The book Anthem written by Ayn Rand, illustrates the importance of self-image and creative thinking. Anyone can stick out like a sore thumb if they were just completely comfortable with themselves like Equality was. His way of thinking was completely different from everyone else around him, including the Council and those of higher power. His intelligence upset them and they treated him wrongly for it. Just like Prometheus, his self-given name at the end, he brought something new to the naked eye of the naïve people of his city or town, or for some, a step over hell. This collectivist society illustrated and explained in Anthem is a completely different way of living than what people in the United States are used to and it’s not really brought
