Has there ever been a school where teachers did not let a student ask questions? How about letting students think faster than others? What if this was an everyday occurrence at school? In Anthem by Ayn Rand, this is how every single person is “educated” in school. Out of all the unfair and outrageous laws managed by the government, education has to be one of the worst. Teachers give false information and punish Equality for thinking too fast, the government spreads lies to keep citizens under their control, and Equality has to hide to be able to learn. This is how the theme of education has progressed and developed over the course of the text...
As a child growing up, the main character, Equality mentions that “we learned the earth is flat, the sun revolves around it which causes the day and the night. We learned the names of all the winds that blow over the seas and push the sails of our great ships. We learned how to bleed men to cure them of all ailments.” (23) Almost all the information Equality learned growing up in school was a lie. Scientist in current day have learned that the earth is round, the earth revolves around the sun, and there are no names of winds that blow over the seas. The setting of Anthem is in the future, and ever since the government took over, people are not allowed to talk about the “unmentionable times,” also known as …show more content…
In order to learn Equality had to get past all the false info he learned in school, the government's lies, and had to run away where no one else goes to think on his own. Luckily for Equality, there was a house waiting with many books and new objects to study and learn about. Now the question rises again. Will teachers someday not allow students to ask questions? Will they be against thinking faster and smarter? Could that happen every day at school? Someday hopefully people need to see that a person’s equality does not become more important than their
As a child growing up, the main character, Equality mentions that “we learned the earth is flat, the sun revolves around it which causes the day and the night. We learned the names of all the winds that blow over the seas and push the sails of our great ships. We learned how to bleed men to cure them of all ailments.” (23) Almost all the information Equality learned growing up in school was a lie. Scientist in current day have learned that the earth is round, the earth revolves around the sun, and there are no names of winds that blow over the seas. The setting of Anthem is in the future, and ever since the government took over, people are not allowed to talk about the “unmentionable times,” also known as …show more content…
In order to learn Equality had to get past all the false info he learned in school, the government's lies, and had to run away where no one else goes to think on his own. Luckily for Equality, there was a house waiting with many books and new objects to study and learn about. Now the question rises again. Will teachers someday not allow students to ask questions? Will they be against thinking faster and smarter? Could that happen every day at school? Someday hopefully people need to see that a person’s equality does not become more important than their