Analysis of Child Raising in Anthem by by Ayn Rand

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Why Do Totalitarian Leaders Force Children To Live
Away From Their Families?

Anthem, the powerful and outstanding novella by Ayn Rand, focuses on a totalitarian society where individualism is punished by the leaders, and hard work is overlooked. The people are not allowed to think of themselves, or to pursue their goals. Families are forbidden. When babies are born, they are immediately taken from their parents and put into a House of Infants, where they are taught the values of society. They will never get to know who their families are. The society is led by a group of people who strictly enforce these values. In many of the fictionalized and real totalitarian societies talked about today, dictators force children to live apart from their families. This is done for three reasons. The dictators fear the rebellion of the people, want to control their people as much as they can, and enforce this because they want to oppress individualism completely.

Totalitarianism is the term that is used to describe the political system where the government holds total authority ove...

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