Review Of Ayn Rand's Anthem

Anthem, by Ayn Rand, is a very unique novel. It encircles individualism and makes the reader think of how people can conform to society and do as they are told without knowing the consequences and results of their decisions. Also, it teaches the importance of self expression and the freedom that comes along with being your own person and having the power to choose what path to take in life. Figurative language is used often in this book and in a variety of quotes that have great importance to the theme, plot, and conflict of the novel.

The story of Anthem takes place in dystopian future in which freedom and human rights have been obliterated. Equality 7-2521, the protagonist, is a street sweeper who finds a tunnel where he conducts his science experiments which are considered a sin. Throughout the book we see him change and discover how capable he is through a multitude of literary devices. In the novella , Anthem, Ayn Rand utilizes vivid imagery and a profusion of diction to frenetically emphasize the idea of love.

In Anthem, there are a couple of characters and some are only mentioned and some only have a few lines of dialogue. The protagonist of Anthem is Equality 7-2521 or Prometheus and the antagonists are the Council of Scholars. The council of scholars would be the antagonists because they told the society, how to think and that made Prometheus think that he had a curse and was committing a

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”,

Ayn Rand's Anthem shows us her view of our world united under what seems to be communist rule. For example their view of right and wrong; which Anthem portrays is a system of very strict rules which mainly make sure that everyone is involved in a collective role within the society in this system no one is considered an individual or that they can even think as an individual.

Anthem is a story about how mankind enters a dark age where individuality is now eliminated by ‘The Council’ in an unspecified future date and unspecified location. The narrator of the novel, Equality 7-2521 is a rebellious young protagonist that conducts illegal secretive scientific research alone and writes in a journal in an underground abandoned railroad tunnel. This dystopian novella deals with authoritarianism as the government has taken control and assigns jobs and duties for every being based on the Council's decision. In the novels Anthem by Ayn Rand and V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, the totalitarian government takes advantage of their higher power to enforce strict obedience on citizens, without concerning for their opinions or wishes and removing their personal freedom, which causes a rebellious protagonist to take charge and struggle to find their freedom.

brought them for a civilization where the word ?I? did not exist to a world

“My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose” (Rand, 95). Anthem is written by American author Ayn Rand about Equality 7-2521 on his quest for happiness. The novel is set in an unspecified time and place in the future. Years after human civilization has gone through a deconstruction in which all knowledge was lost and a new society established with no concept of the individual. “The novel describes the efforts of the main character, Equality 7-2521, to reestablish a sense of personal identity and restore the knowledge of the past by objective scientific inquiry. In doing so, he must face many dangers and privations” (Anthem). Anthem is a dairy of the Equality

The book Anthem is taking place in a collectivist society. Evidences that proves this existence includes laws within the society, similar clothings, same opportunities, and “group before individual” thinking style. Its people have routine rules depending on their age. There are leaders and then, there are its followers. Its followers are wired to believe that it is a sin to think about yourself before anyone. They are to replace the word “I” to “we”. Their futures are not in their control but the leaders. In a way, it’s the same as being imprisoned in a labyrinth. Equality 7-2521 is the main protagonist and he is 21 years old. He is different from his brothers because he thinks in an individual way. He did not report the secret tunnel he found.

Anthem is a book dedicated universal equality in every way possible. So this essay is about that over equality is not the best for everyone. So transgressions, fear, over-equality, and mistakes are why they give Equality a horrible job which is a Street Sweeper.

“It is a sin to write this” this is how Ayn Rand starts her book Anthem. In the book Equality is a

In the 1937 novella “Anthem’ by Ayn Rand, their society has many rules in place to be able to control their citizens and to be the same as their brothers. Some of the main laws are citizens cannot write anything, citizens cannot have personal preferences, and citizens cannot keep secrets from their brothers. The city in the novella “Anthem” has many rules and regulations in order to ensure that their society does not fall apart like the society in the Unmentionable Times. Protagonist Equality 7-2521 has broken many of the city's laws and is much different all of his fellow brothers.

Anthem is a book I would recommend to friends. Who wouldn't want to read a book with a little bit of romance, free will,rediscoveries,and freedom. In anthem, Ayn describes a frightening future where individuality is wiped of the face of the planet,creativity is shunned,free will is punishable by death,and values are taken away. Even though all these things are forbidden and shunned on by the people in this society there is one soul who has not allowed this restrictive society to tame him, Equality 7-2521. Despite the restrictive world he lives in he has allowed all this forbidden thought to fester in his brain. Equality 7-252 dared to be apart from the crowed ,to finally think for himself,love the women of his own choice,and to want to be

Vision a lifestyle where one perceives it as a sin to comprehend data more efficiently than of one’s peers; a felony to long for things that others do not wish upon. Where floods of white tunics and austere minds obliterate the Earth. A colony built upon leaders who asphyxiate anyone from infatuation of any object or significant being; moreover, a world suffocating in collectivism. Through exasperated transcription, Anthem brings about such a community; nevertheless, a world of black and white. Ayn Rand does not overemphasize the effects of totalitarianism, but amplifies it so that it is more effortless for one to enlighten he or she’s notion on the particular proposal. First, by analyzation of “Equality 7-2521”, and

Anthem is a book about how society has entered what would be viewed as a ‘dark age’. It has the main character Equality 7-2521 who was always very different from his brothers. And in their society they are not allowed to be different, they cannot use the words me or I, for it is a sin. And during this story, he finds out that he is different and tries to prove to the council that he should be in the Home of the Scholars. When he isn’t accepted he leaves and Liberty 5-3000 follows him. She and him have talked throughout the entire story and finally reunite close to the end when they both escape and find that the entire world they live in is a sheltered