According to interestingliterature.com, the genre of dystopia has been around since 1747, and Anthem is another book building onto the tower of dystopian novels. From old Victorian novels to the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins dystopian novels have captured the attention of many. From old people to young children the genre entrances the population, and Anthem is no exception. Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem portrays the dystopian genre because citizens conform to uniform expectations, the protagonist questions the existing political and social systems, and the protagonist feels trapped and tries to escape.
Equality, who is the protagonist, and all the citizens have to conform to uniform expectations. As the society swears, “We are one in all and all in one,” (19). What this shows is how the citizens all conform to one belief. They all have to think the same way, there can be no difference. Which is shown when Collective 0-0009 said, “What is not thought by all men cannot be true,” (73). If all people do not believe or think the same thing to them it does not exist. The society will never see something made by one man as good thing …show more content…
This is proven when Equality thinks, “ The words of the Evil Ones...The words of the Unmentionable Times...What are the words which we have lost?” (49). The people are told never to question the words, but here Equality ponders what the words could have been. Equality time and time again defies the system by questioning things when no other man would. Equality proves his doubt by stating, “But we think the Council of Scholars are blind,” (52). This proves that Equality question the political system because the Scholars rule what the society can know. In the common dystopian novel the protagonist questions everything just as Equality does. It is easy to see with Equality questioning the society, that he would feel trapped and the need to get
Equality, who is the protagonist, and all the citizens have to conform to uniform expectations. As the society swears, “We are one in all and all in one,” (19). What this shows is how the citizens all conform to one belief. They all have to think the same way, there can be no difference. Which is shown when Collective 0-0009 said, “What is not thought by all men cannot be true,” (73). If all people do not believe or think the same thing to them it does not exist. The society will never see something made by one man as good thing …show more content…
This is proven when Equality thinks, “ The words of the Evil Ones...The words of the Unmentionable Times...What are the words which we have lost?” (49). The people are told never to question the words, but here Equality ponders what the words could have been. Equality time and time again defies the system by questioning things when no other man would. Equality proves his doubt by stating, “But we think the Council of Scholars are blind,” (52). This proves that Equality question the political system because the Scholars rule what the society can know. In the common dystopian novel the protagonist questions everything just as Equality does. It is easy to see with Equality questioning the society, that he would feel trapped and the need to get