Anthem is a story that has been looked up to for many years. My Question is, Is Anthem really telling us to be different or is it telling us something more. The answer is more. Ann Rand was a brilliant writer, but the way she puts this story together, she didn’t just mean you should be different. The way she makes the characters talk and act is something more than what we think it means since she has them have different names for different groups in which makes us think about the Idea of her book
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In the final chapter of Anthem, Equality reflects, “The best in me had been my sins and my transgressions”(98). He no longer holds the belief that society is simply ‘misguided’ or that they ‘mean well’. Instead, Prometheus embraces individuality, rejecting the concept that, “We are all in all and all in one” held so dear to his former society(19). “I am done with this creed of corruption,”(97) Equality declares, no longer willing to slave for his brothers. It is this declaration of independence which
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The book Anthem by Ayn Rand unfolds with a confused and questioning man and ends with him illegally loved a woman and wanting to free the people in the society that raised him. The woman that he loves, Liberty, turns out to be the heroine of the story because she thinks independently and earns the names gifted to her. First off, Liberty earned the role as the female protagonist partially because of the way that she thought. In her society, many understood that there were not to be preferences amongst
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As humans are naturally curious, our predisposition to fulfill our curiosity can never be muzzled. This is soon unmistakable in the oppressive, collectivist society described in Anthem when Equality 7-2521 pushes back against subjugation experienced in their society. Equality is not fond of the environment in which he lives because “it is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick” (21) and inhabitants are not permitted to be superior to their brothers. He has a bright mind that needs
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government controls your life from cradle to grave. Would you want to live in that world or would you rebel against the government? That is the sort of scenario that Ayn Rand give to our main character, Equality 7-2521, in her dystopian fiction book, Anthem. The book takes place far into the future where mankind has taken many steps backwards and now lives in cities where the government controls everything. In this world there is no I or me only we. Everyone thinks that they are doing what they are for
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In most dystopian societies, they restrain their citizens from acting upon rebellious or different actions. This is no different in the novel Anthem. In Equality 7-2521’s society, “There are no men but only the great WE…”(19). Equality’s “brothers” and “sisters” and he, himself, must live and work for their other “brothers” and “sisters”. Everyone included in the society is meant to be equals, having all the individuals lacking a personal identity. This restraint causes Equality to feel guilty when
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During the course of the book Anthem, Equality transitions from feeling oppressed to being confident in himself. In the very beginning of the book while in his tunnel, Equality confesses, “We were born with a curse. It has driven us to thoughts which are forbidden. It has always given us wishes which men may not wish” (Rand 18). Equality thinks that he is different from everyone else because he does not conform like the others and he hates himself for it. Using the word “curse” in this phrase shows
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In the book “Anthem” there were many different ways of showing collective and individualism. I’m just going to name off a couple and then explain why it is that. The first quote that I found that has to do with collectivism is found in the first sentence of Chapter 1. It says that “it is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see.” I feel like this is collectivism because they are practically being owned and they are working
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manuscripts is very wrong to do according to the house of scholars but he wants to learn as much as he can and that is the only way. Equality thinks it is worth it and his brother’s will forgive him but he does not as much care if they do. A part in Anthem by Ayn Rand that really shows individualism affecting his choices is when Equality talks about how he stole many manuscripts and does not feel bad about these actions, “We have stolen manuscripts. This is a great offence. Manuscripts are precious
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“The words of the evil ones, the words of the unmentionable times. What are the words which we have lost?¨ Equality 7-2521 states of Ayn Rand Anthem. This classic novella is about one man facing the laws of the society. Were everyone thinks he’s a sinner. He fights for equality. Along his trials he finds out what the passion to love to be elated, to feel free. Equality 7-2521 was in a dark world to begin with. He wanted to escape the society, he finally is facing the fact and letting go of all the
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