Analysis Of Equality: A Streetcar Named Desire

All living entities have motivation kindling their existence. Plants grow motivated by the sun and animals by their will to overcome the persistent threat of death. Motivated by the benefit of their family, parents go to work. Likewise, motivation keeps Equality going. He struggled with curiosity and questions in his early years. Punished for his ability to learn quickly and his inquiring mind, Equality was demeaned. Therefore, Equality’s thirst for knowledge was his motivation for his experiments, as well as the joy he felt in learning, freedom and individualism. Independent learning is prohibited in Equality’s society, yet he slipped from the theatre daily to experiment and learn in the tunnel. The thought of his beatings, if he be caught, did not hinder or outdo his need for further education. Gratification that he encountered during experimenting the “Science of Things” drove him to steal from the scholars, the street sweepers, and the City Cesspool. All his life he was restrained by unanswered questions. He said, “And questions give us …show more content…
He knew that there was fear in the community and he knew that the tunnel was his only place to be himself. In the tunnel he could think and be truly happy in his experiments. Because they were his, he also felt an amount of pride in his accomplishments. His individual pride provided him with joy that he could only get by disobeying his society and stealing for his experiments. It pushed him to the limits, to discover electricity, and harness the power of the sky. His growing ego made his transgressions feel minor in comparison to the knowledge he was obtaining. An ego can be powerful and Equality found it’s power and immersed himself in breaking away from his society to be an individual