Equality's Primary Motivation

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“We cannot resist it. It whispers to us that there are great things on this earth of ours, and that we must know them. We ask, why we must know, but it has no answer to give us.” (Rand 24) he then goes on talking about how he loves “the Science of Things” (Rand 23) and how he could ask questions in the House of Scholars, “for they do not forbid questions.” (Rand 23) However, at the near end of Anthem, Equality states that the Scholars are “blind” and are being “cowardice” (Rand 19) even though he had once looked up to these same Scholars when growing up, “We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike.” (Rand

Unfortunately, he has no existing technology to use as a base for his ideas, so creates his own. “We, Equality 7-2521, have discovered a new power of nature. And we have discovered it alone, and we alone are to know it,” (34). Equality has lived in a world where the candle is the peak of societal technology, and he is only now realizing that there is more. By going off on his own and discovering things for himself, as an individual, Equality has come to incredible conclusions.

Equality acknowledges that his great re-discovery of electricity will benefit humankind; however, that isn’t his primary motivation for experimenting. In Chapter V, he says, “We can give our brothers a new light, cleaner and brighter, than any they have ever known.” (60). He recognizes that this discovery will completely alter the way his society is set up, presumably for the better. Nevertheless, as he later states in Chapter VII: “We have lied to ourselves. We have not built this box for the good of our brothers. We built it for its own sake.” (76). Thus, Equality’s primary motivation for conducting his

Equality is motivated by himself. He wants to invent things. He’s not doing it for fame or to try to impress the council, but for himself. He’s eager to discover and he’s curious about things and how they work. He is very passionate about his experiments and puts a lot of pride and work into them. Equality is much smarter than the rest of his society as it states “It was that the learning was too easy”(21). He dreamed of being a scholar where he can put his talents to a good use;

Through his work, he discovers a way to harness electricity and make a primitive light bulb. He knows that this discovery with greatly help mankind because a light bulb is more practical than a candle. This, however is not the reasoning behind Equality’s experimentation. Shown in the quote “We shall put before The Home of Scholars the greatest gift ever offered to men. We shall tell them the truth . . . We shall join our hands to theirs, and we shall work together, with the power of the sky, for the glory of mankind.” (Rand 67). In other words, Equality wishes to bring man a grand discovery of his, a discovery that will make everyone’s lives much easier. If you look closely you will find that Equality is very excited to show his invention, but he shows it so that he is a contributing individual. From this we can see that Equality wants only to be an individual, that is his motivation. Also, shown here “This wire is a part of our body, as a vein torn from us, glowing with our blood. Are we proud of this thread of metal, or of our hands which made it, or is there a line to divide these two?” (Rand 61). Rand expresses that Equality’s light bulb is a part of him, he created it for his brothers, but more importantly, he created it for the sake of his own individuality. To sum this up, Equality finds that his invention will benefit mankind

In the book Equality 7-2521 was definitely not fair to all. He found a tunnel during the book and he didn’t want anybody to know about the tunnel. And I felt as though that if somebody would of known about the tunnel, then the tunnel could have been put to good use. He is although is trying to be beneficial to all by spending all his time creating a light. Equality tries to presents his invention to the World Council of Scholars they called him selfish. Equality believes that all

Equality discovers electricity which fascinates him he starts to think and comes to a conclusion; “Our discovery is too great for us to waste our time in sweeping the streets. We must not keep our secret to ourselves, not buried under the ground. We must bring it into the sight of men.” (60) This is still a part of his negative assessment since Equality is still trying to be a part of the “great WE” yet in committing a crime being different then all others. Equality broke the law by using his intelligence to try to better his society but later found it out as not a smart thing to bring it too World Council of Scholars. The scholars are shocked and terrified over this invention that Equality has presented to them. Collective 0-0009 was mad at the fact of Equality breaking laws so said this on page 71; “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 mind of your brothers? And if the Councils 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?” Equality hears this and flees back to his tunnel think badly of the scholars and knowing his invention can be of greater use to people of the

In the book Anthem, we learn that people live in a collectivist society where they are the great We and the only We. This kind of society oppresses man’s inborn thirst for knowledge and creativity, although one character still possesses the want for knowledge. Equality 7-2521 is the man cursed with the nature to want to know more, even though he is lashed he still persists on his quest for knowledge. What is Equality’s motivation if not for joy, and it is not for the greater good for mankind? The simple answer may be curiosity, for no punishment could change him from wanting to know. Equality is motivated for multiple reasons, one being curiosity, the desire to create something to call his own, and to be part of the council of scholars.

He believed in the society until the Council of Scholars rejected his invention of the light bulb. The rejection led him to run away into the Uncharted Forests where he began to build his own view of morality along with the Golden One. As time progressed, Equality began to see how much the collectivist society was wrong about a variety of things. Shortly after Equality runs away he realizes that he did not build the light bulb for his brothers but indeed for himself, which demonstrates his change in belief from the brotherhood to the individual. Through Equality’s discoveries he realizes that his purpose is not to fulfill the accomplishments, needs, and sacrifices of his brothers but to fulfill his own accomplishments, needs, and sacrifices.

He has the right to feel motivated and have feelings, Even if most of the time his thoughts are crazy he still has the right to think them. Equality finally discovered the new world “I”and “we”. To Equality saying those new worlds is a great feeling, He says them with confidence. Since equality is motivated he is able to discover the world for once. “ We awoke when a ray of sunlight fell across our face. We wanted to leap to our feet, as we have to leap to our feet every morning of our life”. Equality forgot about the past and wanted to think about the future that day when he woke

Throughout the book Equality is curious to know more, he wants to discover more. Equality always wants to know more, questions are always coming to his mind (24). Equality would gather the scholars leftover lab materials and he would study them (29). He would get these materials as he was street sweeping.

He envisions a society that is heard of all over the world, and he believes all men will wish to reach it and this new city will someday “carry the greatest of the world’s blood to his threshold.” The rules in place in the society Equality once lived in were all restricted to working and living together and never individually. In the new society that he envisions I believe Equality will encourage individuality and thinking for oneself, especially in the way of creative thinking, since Equality himself loves to create and explore the past times and sciences, this is how he discovered the power of electricity. Another rule implemented in Equality’s old home was that men were not allowed to have preferences of their brothers. They could not like or become friends with another person.

After making the discovery, Equality sees what one man can do by himself. It gives him a sense of self-importance.

There were many things of the unknown that Equality was oblivious to and he was determined to explain his mind. He knew that, "We have come to see how great is the unexplored, and many lifetimes will not bring us to the end of our quest" (Rand 36). No matter how many lifetimes he got, it would never be enough time to know every last thing that wandered the earth. It shows that all Equality ever wanted to do buckle down on the books and study everything he possibly could to give himself a bigger picture on life. He had to study alone, away from the Street Sweeper home, in a tunnel that he found, to gain this knowledge because he could be punished if any of the superior members of the society found out.