Anthem, By Ayn Rand

Imagine a world where people are only expected to live up to 45 years old. In today's society, there are countries that experience this. In the novel Anthem, by Ayn Rand; there are many factors like lifestyle, government, medicine, and education that lead to this. There are a couple of ways where the world in the novel is similar and different to today's society.

Would you like it if the government had complete control of you? For example, the government might tell you who you aloud to interact with, or they could tell you what job that you have to go to every single day, and where you are allowed to live. The government should not have the right to control an individual because a person knows what's best for them, such as who they from relationships with, what they do for a living and what their lifestyle looks like.

The book Anthem by Ayn Rand is about a futuristic community that has many unusual rules compared to today’s society that evolve throughout the book. These rules exist because they are to protect anything bad from happening in their society. They are strict because the Councils who have created the rules want to make sure everything is under their control. Their purpose is to enforce and maintain the people of the community. In Equality’s world that he describes at the end of the story there is most likely not going to be rules and controls that were in his birth home, because Equality doesn’t agree with the Council's’ decisions, he wishes that people should have their own opinion, and Equality has broken the laws.

Ayn Rand represents the world of Anthem, as all together, no individual exists. In Equality 7-2521 society it is a sin to do things that do not involve others, and the words he thinks and writes are for no one eyes to see or hear, but his own, It is the sin to think of yourself as an individual, to have an identity. Which is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. Equality 7-2521 feels something missing from his life, from his vocabulary, he knows it’s wrong to think this way but he can’t help it.

Imagine a world where you didn’t have electricity and you didn’t have the right to be your own person. In Anthem by Ayn Rand that is how people lived. Everyone in Anthem didn't know anything but the life that they are living. These people don't have anything to miss from the way the world used to be. But some people knew that they wanted more. Equality knew that. The lesson that was taken from this book is that a person is in this type of situation and something tells them that something isn't right and it feels wrong. That person needs to find a way to fix it or get out of the situation that is making them feel uncomfortable.

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a collectivist society. In Anthem the highest leaders are the World Council. The World Council forces them to say “we” instead of “I,” so that everyone will think they are one with society, but if anyone thinks or speaks as an individual they will be sent to the Corrective Detention or burned to death; but Equality has no fear and discovers that individualism is just.

In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand the city has multiple rules and controls in place to keep everyone in line and from knowing too much about the unmentionable times. The city keeps them busy with a set schedule every day including work, meals, and entertainment. The purpose of these rules is to prevent an uprising, if everyone knew about the amazing achievements of the unmentionable times they would all surely revolt against the city.

The Great Rebirth is the time in which all people became part of the idea of The Great Truth.

I would definitely read something by Ayn Rand again. This was an easy book to read because it was shorter and did not spend pages describing redundant or insignificant detail. While the narrator spoke in terms of we instead of I, this did not complicate the story, but instead greatly emphasized how the people in this dystopian world were taught to think. I believe that this book is on the AP list because of its use of the pronoun we instead of I which shows depth to the story even though, to the readers eyes, it seems incorrect to speak in such a way. The part I will remember most is when Equality 7-2521 discovers the word I and is able to express the things he never knew how. He is able to refer to directly to himself and feel more control over his life. This is possible because he is finally able be his own

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

The novels Anthem by Ayn Rand and Slated by Teri Terry are similar, yet different at the same time, in many ways. These two books compare by the way they are written and by their settings. Both “Anthem” and “Slated” are set in future. “Anthem” talks about the ‘unmentionable times’ which is most likely referring to present day. In “Slated” they talk about back in the times of war, gangs and a whole lot of violence.

Anthem by Ayn Rand is a narrative about a young man, named Equality 7-2521, who lives in a collectivist society. This book is about the personal journey of Equality 7-2521 in a future version of our society. In this novel, the reader reads about an environment in which everyone is considered as one, meaning that no one is meant to be an individual. Each person in this society is assigned a certain job to benefit their “brothers” and is expected to follow a certain order throughout their lifetime. Helping their fellow members is also an important rule to their society because it promotes the concept of selflessness. Anthem by Ayn Rand portrays three different themes that the reader acknowledges; selflessness, order, and equality.

In the novella, Anthem, author Ayn Rand depicts a futuristic journey of rediscovery by the protagonist, Equality 7-2521, and his struggles against the totalitarian government rule of his society. Throughout the novella, the government shows full manipulation on the life of the people, revealing their moral views and standards. In fact, everyone within the society is compelled to forget significant aspects of humanity. However, when Equality 7-2521 escapes from the oppressive government, he undergoes a series of events that creates contradictions regarding various principles and views he has been taught to follow since childhood.

Rand unveils the actions of her characters and brings attention to their wrong doings. In the book Anthem, Ayn Rand relates her past and personal problems to those of Equality 7-2521 to make a statement with the actions of her characters. Equality is directly related to Rand in varying ways. Throughout Rand’s life she has dealt with struggles that relate closely with Equality

She is Beautiful, proud, and strong like Equality 7-2521. She loves Equality 7-2521 because he is different from everyone around him. And Equality 7-2521 loves her back for the same reason.