AngelinaSergis

2642W.SummerdaleAve
ChicagoIL,60625
asergis@cps.edu
JamiesonElementarySchool
5650N.Mozart
Chicago,IL60659
2.Bytheendofthestory,Equality72521haschangedhismindandbecomevery
criticaloftheleadersofhissociety,denouncingtheminmoralterms.Doyouthinkheis
correcttodoso?Whyorwhynot?Doyouthinkhewouldagreewiththeadvicethat
RandoffersinhershortessayHowDoesOneLeadaRationalLifeinanIrrational
Society??Explain.*
HowDoesOneLeadaRationalLifeinanIrrationalSociety
Grade8
Ms.RosemaryBarillaandMr.RobertL.NewtonIII

Iwillnameonlyoneprinciple,theoppositeoftheideaissoprevalenttodayandwhich
isresponsibleforthespreadofevilintheworld.Thatprincipleis:
Onemostneverfailto
pronouncemoraljudgement.
IdothinkEquality72521iscorrectfordenouncingthe
leadersofhissocietyinmoralterms.Hejuststoodupforhimself,moraljudgement
shouldntbewrongwhenitsaffectingyoupersonallyinanegativeway.Ifyouhadto
liveinasocietywhereindividualitywasstrippedfromyouanditdbeconsideredillegal
toevenhaveanindividualthought,orevenusethewordI.

ThesocietyEquality72521livedinwasdefinitelya
collectivistsocietywhichwasvery
muchaliketotheNaziandCommuniststatesofthe20thcentury.Equality72521s
societyforbidsloveandfriendshipwhichmakesitworstforthepeoplelivinginthe
society.Noonehasapersonalnameinthesocietyinsteadeachistaggedwith
generalizedconceptsofcollectivismsuchasEquality.Thestatewouldmakeyourefer
tosomeonespecificasWeinsteadofyouorIBecausethewordswereforbiddento
besaid.SoyesIdothinkheiscorrecttodosoindenouncingtheleadersinmoral
terms.

Equality72521wouldagreewithAynRandsshortessaybecauseeverythingshesaid
wasprettymucheverythinghewishhecouldofsaidbuteithercouldntordidntknow
therightwaytoo.ButIdoalsothinkthattheirarepartsoftheessayEquality72521
maydisagreeon.IalsothinkthatEquality72521wouldagreewithheressayis
becauseAynRandgivesoffheropiniononbothsidesanddoesntparticularlyagreeon

oneopiniononly.Equality72521maynotliketheothersmoralsandmayjudgethem
foritbuthewontforcefullymaketheotherschangetheirmoralsandfollowhisleadon
life.

IdothinkEquality72521wouldstronglyagreewiththispartofAynsessayAn
irrationalsocietyofmoralcowards.Heprobablyagreeswiththisbecauseofhowthe
societyhelivedinstrippedhimfromhisfreedomandindividuality.Despitethepolicies
ofthecouncils,afewmembersofEquality72521ssocietyretainedtheirindependence
whilethemajoritysurrendertheirsoulstothestate.Tothepeoplewhosurrendered
theirsoulstothesocietythosearemoralcowards.

Whyisitthatafewresistwhilethemajorityacquiesces?Whatsetsapartfromthe
crowdoffollowerssuchheroicpeoplesuchasEquality72521,International48818,
andtheGoldenOne?TheanswertheAynRandgivesisthatsomeexceptionalpeople
refusetogiveuptheirmindstoauthority.Equality72521andhisalliesunderstand,
evenwithoutthewords,thathumanbeingsarebynaturerationalanimalsandthat
thinkingisanindividualisticactivity."Ithink"istheessenceoftheirbeing.

IfitwasmyindividualitybeingstrippedawayfrommeIdstandupandspeakmymoral
judgementagainsttheleadersofmysociety.Thisalsokindofconnectstohowin
certainpartsofIraqandSyriahowISISisforcingmanyChristianstoconverttoIslam.
Manyofthosepeopleareterrifiedtospeakuptheirmoraljudgementbecausethey

knowtheycouldbekilled.ItalsohappenedinEquality72521ssocietywheretheyget
punished/torturediftheylashoutordisobeytheleaderslawsororders.Anthemdoes
connecttoalotofmajorworldeventsthathavehappenedorarecurrentlyhappening
whichsparkedmyinterestbyalot.