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Review: We Must Understand It By Ayn Rand

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All throughout history, we can examine situations where civilians had to fight to create the change they desired. One wouldn’t commit to a great battle without having a well thought mission in mind. No one would fight alone without a goal in mind. The American Revolution was most definitely well thought and planned out. One man didn’t wake up one morning and solely decide to start battle. It took many angry citizens to rise together and stand for what they believed in. Rand recognizes the importance of hard work, teamwork and how vital it is to understand one another. Ayn Rand stated, “To fight it, we must understand it.” This line to has relevance to both my life today as well as throughout history. Without a certain level of understanding… nothing would ever be completed to full satisfactory. In my own life, I have learned that I cannot argue something that I don’t understand. An example being, I can’t argue a question that I got wrong on a test if there is only one logical answer. If a question is missed- it is simply showing a piece of information I should review because I didn’t fully understand it. I can’t argue something I don’t understand. …show more content…

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Equality 7-2521 doesn’t like what the council of vocations assigned his job for the rest of his life. He was always different from his brothers and people look at him like. Equality 7-2521 always wanted to be apart of the home of the scholars and learn more things. While doing his job equality sees an a dark tunnel that lead to thing from the unmentionable. He sneaks off to the tunnel to mess with this box that he found while roaming the tunnels one night.

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In this society, one of the major rules in this book made by the council is you are not allowed to go anywhere unless told to by the society. Equality finds a subway tunnel from the unmentionable times this is a crime in their society. He comes to this tunnel daily for 3 hours. “Sitting in the tunnel for three hours each night and studying.” (Rand 35) If he is caught going to this tunnel every night for three hours he will be sent to prison.

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