The society in Anthem is a dystopian society. A utopian society, is described to be as perfect a society as you can get, and a dystopian society is the exact opposite, making it the worst and most unpleasant society you could bare. Anthem can be considered dystopian in my perspective because of the oppression that the people face, the lack of voice, and the several other non favourable things they are forced to do. Because of the way this dystopian society functions, it is technologically politically and socially held back. When it comes to technology, they have gotten to where it seems, nowhere. The city is lit with candles and nothing more, They have no technology going beyond the candle. They have fields with workers but no machinery. They
