The Perfect Government In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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

My hands... My spirit... My sky... My forest...This earth is mine...” (Chapter 11 Paragraphs 1-2)

“To be free, a man must be free from his brothers.”when people hear this they may think

In the novel “Anthem” by Ayn Rand, the main character, Equality 2521, proves his worth, but gets a different reaction than he was hoping for. Is it a dystopia? A dystopia has many definitions, as some believe it’s a society where everything is simply wrong, others believe it’s a society defined by human misery. What is known for sure is, the characteristics of a dystopia are overall close to the same, and Anthem meets most of those characteristics.

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

In the novella, Anthem by Ayn Rand, the Council of Scholars believe that having the society and community as one whole instead of it being where the people are treated as individuals, is the best choice for all of the people. It is a sin if someone thinks about being alone and if you have thoughts or actions that go against the choice of being one whole. They worship the laws that say none among men may be alone, ever and at any time.

The activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her essay, “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848” emphasizes the importance of equality between women and men. Stanton’s purpose is to outline the inequality that existed between men and women and make points that will lead to inequalities ending. She adopts a straightforward and factual tone to get her point across without sounding biased or being disrespectful towards anyone who may disagree with her.

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a dystopian novel written in the 1930’s. The novel displays a society that confines the human mind and body. The rights humans are restricted to what the government believes is fit. The characters are ruled by collectivism and communist. Communism is the belief that the government should own everything. Collectivism is the belief of a superior group that controls society. Rand reveals the nature of the main character’s society and the values of the main character, Equality 7-2521 by writing this excerpt of the novel in the character’s perspective in an assertive tone and beginning with the rights and wrongs of their society.

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.

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

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

“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. It is base and evil… We have broken the laws” (17). Thus begins Anthem by Ayn Rand, a novella about a future collectivist society and a man named Equality 7-2521. Though the story takes place in the future, all technology that came after candles and glass has been taken away. The word “I” has ceased to exist in anyone’s vocabulary. Every person must agree on everything and feel like everyone else. To accomplish ‘cleansing’ the evils of mankind, society lead its people to believe that nothing can be done independently. The story is told through the eyes of Equality as he purposely defies the laws

“No creator was prompted by a desire to serve his brothers, for his brothers rejected the gift he offered and that gift destroyed the slothful routine of their lives” (Rand, The Fountainhead). As described in the novel The Fountainhead, history has shown to repeat itself by punishing the inventors of new objects that go against societal normalities. This is evident with Equality 7-2521, the protagonist in Ayn Rand’s book Anthem. Set in a future free of technology, Anthem depicts a man’s struggle to free himself from collectivism. In the novel, society has put strict rules in place to ensure members are controlled and free from independent thought. Equality acknowledges these rules throughout the book yet still breaks them to pursue his passion for learning and inventing. Equality’s decision to put his own interests before society’s ultimately leads to his liberation.

Aristotle searches his answer to the question, what is happiness? In order to find his answer, he places constraints on what can count as happiness and searches the function of a man He proclaims good must be something final, and self-sufficient. Good is seen different in different activities and art, but it is resent for the sake of which everything is done. Aristotle searches what the good than is in each. In medicine it is health, in strategy victory, in architecture in a house and so on from all the other arts but in every task it describes the end of that task, since the point in all of them is for the sake of the end that everything is done. Thus, if there is something that is the end of all the things done by human action this can be the predictable of, “good.”

Ayn Rand's Anthem is a dystopian novella, which means it addresses the dehumanization of mankind usually by some kind of totalitarian government. That is true for this work as can be seen by the following evidences; every character is nameless and is known only by a number (the protagonist is Equality 7-2521, for example), no one is allowed to be distinguished from anyone else (all men are brothers without any distinctions or divisions), all decisions are made for the common man by Scholars and Councils (including each person's profession), thinking, dreaming, and creating are strictly forbidden (and punishable crimes if they are discovered), being alone is the greatest crime/sin (as that wrongly distinguishes one man from his brothers), work is the greatest good (so anything that eases men's labor is a crime), and independent thinking is not allowed (the only good is the collective good.)