Sin In Ann Rand's Anthem

“It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see.” In the novel Anthem, written by Ann Rand, Equality's eventful assessment of his sin is one hundred percent correct.When he escapes, he discovers that he’s been living in a lie for a very long time. No one was to make their own decisions or stand up for what they believed in. It was a sin to be yourself because being yourself was a sin that could get you punished for a very long time.

It was always said to them that “There are no men but only the great WE.” (Chapter 9, Paragraph 7) They were taught that everything had to be done together at all times. Each day, all of the brothers would try to be more and more like each other because”for …show more content…
“And if this should lighten the toil of men,” said Similarity 5-0306,”then is is a great evil, for men have no cause to exist save in toiling for other men.” (Chapter 7, Paragraph 10 ) “This thing,” they said “must be destroyed.” (Chapter 7, Paragraph 10) Equality runs away from his brothers with The Golden One. He refuses to let them destroy it. He runs all the way to the Uncharted Forest, a place where no one dares to go. “It mattered not where we went. We knew that men would not follow us, for they never enter the Uncharted Forest.” (Chapter 7, Paragraph15) As they keep walking through the forest, they go on top of a high mountain where they discovered a house. Inside the house was a something they had never seen before,it was a mirror. They stared in the mirror for a very long time because they had never seen themselves before. He discovers that he does not look like his brothers.He also finds books and learns the word “I,Me, & My” He then realizes that he is his very own person. “My hands..My spirit..”(Chapter 11, Paragraph 2) He finds out his whole life he had been living in a lie, because he is not like his brothers! He’s his own person with his own