In the book “Anthem” by Ayn Rand. Men and women are bound to one another, and pushed to believe that they are useless, unless they work. Their government makes them work as a group, and there is no individualism. Men after the age of twenty, and women after the age of eighteen; are sent to the house of mating. This only happens once a year, during the spring. Therefore, the women having the baby somewhere around winter. The men are assigned women to mate with, and afterwards neither of them get to see the baby. The baby is then placed in the home of the infants, where they stay there until the age of five. Then, they are placed in the home of the students. This is when they go to school, and learn what they are supposed to learn. At the age …show more content…
He finds a tunnel, and then he starts spending his time in there. One day he was experimenting with wires, and a frog. He put the wires on the dead frog, and he made the frog flinch. From then on, his creation got even better. He discovered light. Some might argue and say that, he created because he wanted to better mankind. Others, might say that he made this, so he could try and be in the house of scholars, for the house of scholars are the only ones allowed to question and know knowledge. Those are all true, but they are not the main reason he did what he did. He did it because he liked learning, he liked gaining knowledge. He says, “We love the science of things.” meaning that he likes science and how things worked. It gives him a sense of individuality, which in that society. That is forbidden, and even the word “I” could get you a death penalty. He also states, “ Our discovery is too great for us to waste our time in sweeping the streets We must not kepp out secret to ourselves, not buried under the ground. We must bring it into the sight of men.” He wants to share his creation. It started with an experiment just for himself, for his knowledge. He knows he cannot keep it to