Imagine being surrounded by people but still feeling alone, no one sees the real you, you are just another insignificant being in society, how does it feel? Would people want to break free and show who they really are or would they ignore that longing of someone seeing they really are? Equality had that feeling of being different, so he tried to hide it, but he could not. The longing in his heart was too much to bear so he broke free from his society where people could not be themselves. Anthem a book By: Ayn Rand. This book takes place in futuristic society where humans have regressed over time losing all of humanities great discoveries, for example electricity. The human race of this time refrains from using “I” and uses “We” instead. The
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His differences are a burden in his society. To begin, people differ in height, build, and race. In the beginning of this novella, Equality expresses how he is different. “We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall. “ (Rand 18) Every persons appearance is different, and everyone has different preferences to others appearances. Some people may find certain things attractive more than others. For example, there are no two people who are the exact same. In chapter two of this book Equality expresses his feelings to himself about Liberty. “For men are forbidden to take notice of women.” (Rand 38) In this time people are not allowed to take notice of each other and their looks. In fact they are forbidden. Overall, everyone can not be the same because each person has different genes, so of course there gonna end up different and theres nothing you can do about it. The society Equality lives in just needs to accept that fact and allow people to express their …show more content…
To start us off, today in the year 2015 people strive to be different. Being different is cherished by people and a lot of the time people don’t want to be seen as the same. When Equality was younger in the book he was always getting into trouble for being different of being and individual. “And we were lashed more often than all the other children” (Rand 22) In Equality’s society being seen as the slightest bit different was a major sin because everyone had to be the same. Same height, same intelligence same everything. People are different from others, but they should never be punished for that. Being different is a gift Even now that Equality is a full grown man he still gets lashed for being different from everyone else. “Take our brother Equality 7-2521 to the Palace of Corrective Detention. Lash them until they tell,” (Rand 64) Equality was out later than he should have been and would not tell the council where he was so he was lashed for it. He was lashed because he was being different from everyone else by being out later than his brothers. Altogether Equality is his own individual and as you can see as the book goes on he doesn't let the lashing and beating change who he is as a person. In the end he is stronger and in my opinion grew as a
His differences are a burden in his society. To begin, people differ in height, build, and race. In the beginning of this novella, Equality expresses how he is different. “We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall. “ (Rand 18) Every persons appearance is different, and everyone has different preferences to others appearances. Some people may find certain things attractive more than others. For example, there are no two people who are the exact same. In chapter two of this book Equality expresses his feelings to himself about Liberty. “For men are forbidden to take notice of women.” (Rand 38) In this time people are not allowed to take notice of each other and their looks. In fact they are forbidden. Overall, everyone can not be the same because each person has different genes, so of course there gonna end up different and theres nothing you can do about it. The society Equality lives in just needs to accept that fact and allow people to express their …show more content…
To start us off, today in the year 2015 people strive to be different. Being different is cherished by people and a lot of the time people don’t want to be seen as the same. When Equality was younger in the book he was always getting into trouble for being different of being and individual. “And we were lashed more often than all the other children” (Rand 22) In Equality’s society being seen as the slightest bit different was a major sin because everyone had to be the same. Same height, same intelligence same everything. People are different from others, but they should never be punished for that. Being different is a gift Even now that Equality is a full grown man he still gets lashed for being different from everyone else. “Take our brother Equality 7-2521 to the Palace of Corrective Detention. Lash them until they tell,” (Rand 64) Equality was out later than he should have been and would not tell the council where he was so he was lashed for it. He was lashed because he was being different from everyone else by being out later than his brothers. Altogether Equality is his own individual and as you can see as the book goes on he doesn't let the lashing and beating change who he is as a person. In the end he is stronger and in my opinion grew as a