Ayn Rand wants people to think that when a person loses their right to be an individual or have natural human things like family and love, life becomes meaningless to the ones taking part in it. The story portrays the suffering the citizens undergo by not being free and how they cannot understand their awful situation. Near the end of the novel it is shown that life gains meaning when people are allowed to be different and given choices to do the things they love. In Equality’s case he loves Liberty, The Golden One, and creating things for the use of others. This is proven when Equality says “But the only things which taught us joy were the power we created in our wires, and the Golden One.” This shows what brings him joy in life are things that the government does not allow.The book gives two examples of the lives of people who want more but do not understand how to achieve it.
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One person is Fraternity 2-5503 ”A quiet boy with wise, kind eyes, who cry suddenly, without reason, in the midst of day or night, and their body shakes with sobs they cannot explain.” One would assume his crying comes from a state of depression because he gets no fulfillment from living for his
One person is Fraternity 2-5503 ”A quiet boy with wise, kind eyes, who cry suddenly, without reason, in the midst of day or night, and their body shakes with sobs they cannot explain.” One would assume his crying comes from a state of depression because he gets no fulfillment from living for his