'Equality In Anthem' By Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand’s novel puts Equality in a great position to start his new life with his new family. Ayn Rand’s story gives hope to all who want not to be conquered by their government and to have a say in what they believe in. If your government or society doesn’t like what you have to say, then it shows you can also walk right out the door if you don’t like what is happening. When you become a collectivist, you lose your individuality and almost become a slave and or a robot to the government and society. You lose your creativity and

Anthem is a short dystopian fiction novel written by Ayn Rand. It was published 79 years in 1938 in England. The setting of the novel starts off in a dark tunnel. As we get further in the book we learn that the story takes place in an undetermined point in the future in a City that’s not specified. The main character, Equality 7-2521, narrates his thoughts to the reader throughout the whole book. He feels guilty because he’s breaking the laws by writing down his thoughts but feels it is necessary. It is forbidden for the people to have their own thoughts or do anything by themselves. A long time ago, there was something called the Great Rebirth. After that happened, society started to refer to themselves as “we” and lost the word “I”,

He was thought that it was bad to be different but he did not care, he just wanted to show other citizens that there was more than what meets the eyes. Not only is equality an individualized thinker but he is also smart and brave. Equality makes a statement in his society by creating light and sharing the new invention with others. “We MADE IT. WE CREATED IT. We brought it forth from the night of the ages. We alone. Our hands. Our minds. Ours alone and only. We knew not what we are saying. Our head is reeling. We look upon the light which we have made” ( Rand 59). This shows that Equality made a new invention and is eventually going to show it to the council of scholars. This affects society because the council of scholars thinks that Equality is being superior to his brother. “We have much to say to a wretch who have broken all the laws and who boast of their infamy! How dared you think that your mind held greater wisdom than the minds of your brothers? And if the council had decreed that you should be a street sweeper, how dared you think that you could be of greater use to men than in sweeping the streets?” (Rand 71). This proves that no one, besides Equality wants to change society. This ties to the theme by trying to break out of the controlling society and leading into Equality standing up for individualism and for himself. In addition this concludes how the two short stories “Anthem” and “Harrison Bergeron” have different themes.

Equality, being one of the main issues Rand discusses, is presented by almost everything in the novel from how they treat each other to how they dress and where they live. In our society today equality is expressed by how we as a community treat each other. In the novel, however Rand takes it further to the point in which not only does everyone have to treat each other the same, but they have to dress the same, live in the same homes, live their lives based upon the same schedule, and have the same intelligence level otherwise they are looked down upon by their community. In my opinion the level of equality in the novel is too much. Although the level of equality in which they have achieved and maintained did its job and allowed everyone to be equal, it also caused them to miss out on

He is in a society where his knowledge is stifled and not encouraged to think for himself. Equality expresses, "We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike”(7).  This had to be implanted into Equality's head by the council  which is why it is natural for individualism to be what he wants most and why he should be able to follow his own ideology. Readers see not only in Anthem but in today's world how people are taught to only think of what they know. Equality wants the council to know of his accomplishments and as a outcome to show all men how it can help improve society. He wants the feeling of accomplishment and knowing that through his accomplishments he has uplifted others within the community.

The fiction novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, begins as equality takes a journey to individualism. He begins by writing how wrong he is to be writing what he is, how much of a sin it is. To be thinking as his own, and as an “I”. Ayn Rand is from Russia, which is a communist society. As Rand was growing up in this time frame, she had made the time to give herself an education which was frowned upon as she was a woman. She was not given a sense of “I” it was the normal thing for women to stand back and watch. To continue deeper into the book, Equality's eventual assessment of his writing on his own, changed from being a sin to being and individual activity, from the beginning to the end of the book.

