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Anthem

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Ayn Rand Biography

Early Life and Education
Immigration to the United States
Career Highlights
Rand's Philosophy: Objectivism

About Anthem

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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12

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Equality 7-2521 (Prometheus)
Liberty 5-3000 (Gaea)
International 4-8818
The Saint of the Pyre

Critical Essays

The Meaning and Importance of "I" in Anthem
The Role of Free Will in Anthem
The Regression of a Future Collectivist Society into a Second Dark Age

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Chapter 5

The Box of Glass     rudimentary form of an electric light that Equality 7-2521 has re-invented. Though he knows little about electricity, he recognizes that lightning is caused by the same force that generates the light.

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