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Rebelled In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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The popular phrase, “curiosity kills the cat”, represents a natural feeling that can be fatal. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, a similar theme can be shown, like how rebellious and curious are both natural and inevitable. The theme of Anthem is that rebelling is natural against an oppressive collectivist government, which is shown through the main character, Equality 7-2521, who rebels by breaking laws and revolts against their way of life. Anthem proves that rebelling is natural because Equality 7-2521 breaks multiple laws that go against the collectivist beliefs of the government. The society and government in Anthem have laws in place to make individuality illegal and they brainwash the society to make it seem like a “sin”(Rand 17). Equality 7-2521

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