Analysis Of Ayn Rand's Anthem: The Meaning Of Identity

The practices of a collective society such as the one in this book disregard all belief in the individual. By doing this, the society and its leaders brainwash the people into having no personal priority or authority. Everything is done with the betterment of the entire group in mind, no sense of self involvement. Their life is fated in almost every

In Equality’s society of Anthem by Ayn Rand, they have many rules and controls, or regulations. They have the rules in place so everyone is the same. The Council doesn’t want anyone to be different, or to have different thoughts. Equality’s new society may have no rules from the old society because he encourages differences, he hated the old society’s rules, and he knows what it means to be an outcast.

There has always been a slight anxiety, a slight fear, of being alone or standing alone. Students rarely want to admit to having an answer different from the rest of their classmates; some people do not want to go somewhere and do something by themselves. Notably, with more shy or anxious people, they will often stick around someone they know, so they will not be alone in the crowd. Although that company might help them make it through those nerve-wracking moments, when is the right time for them to walk alone? Should a person ever walk alone? In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, Equality’s internal conflict of conformity versus individuality plays a role that Equality needs to overcome in order to complete their quest for freedom which helps create

How could Ayn Rand’s Anthem have been altered if Equality and his society had been founded on Christianity? Throughout the story, beliefs and convictions were a significant factor in plot progressions. In addition, different doctrine also provided a huge contribution to character development. However, these various viewpoints established throughout the story, directly contrast with Biblical values. Looking closely at the development of society’s and Equality’s beliefs, a reader can easily distinguish his ideas from Christianity.

Having another individual controlling another person thought process could be known as communism. Having rules and restriction labialized people as being equal. Equality is something that society often peruse. Nation want everyone to be equal without know the consequences of equality. Character from Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut and Girl by Jamaica Kincaid demonstrate how abusive equality can be. When equality is given with guideline, some individuals may find it difficult to follow through.

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.

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In Ayn Rand’s book Anthem, The character Equality 7-2521 also known as Prometheus ran into the uncharted forest after being told that his box of light was a sin to create because he now knew more than his brother’s in the uncharted forest he found out that the golden one had followed him. Then the two uncovered homes from the unmentionable times. In the uncharted forest he discovered the unspeakable word “Ego”. Throughout the book he expressed traits of an Egoist. But in the book because prometheus had been in a dystopian society where they had to think of themselves and their brothers as a whole they were not allowed to think of themselves. So was Prometheus really a egoist? Or was it just his little bit of selfish coming out after not ever being allowed to think about himself?

The government controls people through handicaps. The amendments the government passed are 211,212,213. Government wanted people to love in peace. So they created handicaps for the people Creating handicaps for people eliminates competition.

Anthem was written in 1961. The book is set in the future in a dystopia where all technology has digressed. The most recent inventions of the protagonist's time is the candle and glass window. The government has complete control and citizens have absolutely zero freedom. Nobody, not even the government, is allowed to say the word “I”; not many people even know that the word exists. Instead, citizens use the word “we” because of an ancient stone with these words engraved on it: “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever” (Rand 19). The government, or high council, put many rules into place. For example, men can not talk to women, everyone has to agree on everything, and walking somewhere without a purpose is outlawed.

“We made it. We created it. We brought it forth from the night of ages. Our mind. Ours alone and only.” These are the illegal words of Equality 7-2521, the main character of Ayn Rand’s dystopian novel, Anthem. Equality 7-2521 lives in a future unknown date where individualism is a crime and humanity has entered another dark age. The characterization applied in Ayn Rand’s dystopian novel Anthem and Kurt Vonnegut's short story “Harrison Bergeron” help convey the value of individualism in societal growth.

Ayn Rand uses the phrase, “The sleeping halls are white and clean and bare of all things save one hundred beds”(20,21,28) to display the wholeness of everyone where no one is different. To start with, when Equality explains about what to do when they get tempted he says, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible, and forever.”(19). The society takes away all individualism from everyone. They want people to believe that everyone is a whole. They cannot think or express differences between one another and if they do they get punished severely. Secondly when Equality wishes to go to the House of Scholars he explains, “For men may wish nothing for themselves.”(24). No one in the society is allowed

“Ego”. When saying it out loud what thoughts come to mind? “Ego”. Such a powerful and controversial word. “The ego is an identity of our own construction”. With this being said, is ego good or bad? Today’s society tends to hear the word ego and jump to the conclusion that it is wrong, and that being an egotistical person means you are selfish and inconsiderate. Truly, all of us are egoists. It is a vital priority that all of us must carry in order to survive, have an opinion, personal emotions, autonomy, and most importantly to be an individual. In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand a strong, curious, and intellectual man named Prometheus discovers the true meaning of life and the word “ego”, all because he was brave enough to step out and become his own individual and an egoist.

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

Indeed, people are different, this is a fact, but as I read the proposed material, I noticed that the author's personal attitude about the race greatly influences his understanding of this concept and depends on whether the author attributes himself to the class of privileged or considers himself infringed.