Anthem Essay On Equality

Imagine living in a society where you had to be the same as everyone else, risking your life to fight for individuality. In the life of Equality 7-2521, that is exactly what he has to live through. The book Anthem by Ayn Rand, is about a young boy who goes by the name of Equality 7-2521 that is commonly referred to as just “Equality.” Equality is a little different than everyone, as he is taller than everyone else, smarter, and breaks the rules. Equality lives in a society where everyone is the same, and no one is to be different than one another. Their main goal is to work together to build a better society. The government in the book of Anthem cares more about the society than about the people and their own individuality, and even goes so far to ban the word “I” so everyone has to refer to each other as “we” or “they,” This leads Equality to start to rebel against the government by breaking laws. Equality starts to care less about the government and more about individuality, and being his own person. This brings me to my point about how individuality is shown through Equality’s experiences. In all reality, everyone is individual in their own way. In the book Anthem the author Ayn Rand is saying that through Equality's experiences, he is different individually from everyone else in his society because of his appearance, and determination, which is conveyed through being taller than everyone else, and breaking the laws.

On page 18 it states “we are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet tall,” (Rand, 18). This right here shows that through Equality’s experiences, he is more individualistic and different from the rest, because of his appearance. This proves how Ayn Rand is expressing Equality’s individuality through the book