While conforming to society’s ideals are beneficial, it is also very harmful for the person to lose their sense of individuality. There would be no way to differentiate people from others as they would all think and act alike. These two themes of conformity and individuality recur throughout the three works: Anthem by Ayn Rand, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. These three works establish a society in which every citizen needs to conform to the society’s ideals and those who refuse to follow these are seen as outcasts and punished. Conforming to society's beliefs will cause and help fix some problems. If everyone chose to stick with society's ideals, there would be less fighting amongst people, everyone would be cooperative and helpful, but each person would lose their individuality. They would not be able to think for themselves, know what they believe in, or even form their own identity. …show more content…
When the novel begins, it reveals how controlling their society actually is. When they reach a certain age, they are assigned jobs that they will be sticking to for the rest of their life. Men and women are not allowed to speak or interact with one another as well unless it is time to go to the “Palace of Mating” in which they gather together to procreate. As we read through Anthem, we begin to see how Equality is changing. After discovering he could create electricity and the turn the light on for the first time, he felt the obligation to lie to lie about what he has been doing to the judges when he was caught. He also begins to become infatuated with the Golden