![]() ![]() ![]() The symbol of “bread” isn’t about the bread itself. Today bread is seen as the ubiquitous symbol of life. The author presents and implements the symbol of “a loaf of bread,” or the lack thereof numerous times throughout this novel. Ayn rand mentions many time throughout the book about the lack of food being a struggle for the characters, and basically everyone else as well. This book isn’t directly about communism it’s about the horrible struggles that each individual was put through because of the State, and what they had to do just to survive. She went from living a grand life, to having everything she knew and loved torn from her and her family’s hands. We are directed into the life of a young woman, just 18, who for years now has been thrown around like property. ![]() The novel embraces numerous twists and turns, including a conflicting love triangle, unpredicted and heart-wrenching events, and a theme that only Rand could adequately convey. This book focuses on the “individual against the State”-and each person struggling to survive in a corrupt and unjust world which surrounded them. We the Living is not just a book about communism. ![]()
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