cruelty between people can occur in different ways, not just bullying, but most of time it is demonstrated by people with authority, power, or influence over others. Throughout history, man’s inhumanity towards one another is shown through the actions of abusive authority figures. Through the works of Ayn Rand’s Anthem, she displays the horrors of a collective society. The society in Anthem, is very restricted and

Starting when he was in school, he was a very curious young boy and wanted to know as much as possible, but when he asked questions, he is reprimanded. The society demoralizes anything that shows that an individual is better, than another which makes Equality look up to, “Union 5-3992, who were a pale boy with only half a brain” (Rand 9) and hide his intellect. When Equality leaves school and is waiting to be assigned an occupation, he hopes he will become a Scholar, where he can ask questions and use his talent for good, instead he was assigned to be a street sweeper. Later on in the novella, Equality is doing his job as a street sweeper, he discovers a tunnel with many unique things in it. While in this tunnel, he discovers how to contain light with wire and glass to make a light bulb. He believes this creation is the the greatest object ever presented in society. He feels the need to display his findings

This farm has had a history of abusive authority figures, the first one being Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones was often drunk and neglected the animals on his farm. One night before the revolution occurred, “Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes” (Orwell 54). He only cared about himself and not the well - being of his animals, therefore they were often left hungry. The animals decided to overthrow Jones because of his awful treatment and believed they could run the farm better on their own. The next ruler of Animal Farm is Napoleon, one of the pigs on the farm. Once he gains control of the farm, he does whatever it takes to strengthen his power. He trains a group of dogs to be his guards, frighten the other animals, and kill for him. He later becomes paranoid and forces the animals to confess to crimes they did not commit, and the, “dogs promptly tore their throats out” (93) to show his power and give an example of what happens when there are crimes committed. When the farm first became Animal Farm, there were a set of commandments set up that all animals need to follow, except for Napoleon. When he wants to do something, but it conflicts with the commandments, he has them changed to fit his wants and tells the animals propaganda, justifying his