Equality : A Utopia

According to the Equality and Human Rights Commission First Triennial Review 2010 “The Equality Act 2010 complements and builds on the provisions of the Equality Act 2006, which itself strengthened several aspects of discrimination law and set out the roles and responsibilities of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.”

The United States has become the nation it is today due to several disputes on equality. These disputes have led to the creation of many documents that represent the equality and rights that should be given to every American. An example of two U.S seminal documents are the Economic Bill of Rights and the Brown vs. the Board of Education; these documents not only represent the fights on equality, but both authors use literary devices in order to persuade the reader that their argument is valid.

Equality is often locked in the cellar as a child, more so than the other children, for being taller and more intelligent than his teachers. In Anthem's society, "It is not good to be different from [your] brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them" (Rand 21). This saying, told to Equality multiple times by his teachers for excelling in his lessons, indicates that Equality is “evil,” for being intelligent. He often understands the subject matter of his lectures before the teachers have even completed the curriculum. Equality himself states that "No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many Scholars who are elected by all men for their wisdom. Yet [I] can. [I] do" (54). Equality is one of the smartest mortals in his society, and he even goes so far as to say that he is more intellectual than members of the Home of the Scholars. Equality's treatment by his teachers justifies that his occupation as a street sweeper was a sinister motive because his intelligence could lead to him surpassing the influence of the Council, if citizens decide to depend upon the man bringing them new innovations in science and

Achieving equality has been attempted by many, however, none have completely succeeded. The problems lies in the individualism each person poses. By wiping out the individualism in a society, while not completely achieving equality, equality would be as close to perfect as it could get. In the novel Anthem, Equality 7-2521 and his fellow brothers live in a society in which perfect equality is being attempted to be achieved; individualism has been weeded out over time. During Ayn Rand’s novel about dystopian society, the Council of Vocations assign Equality the job of street cleaner due to a sinister motivation of believing Equality and his intelligence pose a threat to their “perfect” society.

The society that Equality lives in tries to live in complete uniformity. This society is controlled by a council of elders. They dictate every aspect of a life for a man. This is supported by the quote “Councils are the voice of all justice, for they are the voice of all men.” (Rand 22) Society’s beliefs are exemplified through the hymns of brotherhood, equality, and the collective spirit. There is no concept of self and the book is written in first person plural. Collectivism is the belief the group has higher priority than each individual in it. This is demonstrated by the quote “there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone.” Equality starts at the youngest of age. Starting in school students are taught not to be any different and any who are physically or mentally are reprimanded by the teachers. Even so, there is scientific development and new technologies are developed mainly by the Home of the

Where everyone can live their own lives and not the ones chosen for them by the city. I think that Equality will not have any of these rules or controls they have in the city in his society, everyone should be able to learn and explore as they please nothing shall stop them in their endeavors. The fact that he ran away from the city to start a new life shows that he didn't like the way things were run. If Equality were to just create the same society as the city then there was no point of rebelling and running

From a young age, Equality-72521 stands out from his brothers. Not only does he express too much interest in science and discovery, but he’s also taller than most men, which further influences the treatment he receives from others. “Ever have the Teachers and the Leaders… said ‘There is evil in your bones… for your body has grown beyond the bodies of your brothers.’” (Rand 18) This quote depicts Equality-72521 being scolded because of his height. Though he cannot change the way he grows, it is treated as a character defect nonetheless. Despite the unfairness about his treatment, he feels guilty.

Equality 7-2521 was not like any of his other brothers he was different and being different in his society is a bad thing he was over six feet in height and was smarter then most of the other students in his school. To them if you are smarter that is against the law because if you think you know something that man doesn't already know then it doesn't exist. So for this equality was lashed(another word for being

Equality’s journey began when he discovered the tunnel left from the Unmentionable Times- the era before the current regime was implemented. Since the totalitarian society where Equality resided heavily revolved around collectivism, the notion of personal achievement and the pursuit of higher knowledge were forbidden and regarded as heavy sins. The heaviest sin of all was being an individual. Everything and everyone was supposed to be treated impartially as the collective “We” and every decision was made by a specific Council. The regime’s primary motto exemplified this notion. “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, ONE, indivisible and forever” (Rand 19). As a result, many in the society in Anthem essentially lacked resolve and were resigned to their fates. The

Because of its purpose to remove all actions and words that contradict equality, the society brought to life in Anthem puts forth innumerable rules and limitations. ¨We are one in all and all in one There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever” (Ayn

“This is our wonder and our secret fear, that we know and do not resist.” Equality values his

He tried so very hard to forget the lesson that he was taught and to be like the others but no matter how hard he tried he always remembered the lessons. There was this one boy who was the least intelligent of the class and Equality tried very hard to be like him but they ended up whipping him for doing so. Later on when he was 5 years old he got moved and started growing a goal. You see Equality was born with something, that in his society is considered a curse, it is curiosity. He wondered about everything, especially on one thing, individualism.

Equality was born and raised in a totalitarian society where he was not allowed to speak or think for himself. This society does not have a specified name in the book, but in this world everyone thinks, speaks and expresses themselves in the same way every single day.

The struggle against a totalitarian government is unsurprisingly a frequent theme in dystopian literature. Almost by definition the genre is set in a futuristic society characterized by extreme oppression and despondence. Malevolent autocrats at the helms of totalitarian governments have, throughout our history, been responsible for innumerable travesties. This young century alone has witnessed the evil of Bashar al-Assad, Omar Bashir, and Saddam Hussein. Probing only slightly deeper into our collective memory, we are acquainted with the reigns of Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Josef Stalin, Hideki Tojo, Francisco Franco, and (of course) Adolf Hitler. The last hundred years have undeniably been bloody, and it is therefore only natural that

one of the most important and complicated dilemmas of human philosophy: how do we choose