Breaking Rules In Ayn Rand's Anthem

In the book “Anthem” Equality 7-2521 has discovered a new concept. This concept has led him to breaking the rules. Equality 7-2521 has also found a women who he loves and that too is breaking the law. Then he came up with his own invention also, no man has even helped him. None of his brothers had seen it, helped him, or even agreed to discover it with him. He just discovered it on his own. When he did all these things it led to breaking the laws. What were these rules? In “Anthem” the government controls everyone because of these rules, the purpose of having these rules, and that then Equality finds a way out of these rules so then will he use these in his envision to a new world. This world that these people live in is a time where all …show more content…
Some other rules were that the government chose the jobs for the men. Also, when the men came of age 20 and women became of age 18 they would be sent to the Palace of Mating. Then the World council would choose their wife or husband and after they had kids the World Council took the kids away and the man and wife would have to go their separate ways and continue on with their lives. This place has all these rules because it is exactly like what the men have to say when they get tempted is that no one is better than another individual. These rules are to “protect” them from being selfish, in a way. The World Council puts the people who can remember way back in time in the Home of the Useless so the World Council does not want whatever happened back then to happen now. This big change was called the Great Rebirth. The World Council then took charge and created a whole new place and threw everyone who remembered …show more content…
He imagines this world of freeness. He has discovered so much more. Equality 7-2521 has found what the State did not offer him along with all his brothers. “For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.”(Rand 104). I think Equality will not include any of the rules as well as controls that are in society right now. He is saying he will fight for his brothers freedom, no matter what takes. He wants everyone to feel the way he is feeling right now and he wants everyone to have the great knowledge he has. He wants everyone to own their own own life. He will probably limit some things down so society doesn't get out of control but he will not have the bad rules and controls. Equality doesn't like the way he has been treated by the government so why would he include the rules to make it so his brother’s would have to live this not so great life. I do not think that Equality would have these rules and controls in his envision of a new place. The rules as well as the purpose of the rules the government will slowly evolve with what Equality has found in the Uncharted Forest in the book “Anthem”. This book is a dystopia and describes a state where the government is in control and nobody is one person. This book is interesting from all the other books because it’s not a common type of book someone would generally read.