![]() ![]() The government structure and social institutions in Anthem are modeled after structures across the world at the time. These happenings influenced Rand in writing Anthem and she used the novelette to paint a hyperbolic picture of the outcome of collectivism.Īllusions to Government and Social Institutions In other parts of the globe, Socialism was taking over Germany, Fascism was ruling Italy and the intellectuals from other parts of the world were sympathizing with these government models. Rand’s family was gravely affected by these insurrections and they lost their family fortune. ![]() There were the revolutions and insurrections in Russia, Rand’s native country, which led to the system of the government changing from Monarchy to Communism. The first few decades of the 20th century saw many varieties of collectivism taking over the world. The novelette was written in 1937 with the 20th Century rife with political conflicts, revolutions, and dictatorships that operated with the ideology of collectivism, Ayn Rand was trying to predict an extreme case of retrogression of the human race if totalitarianism is allowed to prevail. Ayn Rand’s major aim in writing Anthem was to project her philosophy of individualism and to warn of the evils of totalitarianism and collectivism. ![]()
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