Anthem
Not many of the people in the book Anthem’s society have courage to express their individuality or to rebel for their freedom; Equality realizes his identity is important and he needs to respect himself.
The world does not define you, you do and you need to let your individuality show and let people be inspired by it. "'Your eyes,' they said, 'are not like the eyes of any among men"'. (Rand 44) This part of the book is telling that The Golden One is noticing that he is different from the others by telling us his eyes are different from his fellow brother. By seeing this she is inspired by him and wants to get to know him better, and by following him into The Charred Forest. "Their hair was golden as the sun; their hair flew in the wind…” (Rand 39) Equality is admiring the Golden One's hair color and the way it flows in the wind. "But International 4-8818 are different…they drew pictures upon the walls…which made men laugh". (Rand 29) Equality is telling the reader that International is different because he drew pictures on the wall, that made the men laugh, which made him stick out by having individuality. …show more content…
"We stole the candle from the larder of the Home of the Street Sweepers". (Rand 18) He has stolen a candle so that he could have light for his tunnel, it is a sin to steal, but he wants to be free. "For men are forbidden to take notice of women…". (Rand 38) He does not care about the rules, he wants to talk to the people he wants, so he talks to a women for the first time and she talks back to him. "Then we ran…We were in the Uncharred forest against our will” (Rand 75) He doesn't care about the rules of the council or his brothers anymore, he wants to be free, so he breaks the rules and runs into the Uncharred
Not many of the people in the book Anthem’s society have courage to express their individuality or to rebel for their freedom; Equality realizes his identity is important and he needs to respect himself.
The world does not define you, you do and you need to let your individuality show and let people be inspired by it. "'Your eyes,' they said, 'are not like the eyes of any among men"'. (Rand 44) This part of the book is telling that The Golden One is noticing that he is different from the others by telling us his eyes are different from his fellow brother. By seeing this she is inspired by him and wants to get to know him better, and by following him into The Charred Forest. "Their hair was golden as the sun; their hair flew in the wind…” (Rand 39) Equality is admiring the Golden One's hair color and the way it flows in the wind. "But International 4-8818 are different…they drew pictures upon the walls…which made men laugh". (Rand 29) Equality is telling the reader that International is different because he drew pictures on the wall, that made the men laugh, which made him stick out by having individuality. …show more content…
"We stole the candle from the larder of the Home of the Street Sweepers". (Rand 18) He has stolen a candle so that he could have light for his tunnel, it is a sin to steal, but he wants to be free. "For men are forbidden to take notice of women…". (Rand 38) He does not care about the rules, he wants to talk to the people he wants, so he talks to a women for the first time and she talks back to him. "Then we ran…We were in the Uncharred forest against our will” (Rand 75) He doesn't care about the rules of the council or his brothers anymore, he wants to be free, so he breaks the rules and runs into the Uncharred