Analysis Of The Poem 1984 By Ayn Rand - 1454 Words

â€Å"The word ‘We’ is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it† (Rand 37). This philosophical quote comes from Anthem by Ayn Rand. She uses perfectly sculpted language to drive the actions in this story. Similar to George Orwell’s novel 1984, Rand uses her language and literary devices to depict a dystopian society. Her techniques create a philosophical novel intended to question ourselves and our society today. Rand uses the literary device, allegory to create the society described, which moves the direction of the story to a climactic dà ©nouement, and uses the theme of individuality to express a message to her readers. The most significant literary device Rand uses is an allegory. She uses the character’s lifestyle to construct a dystopian society. Coincidentally, this society resembles collectivism. Here, the character’s work for each other, towards a greater good. The mirroring of collectivism is revealed in the first paragraph of Anthem, We must never speak of the times before the Great Rebirth, else we are sentenced to three years in the Palace of Corrective Detention. It is only the Old Ones who whisper about it in the evenings, in the Home of the Useless. They whisper many strange things, of the towers which rose to the sky, in those Unmentionable Times, and of the wagons which moved without horses, and of the lights which burned without flame.