Anthem 'And Lincoln 6 Echo'

Equality-72521 in the book anthem and Lincoln 6 Echo in the movie the island are both “unconquered souls”. Although they went through different forms of dehumanization and live in different secluded societies. They remain to be the only individuals that question the society and their own existence. These characters are the only ones that are willing to defy their society in order to do what is right. They both grow into becoming independent and have a sense of self, which differs greatly with the rest of their society. Equality and Lincoln are truly “unconquered souls”.

Equality and Lincoln both define societies rules, they won't let a higher power change who they are and suppress their curiosity. In Anthem Equality-72521 question his society,

He was asked to go see Dr. Merrick and in their conversation Lichon concerns the doctor when questioning the society "all right. tuesday night is tofu night.and i’m asking myself, who decided that everyone here likes tofu in the first place. And what if tofu anyways? And why can't I have bacon? I line up every morning, and I'm not allowed any bacon for my breakfast. And... Let's talk about all the white. Why is everyone wearing white all the time? It's impossible to keep clean. I always get a grey stripe. I never get any colour. And I hand it in to get cleaned, and someone cleans it, and folds it neatly back in my drawer, but who? Who is that person? I don't know. I just... I just want to know answers". Shortly after this, the doctor conducted a synaptic brain scan to check if Lincoln was different from the rest and to prevent him from starting to developing a personality. This desire to know what is happening around him, makes him different from the rest. He questions his societies process of living, making him unconquered. In a conversation with his co worker Jones, Lincoln starts to spark the curiosity in others. "Jones, you ever get bored doing this?", "doing what?" Jones responds. "This" says Lincoln. "I never really thought about it" said Jones."I think about it a lot" Lincoln replies. "About what?" Jones asks. "This boring job. What are we doing here?" responses Lincoln.

He defies his society just by having a personality and opinion. Equality knows what he is doing is wrong but he can’t help but wanting to be someone, not a brother in the community. He compares himself to the scholars and knows that he shouldn't have gotten the job of a street sweeper. “No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many Scholars who are elected by all men for their wisdom. Yet we can” (3.7). This shows how Equality starts to become an individual and how he's able to separate himself from others in his community. He knows he posses greater qualities from the rest of his brothers and is now able to see that those qualities are his alone. In the story there's a point at which Equality finds a book from the unmentionable times. He finds a word that is used to divide people into individuals. The word “I”, from that point on he no longer uses “we” to talk about himself. “I am. I think. I will”(11.1). Equality has now become someone, he gives himself a name and no longer conforms to his society's rule/roles. Nevertheless this show how both Lincoln and Equality are able to part from their societies, to become an individual. This is what makes them positively unconquered