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/Literary Analysis
What is a Literary Analysis? What are characteristics of a literary analysis? Examples of ?
Literary analysis is an argumentative examination of literary work.
A literary analysis is usually written in MLA format, has a thesis statement, has explanations of quotes from a text, and uses credible sources to explain the analysis of the text.
Analyzing a literary work and creating an argument about it
a literary analysis IS NOT a mere summary.
Use literary terms to discuss your points (i.e., character, theme, setting, rhyme, point of view, alliteration, symbols, imagery, figurative language, protagonist, and so forth).
Theme, thesis, textual evidence, style, and grammar, how and why something was written
Tell us about Ayn Rand. Find information about her upbringing. What did she write? What does she believe? Investigate her life
Rand became a famous and controversial figure. A best-selling author, she also carried her message to university classrooms, to Hollywood, to Congress, to the editorial page, to talk shows and radio programs.
The new philosophy which she founded through her books and essays is called Objectivism. It is a philosophy that celebrates the power and potential of the individual, and reveals the principles necessary for developing a flourishing
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
Novels and Works
8 Fiction novels
Quotes
"I am often asked whether I am primarily a novelist or a philosopher. The answer is: both. In a certain sense, every novelist is a philosopher, because one cannot present a picture of human existence without a philosophical framework. . . . In order to define, explain and present my concept of man, I had to become a philosopher in the specific meaning of the term."— Ayn Rand, “,”
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others."
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
"Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. "
24 Notfiction books
Along with several essay
Letters and journals of Ayn Rand. (Two separate pieces)
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on February 2, 1905
Real name was Alisa Rosenbaum
Died on March 6, 1982 in New York City
Moved to the United States in 1926
Graduated from University of Petrograd and then studied at the State Institute of Cinema Arts to study screenwrtiting
What is collectivism, individualism, and altruism?
Collectivism: The idea that people worrying about the group over themselves.
Examples: Cultures, Family, Countries, sports, etc.
Individualism regards man—every man—as an independent, being who possesses a right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being.
Altruism is the principle of unselfish concern or devotion for others.
Identify characteristics of the following governments: torial.
Laissez-Faire
It allows the government to run its course without intervention from the government.
Not interfering with events in government or economics.
"A government is an institution that holds the exclusive power to enforce certain rules of social conduct in a given geographical area." -Ayn Rand
The Virtue of Selfishness “The Nature of Government,”
The Virtue of Selfishness, 107
Dictatorship
Totalitarianism
totalitarian a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
