Individualism In Anthem By Ayn Rand

The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand portrays what happens when the government restricts the rights of the people and how they will react. This can be seen throughout history and the world, for example, the Soviet Union, Bolsheviks revolution, Nazi Germany, communist china, and communist Vietnam. These are just some of the countless examples of some governments that tried and failed to take away the rights of the people and attempts to control them. The author attempts to show the reader what she experienced growing up with the novel. She was raised in the Soviet Union during the Bolsheviks Revolution; she experienced the horrors of communism and saw how people reacted to it. In the novel the characters live in a communist type society where they have restricted speech and no individualism, also the author shows the reaction the characters in this society have when they lose these rights and their only response to this is to rebel.
The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand is a story, which shows the journey equality 7-2521 went through and the hardship to get to where he is now and what he has found. …show more content…
It shows communism is one of the major parts of their life, and individualism is non- existent in its well. The government controls everyone and everything. They have to obey the government or afford to be punished for their wrongs. Then when equality 7-2521 was discovering tools and places, he fled away when the government wouldn’t accept what he was bringing to them. He flees into the uncharted forest, which is showing rebellion from the government and not taking the punishment given to him by the government. This was the author’s way of portraying her life growing up in the Soviet Union. Overall the novel depicts a communist type government and with a communist government that restricts the rights of the people there will always be people to rebel and ultimately the government will fall as shown in the novel