Technology in Anthem Collectivism is the belief that the group as a whole is more important than the individual. Everyone in a collectivist society is born with everything predetermined for them; there is no freedom for any personal thoughts. This creates a utopian society because everyone in the society is taught to disregard their own opinions for the improvement of the group. They are completely selfless in all aspects of life. Many people may question whether this could make a community more advanced since everyone is in harmony with one another. However, this idea is not true in the dystopian world of Anthem. In the novella, Anthem, Ayn Rand uses the nature of science and technology to show how the collectivist views of the society
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For instance, Equality has a passion for inventing, but the Council of Vocations will only allow him to be a street sweeper. The author states this in the quote, “...we were guilty of the great Transgression of Preference. We preferred some work and some lessons to the others” (Rand 22). This proves that the Council of Vocations condemned imagination and aspirations that opposed their given mandate. They would risk being underdeveloped for the sake of maintaining a utopian society. To continue, the hierarchy believes that it knows better the people themselves to prescribe the correct life mandate. This is evidenced by the quote, “‘You shall do what the Council of Vocations shall prescribe for you. For the Council of Vocations knows in its great wisdom where you are needed… better than you know it in your unworthy little minds’” (Rand 22). This proves that the world within Anthem is very similar to a communist state. As like the Soviet Union, whom Ayn Rand based Anthem off of, the citizens are sent to correct their personal beliefs to those of the Council of Vocations. They must agree with the hierarchy, no matter the circumstances. The hierarchy is the almighty power, and no one is allowed to contradict their
For instance, Equality has a passion for inventing, but the Council of Vocations will only allow him to be a street sweeper. The author states this in the quote, “...we were guilty of the great Transgression of Preference. We preferred some work and some lessons to the others” (Rand 22). This proves that the Council of Vocations condemned imagination and aspirations that opposed their given mandate. They would risk being underdeveloped for the sake of maintaining a utopian society. To continue, the hierarchy believes that it knows better the people themselves to prescribe the correct life mandate. This is evidenced by the quote, “‘You shall do what the Council of Vocations shall prescribe for you. For the Council of Vocations knows in its great wisdom where you are needed… better than you know it in your unworthy little minds’” (Rand 22). This proves that the world within Anthem is very similar to a communist state. As like the Soviet Union, whom Ayn Rand based Anthem off of, the citizens are sent to correct their personal beliefs to those of the Council of Vocations. They must agree with the hierarchy, no matter the circumstances. The hierarchy is the almighty power, and no one is allowed to contradict their