No one should ever feel as though their judgement is repugnant based on what had happened before. If they do not learn through physical or mental ways. In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, Equality changes his mind and becomes critical to the Leaders. He is right because he does not want no one to be judged the way he was. In “How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society,” (also by Rand) is not agree able with Equality. The article is not what Equality would go with because he does not want no one to be distinguished the way he was. Equality is right to be critical towards the Leaders because he was different, he also began to change his mind towards the Council, and he says "I" rather than "we."
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He was different, and being different was bad towards his society. His society showed all the people in there to be the same. To not be different, just to be as the same as all others. “This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them?” (1.2) Equality in this part of Anthem is powerful. He is more intelligent. He is quicker than all the others inside his society. Him being “better” than all the others gave the idea to the Leaders to give him the worse of all jobs in there. He became a Street Sweeper. As obvious as it is, Equality did not want that. He wanted to be in the House of Scholars. He knows that he is smarter, that he knows things that even the Scholars do not know. “...faces were cracked as the clay of a dry river bed, older than the marble of the Temple of the World Council.” (1.6) Leaders knew that making him Street Sweeper would make him feel bad about himself. “We felt the cords of our neck grow tight as our head rose higher to look upon the faces of the Council, and we were happy.” (1.4) The decision did not make him feel bad, it just made him stronger than
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He was different, and being different was bad towards his society. His society showed all the people in there to be the same. To not be different, just to be as the same as all others. “This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is not good to be different from our brothers, but it is evil to be superior to them?” (1.2) Equality in this part of Anthem is powerful. He is more intelligent. He is quicker than all the others inside his society. Him being “better” than all the others gave the idea to the Leaders to give him the worse of all jobs in there. He became a Street Sweeper. As obvious as it is, Equality did not want that. He wanted to be in the House of Scholars. He knows that he is smarter, that he knows things that even the Scholars do not know. “...faces were cracked as the clay of a dry river bed, older than the marble of the Temple of the World Council.” (1.6) Leaders knew that making him Street Sweeper would make him feel bad about himself. “We felt the cords of our neck grow tight as our head rose higher to look upon the faces of the Council, and we were happy.” (1.4) The decision did not make him feel bad, it just made him stronger than