In Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem the main character, Equality 2-2521, and the girl he’s into, Liberty 5-3000, are very similar but at the same time they have many differences. The novella focuses on Equality the whole time. It focuses on him from his younger years where he was always different from his brothers, and his later years where he transgresses a lot. He knows he’s different and when he finds a secret subway he’s able to practice experiments and learn. He then builds a light and when he shows the city council they reject it. Equality then goes to live in the uncharted forest where he and Liberty then find a house and live out their life. Equality and Liberty are similar in the fact that they both have an understanding of the world they