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| The Fountainhead Essay Contest | Updated October 21st, 2008 |
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The 23rd Annual THE FOUNTAINHEAD essay contest is open for 11th and 12th Graders only. The contest is open to students worldwide. Select ONE of the following three topics: 1) In dynamiting Cortlandt Homes, Roark breaks the law. What is the moral and philosophical argument for the rectitude of his action? 2) Ellsworth Toohey and Gail Wynand both spent much of their lives consciously seeking power over others. But was their quest for power the same? How did each man’s goals and motivations contrast to Roark’s? 3) In a single, unified essay, explain each of the following quotation’s meaning in The Fountainhead and its wider significance. a. HELLER: “You know, there’s a thing that stumps me. You’re the coldest man I know. And I can’t understand why—knowing that you’re actually a fiend in your own quiet sort of way—why I always feel, when I see you, that you’re the most life-giving person I’ve ever met.” (Part 1, Chapter 13) b. LANSING: “I want a good hotel, and I have certain standards of what is good, and they’re my own, and you’re the one who can give me what I want. And when I fight for you, I’m doing—on my side of it—just what you’re doing when you design a building.” (Part 2, Chapter 10) c. KEATING: “How do you always manage to decide?” ROARK: “How can you let others decide for you?” (Part 1, Chapter 2) Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic and psychological meaning of The Fountainhead. To avoid disqualification, a stapled cover sheet MUST include: your name and address; your e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from list above); your current grade level and (optional) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay, if you are completing it for classroom credit. Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail by July 26, 2008. FIRST PRIZE: $10,000 5 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000 10 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000 45 FINALISTS: $100 175 SEMIFINALISTS: $50 send: Complete MS looking for: Article |
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| The Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest | Updated October 21st, 2008 |
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For The Ayn Rand Institute's ATLAS SHRUGGED essay contest entrants must be enrolled in a college degree program at the time of entry. High school students entering college in the fall of 2008 are also eligible. The contest is open to students worldwide. ATLAS SHRUGGED—TOPICS 1. Why do Dagny and Rearden oppose the strikers in action? 2. Explain Ragnar Danneskjold’s statement that Robin Hood is the one man he is out to destroy. What is the deeper moral meaning of his claim? 3. For each of the following three passages from Atlas Shrugged, explain its meaning and its relation to the story and theme of the novel. a. Galt: "In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromiser is the transmitting rubber tube.” -Part Three, Chapter VII b. Dagny: “We never had to take any of it seriously, did we?” Galt: “No, we never had to.” -Part Three, Chapter I c. Francisco: “You have a great deal of courage, Dagny. Some day, you’ll have enough of it.” -Part One, Chapter V Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of Atlas Shrugged. A stapled cover sheet MUST include: name and address of entrant; entrant's e-mail address (if available); name and address of entrant's university; topic selected (1, 2 or 3 from list above); and your declared major. Winners and other participants will be notified by November 27, 2008. FIRST PRIZE: $10,000 3 SECOND PRIZES: $2,000 5 THIRD PRIZES: $1,000 20 FINALISTS: $100 20 SEMIFINALISTS: $50 send: Complete MS looking for: Article |
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| The Anthem Essay Contest | Updated October 21st, 2008 |
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The Ayn Rand Institute ANTHEM Essay Contest is For 9th and 10th Graders only. Select ONE of the following three topics: 1) Aside from very rare exceptions (Equality, the Saint at the Pyre) there is literally no opposition to the leaders in this society. Why is this? What ideas must the average man have accepted to live a life of obedience, drudgery, and fear? 2) Prometheus writes: “The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them.” (Chapter 3) Why does he think that the secrets of this earth are not for all men to see? If he thinks this, why does he decide to show his glass box to the World Council of Scholars? How do these issues relate to the theme of the novel? 3) For each of the following quotations from Anthem, explain in a single, unified essay the quotation’s meaning in the story and its wider significance. a) “We alone, of the thousands who walk this earth, we alone in this hour are doing a work which has no purpose save that we wish to do it.” (Chapter 1) b) “Are we proud of this thread of metal, or of our hands which made it, or is there a line to divide these two?” (Chapter 5) c) “Only the glass box in our arms is like a living heart that gives us strength.” (Chapter 7) Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of ANTHEM. Contest is open to students worldwide. To avoid disqualification, a stapled cover sheet MUST include: your name and address; your e-mail address (if available); the name and address of your high school; topic selected (#1, 2 or 3 from list above); your current grade level and (optional) the name of the teacher who assigned the essay, if you are completing it for classroom credit. Winners, finalists, semifinalists and all other participants will be notified via e-mail and/or by mail by July 26, 2008. FIRST PRIZE: $2,000 5 SECOND PRIZES: $500 10 THIRD PRIZES: $200 45 FINALISTS: $50 Cash Awards 175 SEMIFINALISTS: $30 Cash Awards send: Complete MS looking for: Article |
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