AnswersLanguage Arts 11 2014 - ELA3011 B-ICIndividualism, Modern Capitalism, and Dystopian Visions

Individualism, Modern Capitalism, and Dystopian Visions Answers

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Perhaps they cried out in protest and in warning. But men paid no heed to their warning. And they, these few, fought a hopeless battle, and they perished with their banners smeared by their own blood. And they chose to perish, for they knew. To them, I send my salute across the centuries, and my pity.

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gives details of how violent societies can be when faced with overwhelming obstacles.
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suggests that the group with the larger numbers always wins the battle.
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implies that the narrator will also be killed for questioning authority.
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depicts the collective society as a destructive force that represses the independent thinker.
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But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice, to their fate. I wonder, for it is hard for me to conceive how men who knew the word “I,” could give it up and not know what they lost.

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the Council took men’s freedom from them.
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men surrendered to conformity and gave up their own freedom.
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men had freedom all along and did not realize it.
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the Council led men to think they were free to choose their destinies.
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Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am not a sacrifice on their altars.I am a man. This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before!

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seek his or her own happiness.
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serve a higher power.
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fight against oppression for all mankind.
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reject selfish desires.
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I AM. I THINK. I WILL. My hands . . . My spirit . . . My sky . . . My forest . . . This earth of mine . . . What must I say besides? These are the words. This is the answer.

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His use of the first-person singular pronoun “I” shows that he feels empowered and free.
H
His use of the first-person singular pronoun “I” shows that he has forgotten about his brothers.
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His repeated use of the possessive pronoun “my” shows that he is selfish and greedy.
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His repeated use of first-person singular pronouns shows that he is lonely.
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The rights of an individual are more important than the rights of a group.
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The rights of a group are more important than the rights of an individual.
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It is man’s moral obligation to help others.
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Individuals and groups are equally important.
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In Anthem, the narrator’s name, Equality 7-2521, helps to develop a theme that

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all people deserve equal opportunity.
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individuality is lost in a collective society.
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brotherhood and cooperation strengthen society.
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individual differences are inconsequential.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem, by Ayn Rand.I do not surrender my treasures, nor do I share them. The fortune of my spirit is not to be blown into coins of brass and flung to the winds as alms for the poor of the spirit. I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. The imagery of treasure and fortune helps to establish which theme?

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Wealth that is earned does not need to be shared.
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Wealth and greed are destructive to the spirit.
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A person’s moral duty is to share wealth with the less fortunate.
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The most valuable human possessions are individuality and independence.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem. For the word “We” must never be spoken, save by one’s choice and as a second thought. This word must never be placed first within man’s soul, else it becomes a monster, the root of all the evils on earth, the root of man’s torture by men, and of an unspeakable lie.The words “the root of man’s torture by men” develop the excerpt’s theme by

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expressing a moral condemnation of the use of torture.
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suggesting that any “man” or “men” who use the word “We” will be severely tortured.
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implying that “man” is often his own worst enemy.
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reinforcing individualism since the individual “man” is oppressed by the collective “men.”
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It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgment of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth.

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It reinforces the concept that man’s responsibility is to create his own reality.
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It supports the idea that man is truly in control of his own thoughts and actions.
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It supports the belief that man is controlled by the environment and society.
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It reinforces the notion that man views himself based on how others view him.
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Here, on this mountain, I and my sons and my chosen friends shall build our new land and our fort. And it will become as the heart of the earth, lost and hidden at first, but beating, beating louder each day. And word of it will reach every corner of the earth. And the roads of the world will become as veins which will carry the best of the world’s blood to my threshold. And all my brothers, and the Councils of my brothers, will hear of it, but they will be impotent against me.

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The new society will be restricted to the narrator’s sons and selected friends.
M
Membership for the new society on the mountain will be open to anyone.
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The narrator will establish the new society on the mountain and then will bring it to his brothers and the Councils of brothers.
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News of the new society on the mountain will gradually spread to the outside world, and the independent thinkers will come to it.

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