I am, I think, I will Throughout one’s life, they have specific rights and freedom that no one can take away. The privilege to choose, learn, discover, feel happiness. Nobody can assess which job is ideal for you, how to learn or to what extent, nor can prevent you from appreciating pride, disclosure or interest. No one can determine who to pick for your companions or loved one nor they have the right to appraise you how to act or what to think. In this novella “Anthem” written by “Ayn Rand”, the main character Equality 7-2521 challenges and tries to overcome all the conflicts to discover his individuality. The narrator had several diversions and aversions in the society. Despite the fact, there are a significant number of reasons, the explanations
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The transgressor dared to use the unspeakable word and brought that word back into the premises of the society. Moreover, he was the martyr for the word “I”. He influenced Equality in a very strong and powerful way. Equality 7-2521, in his young age, witnessed the transgressor slaughtered at the stake. He watched the brutal and horrifying situation where the transgressor was killed in a terrible way. This made him curious about what the unspeakable word could possibly be. Equality, in his curiosity, says that “What -- even if we have to burn for it like the Saint of the pyre -- what is the Unspeakable Word?” (2.57) He was desperate to know what that word was because instead of seeing pain and sorrow, he saw joy and pride in the transgressors’ face. During the flares, the transgressors’ eyes wandered the crowd and ceases on the young Equality, signaling him out for consideration. He acknowledges Equality’s attitude, the eagerness and the fearless gaze.The transgressor recognizes the same spirit of individualism and sets him aside as the subsequent brave soul who has the ability to re-discover the unspeakable word and to bring it back into human language. Equality tries to comprehend that the Saint of the pyre was trying to heed him, seeking to convey some valuable knowledge. The transgressors’ death is an element of foreshadowing. He foreshadows the suffering and the exile …show more content…
Equality 7-2521’s society refuses to enter the forest and has forbidden anyone else to do so and on the other hand, Equality 7-2521 enters it when he is finally forced to run for his life. He sprints through the “Uncharted Forest”, the place where he will find all the answers to the mysteries he has wondered about for most of his life. As he makes his way through it, he finds the woman he loves and gradually discovers a house which begins to reveal the relics from the unmentionable Times and the first-person singular "I”. This house seemed strange for them as it had unique features. The rooms were colorful, they find mirrors, light bulbs, clothing, a library with books. Equality starts to learn many things from the house, especially from the manuscripts and the books from the library and starts to apply them to his own life. These books and the words used in them greatly influenced Equality’s identity. The relics gave him confidence and opened a path of individuality. In the middle of their journey, Equality says that “Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one direction. They point to me.” ( Ch 8) By saying this, he meant that he is leading his own choices, his own destiny, and of choosing what makes him happy and that no one else can decide these things for him. Equality 7-2521
The transgressor dared to use the unspeakable word and brought that word back into the premises of the society. Moreover, he was the martyr for the word “I”. He influenced Equality in a very strong and powerful way. Equality 7-2521, in his young age, witnessed the transgressor slaughtered at the stake. He watched the brutal and horrifying situation where the transgressor was killed in a terrible way. This made him curious about what the unspeakable word could possibly be. Equality, in his curiosity, says that “What -- even if we have to burn for it like the Saint of the pyre -- what is the Unspeakable Word?” (2.57) He was desperate to know what that word was because instead of seeing pain and sorrow, he saw joy and pride in the transgressors’ face. During the flares, the transgressors’ eyes wandered the crowd and ceases on the young Equality, signaling him out for consideration. He acknowledges Equality’s attitude, the eagerness and the fearless gaze.The transgressor recognizes the same spirit of individualism and sets him aside as the subsequent brave soul who has the ability to re-discover the unspeakable word and to bring it back into human language. Equality tries to comprehend that the Saint of the pyre was trying to heed him, seeking to convey some valuable knowledge. The transgressors’ death is an element of foreshadowing. He foreshadows the suffering and the exile …show more content…
Equality 7-2521’s society refuses to enter the forest and has forbidden anyone else to do so and on the other hand, Equality 7-2521 enters it when he is finally forced to run for his life. He sprints through the “Uncharted Forest”, the place where he will find all the answers to the mysteries he has wondered about for most of his life. As he makes his way through it, he finds the woman he loves and gradually discovers a house which begins to reveal the relics from the unmentionable Times and the first-person singular "I”. This house seemed strange for them as it had unique features. The rooms were colorful, they find mirrors, light bulbs, clothing, a library with books. Equality starts to learn many things from the house, especially from the manuscripts and the books from the library and starts to apply them to his own life. These books and the words used in them greatly influenced Equality’s identity. The relics gave him confidence and opened a path of individuality. In the middle of their journey, Equality says that “Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one direction. They point to me.” ( Ch 8) By saying this, he meant that he is leading his own choices, his own destiny, and of choosing what makes him happy and that no one else can decide these things for him. Equality 7-2521