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I read Anthem to satisfy a book report for my 12th Grade US & Va. Government class. My communist teacher was not impressed. She ended up failing me after I proposed a bill for mock General Assembly which stated that once the Commonwealth voted 'No' on the ERA, the decision was settled and could not be brought up for a vote again. To its credit, Virginia was one of 14 states that never passed it.

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I LOVED “Anthem”. It was written in a “made up” language that forced collectivism and did not allow individuality. At First it is hard to read because of this, but once the “rules” are established, it is an easy read. (The words I, Me, and My, among others are BANNED!)

There were parts of it that brought tears to my eyes, when I realized that we are being subjected to a similar destruction of the individual through language as we speak!

Ayn Rand was so prescient about that, as the book was written a long, long time ago.