Contrast in Dystopian Novels
Why do teens seem so interested in dystopian novels? These two dystopian stories, Anthem by Ayn Rand and The Giver by Lois Lowry are about a futuristic society that has rules which are wrong and only one person can see. Dystopian text is very popular among current teens. In Anthem, the plot line encourages people to be different from one another and that it isn’t good to all be the same, in the novel, The Giver, it gives an example of breaking away from the community and doing what they think is right, both novels together show a futuristic problematic society that doesn’t have much freedom. In Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem, it encourages people to be individuals and do their own things in life. In the novel, the main character Equality is looked down upon because he is smarter than his “brothers” and he is curious
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In Anthem, Equality is explaining that he isn't allowed to write to the readers. “It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see” (Rand 1). In their society they can’t hide things from others or do anything, even think, if not everyone does it. They aren’t allowed to think whatever they want, they don’t own the freedom to their own thoughts. In The Giver, Jonas is explaining how and why the “night crew” didn’t have a spouse or family. “The night crew had not even been given spouses because they lacked, somehow, the essential capacity to connect with others, which was required for the creation of a family unit” (Lowry 8). In the quote they use the phrase “family unit” and the “creation” of it. The quote also talks about how they haven’t been “given a spouse”. This shows less freedom because they are assigned their family and their spouse, they aren’t allowed to choose their own like today's society. Both of these quotes show less freedom in their