“I am done with the monster of “We,” the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood, and shame.” (Rand, 97) The story of Anthem takes place in an unspecified future time and place where freedom and individual rights have been eliminated. Collectivism, the political philosophy stating that an individual exists only to serve the state, has taken over the society which has brought many rules and controls along with it. The only concept that people know is “We” and not “I.” Equality 7-2521, a Street Sweeper of the city, has a fascination with the Science of Things and has a desire to be sent to the Home of the Scholars. He has been taught that it is a sin to have secrets, so he believes he is guilty, although, he feels he has done no wrongdoing.
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You have many rules and controls that restrict you from being your own person. You may never speak of the word “I”, it must always be “We.” Imagine having your whole life basically planned out for you and you not being able to make decisions for yourself. You have a specific job picked out for you for the rest of your life and you have a scheduled routine every single day. You must never be alone and you must never have your own individual thoughts. This is the world that Equality 7-2521 lives in and has to deal with every single day. After Equality presented his discovery, which was electricity, to the Home of the Scholars, he was immediately hated and he became one of the damned. He ran off into the Uncharted Forest, where no man had ever dared to set foot in, and discovered himself and his own reflection. Little did he know that Liberty 5-3000 had followed him into the forest and told him that she wanted to be with him. They walked until they came upon a house, a house that was completely different than what they were used to. They entered the house that they knew was from the Unmentionable Times, and they found glass on the walls, globes of glass everywhere in each room, a sleeping hall with only two beds, garments of all colors, and a room with walls made of shelves, which held rows of manuscripts, from the floor to the ceiling. After reading all of the manuscripts. Equality and Liberty found the word “I,” and Equality learned that his discovery was known to men long ago; it was called electricity. Equality and Liberty have finally found out what it’s like to be individuals, so therefore, they changed their names to Prometheus and
You have many rules and controls that restrict you from being your own person. You may never speak of the word “I”, it must always be “We.” Imagine having your whole life basically planned out for you and you not being able to make decisions for yourself. You have a specific job picked out for you for the rest of your life and you have a scheduled routine every single day. You must never be alone and you must never have your own individual thoughts. This is the world that Equality 7-2521 lives in and has to deal with every single day. After Equality presented his discovery, which was electricity, to the Home of the Scholars, he was immediately hated and he became one of the damned. He ran off into the Uncharted Forest, where no man had ever dared to set foot in, and discovered himself and his own reflection. Little did he know that Liberty 5-3000 had followed him into the forest and told him that she wanted to be with him. They walked until they came upon a house, a house that was completely different than what they were used to. They entered the house that they knew was from the Unmentionable Times, and they found glass on the walls, globes of glass everywhere in each room, a sleeping hall with only two beds, garments of all colors, and a room with walls made of shelves, which held rows of manuscripts, from the floor to the ceiling. After reading all of the manuscripts. Equality and Liberty found the word “I,” and Equality learned that his discovery was known to men long ago; it was called electricity. Equality and Liberty have finally found out what it’s like to be individuals, so therefore, they changed their names to Prometheus and