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Comparing The Rules Of The City In Anthem, By Ayn Rand

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Imagine sharing a room with a hundred people, none of which question the set of rules before them. Do not say the sacred word, do not be individual, you must love all men equally. The object of choice is invalid. This is from the book Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, who escaped communism in Russia and set herself a new belief; objectivism. Like Ayn Rand, the main character, Equality 7-2521, perceives these rules as unjust, therefore rebels against them. Equality later then escapes the City and discovers himself, creating a new set of rules which will compare to one’s of the city. Although that is what he tried to detain from. There is no “we,” but there is an “I.”
The rules of the City are there to set a norm throughout the people, and to demolish

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