Freedoms like individuality and to have control over one’s life are taken for granted. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Ayn Rand’s Anthem the societies are corrupt because there is no individuality and one cannot think for one’s self; which leads John and Equality 7-251 to create new societies.
The society in both Brave New World and Anthem are corrupt because the people are unable to be individuals. In Anthem instead of being one individual, everyone makes up the whole society, “We are nothing. Mankind is all.”(Rand 7). No one is given the opportunity to stand out or think for themselves. In Brave New World there is no individuality, everyone is to serve the one whole society. So, as babies they are put in social classes where they …show more content…
The protagonist in Anthem, Equality 7-251, unintentionally stands out from the rest of society since he was in school. He is smarter than the rest of the students and learning interests him. While he was in school Equality 7-251 tried to mimic one of the other students, but the teachers still hated him. And so over time he stopped trying to conform and started fleeing from society. He spent more and more time alone in the underground tunnel. Where he could write his thoughts. While he was down there he invented the lightbulb and brought it to the Council, but they rejected. This was his last way of trying to contribute to society and to be accepted. He realized that he wouldn’t have been happy if he fit in society, but that his happiness came with his freedom. When John, a main character in Brave New World, leaves the reservation, he doesn’t fit in with the World State society. He is seen as a savage, which makes John angry. He tries to change the society he even starts a riot by throwing out Soma, but it doesn’t work. And after participating in an orgy, he kills himself. Both characters permanently remove themselves from the corrupt
The society in both Brave New World and Anthem are corrupt because the people are unable to be individuals. In Anthem instead of being one individual, everyone makes up the whole society, “We are nothing. Mankind is all.”(Rand 7). No one is given the opportunity to stand out or think for themselves. In Brave New World there is no individuality, everyone is to serve the one whole society. So, as babies they are put in social classes where they …show more content…
The protagonist in Anthem, Equality 7-251, unintentionally stands out from the rest of society since he was in school. He is smarter than the rest of the students and learning interests him. While he was in school Equality 7-251 tried to mimic one of the other students, but the teachers still hated him. And so over time he stopped trying to conform and started fleeing from society. He spent more and more time alone in the underground tunnel. Where he could write his thoughts. While he was down there he invented the lightbulb and brought it to the Council, but they rejected. This was his last way of trying to contribute to society and to be accepted. He realized that he wouldn’t have been happy if he fit in society, but that his happiness came with his freedom. When John, a main character in Brave New World, leaves the reservation, he doesn’t fit in with the World State society. He is seen as a savage, which makes John angry. He tries to change the society he even starts a riot by throwing out Soma, but it doesn’t work. And after participating in an orgy, he kills himself. Both characters permanently remove themselves from the corrupt