The Importance Of Equality In Anthem By Ayn Rand

How Equality 7-2521 is an Egoist Being an egoist can be defined as having a lot of self pride and self importance that only benefits one’s self being over others. Equality is an egotist because egotists have an habit of talking about themselves in a self promoting fashion that resembles an ad man promoting a products futhermore a egotist has a high level of confidence as well as being self centered and self loving. They are usually difficult people to handle because they easily lose their temper insulting and berating any and everyone in listening proximity. Equality is a very unique person in the society because he breaks all the rules and boundaries and expects to be accepted as someone better than everyone else without punishment. When looking at Ayn Rand's other article, “Howard Roark: in praise of the Self”, the character Roark is an egoist but wants to be let go without punishment simply because he destroyed his creation (Cortlandt) because he didn't want it to exist. From the reader's perspective, Equality seems to doing the reasonable actions and breaking free from his society but Equality is so self indulged into his actions he doesn’t try to free his brothers beside him from the society's rule but every action he does is only for his own benefit. …show more content…
When Equality found the railroad with the train, did he go and tell his fellow street sweepers of his findings, no he didn’t. This indicates that Equality is an egotist because he didn’t care for his brothers but only for himself. Equality lived in a society where things are done together and never alone. Equality went of his own ego when he found the railroad and didn't want anyone else to have it since it was his discovery. In Rand’s article, the character Roarks states “ U wisheed to come here and say I am a man who doesn’t exist for