Themes on the book Anthem
1. Risks of collectivism
The author of Anthem wrote the book about twenty years after the Russian revolution had taken place. The mistakes of Josef Stalin leading his government made an impact on Rand’s (author) interpretation of collectiveness. The idea that communism would help many people collectivize their aspects of life was initiated by Russia. This belief assumed that everyone would benefit if they served each other by their ability. This was not the case since the rise of communists had been so bad. People had different ways of seeing this issue while others assumed that soviet communism was restrictive due to leaders decline. The author made an opinion that collectivism had many faults and decided to show them in Anthem.
During the great rebirth, many business men were defeated due to collectivism this has made it for combination of society into a hard state system. The schools began to introduce the children into doctrines of philosophy …show more content…
The collectivist culture Equality 7-2521 makes it look as if designed to remove meaningful and personal relationships. This was so bad that people were afraid to speak what they thought. In the name of equality, there is an end of personal bonds. It is so serious that it dictates the intimate act of sex to once a year. Rand believes that relationships, which were developed under it, were plain and very unfulfilling. True relationships need a combination of ones ego. She finds fault with people supporting collectivism for supporting freedom and equality into something meaningless. When she realizes the power his ego possessed, Equality 7-2521, “I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. Moreover, to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be