Anthem by Ayn Rand depicts a totalitarian world where the doctrines of collectivization are embedded in everyday life, and the ideas of individualism has subsided into mere “sins. “We are one in all and all in one there are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible, and forever” (19) These words inscribed onto a marble slab in the middle of the city outlines the absence of all other ideologies. In Anthem, the notion of self-thinking are considered to be heretic. Creativity, innovation and particularity are simply labeled as concepts from the “Unmentionable Times.” Everyone is considered equal. Equality, the main protagonist of Anthem, his very existence is considered a sin as his intelligence and large size make him superior to his brothers
