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'His Brothers In Ayn Rand's Anthem'
In the book anthem, I agree with the quote “To be free , a man must be free of all his brothers” . All men have a mind of their own. They all have different emotions and opinions. Equality has taught him that him and his brothers are one. In his society he is expected to be with his brothers and try to be more superior. His brothers teach him that if they weren't alive he wouldn't be either.
The quote, “We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike.”(Chapter 1 paragraph 7), relates to the thesis cause all brothers follow each other, and they are brothers so they are gonna be the same.
They say “We are one in all and all in one there are no men but only the great
WE,one, indivisible and forever”(Chapter 1 paragraph 7),
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This relates to the quote because they are saying all men are alike but they all have different personalities and feelings.
The quote,“All men are good and wise,It is only we. Equality 72521, we also alone who were born with a curse for we are not like our brothers”(Chapter 1 paragraph
10), This relates to quote because all brothers are not the same. All men are different , at least one thing about them is not the same. One brother may of been born with a curse then all men may have led to other brothers getting the curse.
The quote,”The heads of our brothers are bowed, The eyes of our brothers are dull, and never do they look one another in the eyes”(Chapter 2 paragraph 20) relates to the thesis because To be free, a man must be free of his brothers”.
In the book anthem , all men have a mind of their own. They all have different emotions, opinions and other things. Equality has to taught that him and his brothers are one. In his society he is expected to be with his brothers and try to be more superior. He brothers teach him that if they weren't alive he wouldn't be either.
In the middle of the novel he becomes a street sweeper and is forced. Now he is in a higher class , so people are looking upon him. This quote is true because during

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