Ayn Rand's 'Anthem': Teenagers In Dystopian Worlds

Teenagers in Dystopian Worlds
Dystopian World’s are very interesting to many teenagers now and days. In some ways, the dystopian stories intrigue us because sometimes teens can relate to the stories. The background on Anthem is there was a guy who was done being the same person with everyone else. As for The Giver, it is about a boy who wanted to bring back the emotions to everyone. Dystopian stories and film are very intriguing to teens today. The novel Anthem shows that people aren't their person, The film The Giver indicates that teens should take stand in what they believe in, and in both show that there is not a chance for it all to end.
For starters, the book Anthem, every man is the same and is accepted by society to be like everyone. Today in the world it is not okay to be yourself, everyone has these labels and teens must follow all of them. The book Anthem shows the struggle of a guy fighting this desire to be someone else for a change. Everyone knows what it's like to be competing for a chance to be anyone else other than these characters set up in this society. This quote from Anthem proves this point,” We exists through, by and for our brothers” ( Rand 21). Anthem shows that in their society it is okay to be like everyone else and to listen to …show more content…
It's hard for teens to see the bigger picture in the end; it's hard to think that there is a happy ending. Teenagers are always facing problems that difficult to overcome, and it feels like the world is against them. In both the stories there is a point where all they want to do is give up, but in the end, they push through. The book Anthem gives this quote;” We were in the Uncharted Forest”(Rand 75). This shows that the Equality was lost and wasn't sure what to do next. In the end he finds a way and he ends up being happy.Being a teenager is rough, but there is always going to be a light at the end of the

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