The music album “2112” by the band Rush has many similarities, as well as differences in comparison to Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem. Both stories are set in a dystopian era, where individuality is shameful and the will of their brothers is all that matters. In the two stories, both main characters are curious and open-minded. They each find something new and forbidden. In the novella Anthem, there is no distinctiveness between characters. Each person is supposed to think in the same way as the other, so no one talks. It is a sin to be alone by oneself, and to even say the word “I.” They are only allowed to use plural personal pronouns. However, in the album “2112,” this is no problem. The main character, 2112, often says the word “I,” as well
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“We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike. Over the portals of the Palace of the World Council, there are words cut in the marble, which we are required to repeat to ourselves whenever we are tempted: ‘We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.’” This made it difficult for the human race to advance, so they hardly did. In Anthem, we learn its main character, Equality 7-2521’s personality and characteristics. Equality writes his memories of his life as a child, where he was ridiculed because he asked questions and thought differently than others, because he was smarter than them. “ … learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is …show more content…
He broke through the window and landed in a rain of shattered glass. On Equality’s journey from the City, he came across a stream, where he saw his reflection for the first time in his life. In his words, he was a beautiful man, who he himself would trust. He noticed that he was lean and strong, and he didn’t mind that at all. “ … our face and our body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt no pity when we looked upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straight and thin and hard and
“We strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike. Over the portals of the Palace of the World Council, there are words cut in the marble, which we are required to repeat to ourselves whenever we are tempted: ‘We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever.’” This made it difficult for the human race to advance, so they hardly did. In Anthem, we learn its main character, Equality 7-2521’s personality and characteristics. Equality writes his memories of his life as a child, where he was ridiculed because he asked questions and thought differently than others, because he was smarter than them. “ … learning was too easy. This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick. It is …show more content…
He broke through the window and landed in a rain of shattered glass. On Equality’s journey from the City, he came across a stream, where he saw his reflection for the first time in his life. In his words, he was a beautiful man, who he himself would trust. He noticed that he was lean and strong, and he didn’t mind that at all. “ … our face and our body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt no pity when we looked upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straight and thin and hard and