Fear In Ayn Rand's The Council Of The Home

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Everyone in Equality’s society is afraid and scared. Even though the society (the Council of the Home) attempted to convince its members that toiling makes them happy and that they’re held together by love for each other (even though there’s not supposed to be any emotion), what really keeps the whole show going is fear. But is there anybody actually at the top who terrorizes the rest to keep them in line? Or is everybody in society afraid of everyone else? Fear is one of the most controlling emotions that Equality and his society experience. They tend to steer away from anything that might harm them, and fear is usually present to alert us about harm. Equality’s society exist in fear because of all of the rules that bind them to their daily, monotonous, synchronized tasks. …show more content…

One rule is that the men live separately from the women. This everyday existence implies that the other half of the human species is off limits, wrong, or bad. In this society, the Council of the Home makes it seem as if a person weren’t capable of making decisions for oneself, even if it’s as simple as a daily routine. The rules cause insecurity and a lack of confidence which empty voids are filled with only questions of impending doom. If you’re not making your own decisions, a lack of trust can be the result for those who do make the decisions; and that’s how the government in Equality’s society wants it. If everyone is too scared to say anything to them, then no one will question; and if no one questions, then no one will learn the truth about individuality; if no one learns the truth, then no one will revolt. Everyone feels this fear, so no one will try to rise against the

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