In today’s world everyone has the freedom to be what they want to. Everyone has their own identity. Identity is a person’s conception and expression of their own. The theme of identity is presented in many books/novels and in many pieces of literature. And also it is a way the reader can intrigue themselves and relate to the character. It is useful in helping readers understand the character’s state of mind. In the novel Anthem, Equality is a strong, tall, fearless, brilliant, young person. He lives in a society where to have an identity is forbidden. Equality’s identity is developed through by many forces one of which is his girlfriend, The Golden One. Also the society around him shaped him too. And so the
Liberty 5-3000 also known as the …show more content…
Also an act of fearlessness.
The Council shaped Equality’s identity many ways. One way is Equality expects the job of a scholar. Because Scholars is whose task is to gain knowledge and learn but the council assigns Equality a job that he doesn’t like. When he learns that he will be a street sweeper, he thinks that he is being punished and thats why he didn’t get the job he was hoping for. So he goes his own way, and this probably taught him to be more independent.
while doing the job he was assigned he finds a secret tunnel and everyday he goes there doing experiments and research.
Another character that shaped Equality’s identity is the Saint of the Pyre. Though this character only appears in a flashback and not the present time action he still influenced Equality. He is a man that Equality when young witnesses being burned at stake for speaking the unspeakable word. When he was being burned at stake The saint of the Pyre’s eyes look over the crowd and into Equality’s eyes and he stares at him with no pain or fear but with a serious look almost trying to communicate with Equality. After burned and nothing left, Equality is left with an agonizing question of what the Unmentionable word is. Leaving Equality with determination to discover what its meaning and why the Saint is burned at the pyre for
Liberty 5-3000 also known as the …show more content…
Also an act of fearlessness.
The Council shaped Equality’s identity many ways. One way is Equality expects the job of a scholar. Because Scholars is whose task is to gain knowledge and learn but the council assigns Equality a job that he doesn’t like. When he learns that he will be a street sweeper, he thinks that he is being punished and thats why he didn’t get the job he was hoping for. So he goes his own way, and this probably taught him to be more independent.
while doing the job he was assigned he finds a secret tunnel and everyday he goes there doing experiments and research.
Another character that shaped Equality’s identity is the Saint of the Pyre. Though this character only appears in a flashback and not the present time action he still influenced Equality. He is a man that Equality when young witnesses being burned at stake for speaking the unspeakable word. When he was being burned at stake The saint of the Pyre’s eyes look over the crowd and into Equality’s eyes and he stares at him with no pain or fear but with a serious look almost trying to communicate with Equality. After burned and nothing left, Equality is left with an agonizing question of what the Unmentionable word is. Leaving Equality with determination to discover what its meaning and why the Saint is burned at the pyre for