“The most important kind of freedom is to be who you really are.” A statement said by Jim Morrison. A statement that says so much while saying very little. To truly understand this quote, understanding a feeling of complete incapability is required. In the book by Ayn Rand called “Anthem” the City, that the main character Equality lives in, maintains a purely equal society. To do this, special skill sets are not used as well as interests. Therefore, there is no progression in the City. This way of life causes a struggle for Equality. Due to the harsh society that maintained rules to keep all the citizens equal that Equality lived in, he will change his new society from the regulations that were put on him in his previous life to embrace individuality.
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Once Equality was out of the City, it was simple to tell the change in mood from Equality as well as Liberty. The pair enjoyed, “ laughing, laughing aloud, laughing as if there was no power left in us to save laughter.”(70) Humans crave joy, such as a babies laugh, children playing, or a sweet song. In the society that Equality lived in these joys were not allowed. Simple things, such as personal progression, have never occurred due to the decisions of the World Council. Decisions that are made to keep each former student away from what makes the student excel. However, this causes problems for Equality. He develops an anger when he shows his light to the Council of Scholars. Equality yells, “You fools!. . . You thrice damned fools!” out of rage (75). Feeling enraged and underappreciated Equality left the City. This is reason enough for Equality to change these rules used to regulate improvement. For a person to desire “to be away” from a place and go even further to say “the air that touches upon the air” that touches that place is quite extreme (76). This shows the unhappiness Equality felt in the City, thus making it clear he will change his new society from the previous city he lived …show more content…
The human world runs on love. In the society Equality lived in, the concept of first person was absent. Nobody in the society said, “I”. A concept that humans now use daily in everyday life. In the City, this word was not allowed. Due to this rule, the concept of love is missing in this society. This keeps the people from having emotions. There is no feeling of anger or sadness, the people do not feel anything wrong with their society they are residing in. After making the light, Equality learned to love. He valued something. Equality “for the first time,” cared, “about our body” (61). His body in this instance was the light. He truly learned to love what he had made. Equality learned to love himself; he had never “wonder[ed]. . . what we look like” (61). However, after making something he felt proud of himself for, he wondered how truly amazing he was. For he made an invention that was quite exquisite. After he found this love, he found that love was not allowed where he lived. This was found out when he felt the rejection from the Council of Scholars in greeting, “A street sweeper! A street sweeper walking in upon the World Council of Scholars!” (69). The Scholars felt they were better than Equality. This created hostility and took away from the feelings Equality was having about himself. Consequently, the City never progresses; the people are not shown affection for anything good. New progressions are shut down. The only person who showed
Once Equality was out of the City, it was simple to tell the change in mood from Equality as well as Liberty. The pair enjoyed, “ laughing, laughing aloud, laughing as if there was no power left in us to save laughter.”(70) Humans crave joy, such as a babies laugh, children playing, or a sweet song. In the society that Equality lived in these joys were not allowed. Simple things, such as personal progression, have never occurred due to the decisions of the World Council. Decisions that are made to keep each former student away from what makes the student excel. However, this causes problems for Equality. He develops an anger when he shows his light to the Council of Scholars. Equality yells, “You fools!. . . You thrice damned fools!” out of rage (75). Feeling enraged and underappreciated Equality left the City. This is reason enough for Equality to change these rules used to regulate improvement. For a person to desire “to be away” from a place and go even further to say “the air that touches upon the air” that touches that place is quite extreme (76). This shows the unhappiness Equality felt in the City, thus making it clear he will change his new society from the previous city he lived …show more content…
The human world runs on love. In the society Equality lived in, the concept of first person was absent. Nobody in the society said, “I”. A concept that humans now use daily in everyday life. In the City, this word was not allowed. Due to this rule, the concept of love is missing in this society. This keeps the people from having emotions. There is no feeling of anger or sadness, the people do not feel anything wrong with their society they are residing in. After making the light, Equality learned to love. He valued something. Equality “for the first time,” cared, “about our body” (61). His body in this instance was the light. He truly learned to love what he had made. Equality learned to love himself; he had never “wonder[ed]. . . what we look like” (61). However, after making something he felt proud of himself for, he wondered how truly amazing he was. For he made an invention that was quite exquisite. After he found this love, he found that love was not allowed where he lived. This was found out when he felt the rejection from the Council of Scholars in greeting, “A street sweeper! A street sweeper walking in upon the World Council of Scholars!” (69). The Scholars felt they were better than Equality. This created hostility and took away from the feelings Equality was having about himself. Consequently, the City never progresses; the people are not shown affection for anything good. New progressions are shut down. The only person who showed