Anthem provides the readers with a look into a Dystopian future. The reades examine the government Equality 7-2521 lives in and how it limits his individuality. The reader watch how Prometheus takes up a mold and how he understands himself. Lastly, prometheus discovers why his intelligence is reprimanded by his government. Anthem reminds the readers of their individuality, and to always be thankful for it.
Throughout Ayn Rand’s Anthem, readers watch the main character, Equality 7-2521, develop. Equality 7-2521 lives in a Dystopian future, where the government limits and destroys the idea of individuality. Every citizen is equal to their brothers. Prometheus understands that his sins and transgression are what made him an individual and they …show more content…
Equality 7-2521 explains that when he was in the Home of the Students, and the learning was to easy. He states that it is a great sin to be more intelligent that his brothers around him. “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… We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE” (Rand 19). Equality 7-2521 loves the Science of Things, and he wished to join the Home of the Scholars. He wanted to create inventions, study, and ask questions about the world. However, Equality 7-2521 was not sent to the Home of the Scholars, instead he was sent to the House of the Street Sweepers. Equality 7-2521 was limited and could not continue to study and ask questions. His individuality for his intelligence was destroyed because he could not share his intelligence to others due to the fact that he was a street …show more content…
Equality 7-2521 decided to present his experiment to the World Council of Scholars. Equality 7-2521 presented his box of electricity to the Scholars and they were struck with terror. “ ‘A wretch who have broken all the laws and boast of their infamy! How dared you think your mind held greater wisdom than the minds of your brothers’ ”(Rand 71). They agree that the box must be destroyed and Equality 7-2521 shall be punished for his actions. Equality 7-2521 then grabs his box and rushes out of the city to the Uncharted Forest, where no one would go looking for him. Equality 7-2521 shows his determination for his box of electricity, by leaving the life he had back in the city. He risked his death with all of the experiments he conducted, yet he demonstrated his determination by continuing to show the Scholars his
Throughout Ayn Rand’s Anthem, readers watch the main character, Equality 7-2521, develop. Equality 7-2521 lives in a Dystopian future, where the government limits and destroys the idea of individuality. Every citizen is equal to their brothers. Prometheus understands that his sins and transgression are what made him an individual and they …show more content…
Equality 7-2521 explains that when he was in the Home of the Students, and the learning was to easy. He states that it is a great sin to be more intelligent that his brothers around him. “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… We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE” (Rand 19). Equality 7-2521 loves the Science of Things, and he wished to join the Home of the Scholars. He wanted to create inventions, study, and ask questions about the world. However, Equality 7-2521 was not sent to the Home of the Scholars, instead he was sent to the House of the Street Sweepers. Equality 7-2521 was limited and could not continue to study and ask questions. His individuality for his intelligence was destroyed because he could not share his intelligence to others due to the fact that he was a street …show more content…
Equality 7-2521 decided to present his experiment to the World Council of Scholars. Equality 7-2521 presented his box of electricity to the Scholars and they were struck with terror. “ ‘A wretch who have broken all the laws and boast of their infamy! How dared you think your mind held greater wisdom than the minds of your brothers’ ”(Rand 71). They agree that the box must be destroyed and Equality 7-2521 shall be punished for his actions. Equality 7-2521 then grabs his box and rushes out of the city to the Uncharted Forest, where no one would go looking for him. Equality 7-2521 shows his determination for his box of electricity, by leaving the life he had back in the city. He risked his death with all of the experiments he conducted, yet he demonstrated his determination by continuing to show the Scholars his