How Is Equality Revealed In Ayn Rand's Anthem

All these uses of repetition are very important because they either make the sentence have multiple meanings, or serve as a clue that this is important based on how many times it’s repeated and helps us understand his ideas. For example, the word “we” is constantly repeated until he discovers “I.” And to prove this, the whole book is wrapped around 2 ideas- individualism and egoism. Equality transformed from a confused kid into a man who has strong morals and ideas. While I may not agree with everything he has said and done, I do agree with most of what he’s done, especially because he is brave enough to withstand punishment and disobey the Council because he believed they were wrong. If I have strong opinions, I would do the same as Equality, which is to be respected. “I understand that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him”(p.96). Anthem is a novel about a society based in the future, but is more like one from the past. In Anthem, Ayn Rand incorrectly uses the word “we” on purpose to get us to realize how Equality 7-2521 lives his …show more content…
This shows that equality, wants to protect his secret and is not afraid to get hurt or suffer for his discovery. The grill is also the object which he has in his tunnel so it emphasizes the importance of the light and how even if he’s suffering, he’s still thinking about it a lot. And in Anthem, almost everything is forbidden, and things the Council has said are forbidden are also forbidden. So Equality has been in this locked-up society for so long and finally done something he is proud of and most of all, it makes him happy. The grill could also mean the door, which he wants to use to leave this place where he’s been “grilled” by a lash. So by repeating “the grill” Ayn Rand has created a sentence with multiple