Analysis Of Ayn Rand's 'Who Holds The Clicker'

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Shannon L Alder stated “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” To be honest, what point does letting other people dictate an individual serve? Nothing, because it is just another route of following what others do rather than being a true, independent individual. Relating to the dystopian novelette Anthem, by Ayn Rand, the main protagonist, Equality, is a restrained puppet compelled into succumbing to conformity. An article with a similar scenario is “Who Holds the Clicker”, by Lauren Slater, which features a sorrowful Mario with a debilitating condition of OCD. Mario is hobbled in a way in which he is left miserable and has no other choice to conform to his OCD. Similarly,