The Importance Of Individuality In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality sacrificed his relationships, reputation, and citizenship in order to achieve wisdom, freedom, and individuality. His determination illustrated that immense sacrifice is necessary to stand up for individual beliefs and to attain happiness.
When he left his community, Equality sacrificed his friendly relations. He left behind those that he worked with such as International, one of Equality’s best friends, and Union, who was familiar to Equality even though he was not as well liked by Equality. He also would have sacrificed his relationship with the Golden One, if she hadn’t followed him into the Uncharted Forest in the first place. These relationships were very important to Equality, they may have even

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