In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, everyone in society is equal. In today’s society we fight for equality, but this book is an eye opener of what true equality is really like. Equality, while it seems like it would be a utopian future, may actually turn out to be a dystopian future. Even in a society such as the one in the book, there can never be true equality. No matter how many rules they have, there is always going to be something that isn’t equal. For example in the book, Anthem, the main character, Equality, is taller than most people as well as smarter. In the book, when you leave the Home of the Students the Council of Vocations chooses your job for you. If you think about what you want to do after you leave the Home of the Students, it is considered sin. When Equality goes to the Council of Vocations, he admits that he was guilty of Transgression of Preference. The Council of Vocations gave Equality the job of street sweeper. Before leaving the Home of the Students, Equality had wanted to be a scholar. The scholars were allowed to ask questions and they invented everything. Because Equality was smart he knew everything the teachers taught him before they even taught it. The teachers forbade Equality to ask questions and he was lashed more than the other students. Equality wanted to

In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand Equality leaves the harsh society to enter the forbidden forest to leave all the rules that the council had made behind, and he would not make these rules from the society because it would have no purpose of creating a new one. He had left his home to escape all of the harsh rules that were put in place, and also to learn how life used to be and could be in the future of his own society. If Equality was to have this new society he would want his children to use the personal pronouns, and be able to think for themselves and not as a whole.

In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, nature is portrayed as a safe haven, and it is something that Equality can experience without thinking twice. Nature is an escape, a place to be you, a place to be unique. Everything in the society is sheltered and unknown, Equality describes nature in a different way than he described anything else in the book. There is a sense of relief, and it is like Equality lets his guard down and is free to be himself for a short amount of time as he describes nature. Equality describes the sky with great detail. He explains the three different colors of the sky at three different times of the day. “The sky is green and cold in our windows to the east” (Rand 27). He pays great attention to detail and the vivid colors and the way the sky looks at various times. Equality feels a sense of relief throughout the book through nature. Individuality is

Which one would you pick? Many of us would pick chicken nuggets because it's the basic principle. Dinner before dessert. In Anthem, Equality breaks all rules and tells the council about his “power” because it's what comes first in his mind. He believes this is the main principle stating, “It is only our brother me who matter” (Rand, 70).Equality doesn't want the council to think he is doing this for himself. He does it for his brothers so they can learn the what the “future of mankind” holds and so they can grower greater and stronger. He puts the principal first but he also contributes to the equality of one

Thesis what worries me about the future ? This question is difficult for others to answer it because their are tennagers who are getting older in life and they think about how their future is going to be. Often the answer changes as you get older. The texts that we looked at are Anthem by Ayn Rand, “Emancipation Proclamation,” by Abraham Lincoln, Prometheus from Greek Mythology, “Critical Thinking video by Leo, and a Socratic Seminar. I am a person who is stubborn and determined person.

Equality knows that his inventions will benefit mankind greatly but he doesn’t do his experiments for that reason alone. Equalities motivation for his experiment was for his own joy. I think equality should be motivated by joy because it is something he enjoys and makes him happy. I think if everyone would be motivated by their passion the world would be a better place.

In this paper, I will be talking about the book called Anthem by Ayn Rand. I will be talking about characters such as protagonists and antagonists and how some characters impacted the story. I will talk about the setting, conflicts, and the plot of the story. I will also talk about literary devices such as point of view, symbolism, mood, tone, and theme.

Anthem, the futuristic novel pinned by Ayn Rand in 1937 gives light to a very scary place and time. This writing expressed her views and beliefs that the United States would be repeating a dark place of its history. Setting the preface where slavery and dictatorship was once more the social norm. As with most forward thinkers their thoughts and ideas are concerned extreme and not given the validity they deserve until future generation look back into the past. History and human behavior always repeats itself.

Every single day for more than 2 years equality would escape society for 3 hours a day and he would get to think, study, learn, and write what he has held in for so long. Equality’s brothers didn’t have a strong self-connection. All of Equality’s “brothers” had no energy, happiness, nor creativity (Rand). Unlike Equality they didn’t know who they were as a person, they