Anthem, by Ayn Rand, is a book that portrays a dystopian world where every day is the same and everyone lives for the benefit of their brothers. Though the world is painted as a perfect society, Equality 7-2521 performs an altruistic act when he illegally makes inventions. This act leads to Equality vanishing from society into the woods for the protection of himself and his invention. Chapters 11 and 12 reveal the reasoning behind the title of the book when he finds the missing aspects of his life. Chapters 11 and 12 show the freedom that was missing in the dystopian society, the importance of love that was forbidden in previous paragraphs, and the importance of individuality that all left something missing from Equality’s life and the book itself. These are the essential reasons for the book being named Anthem. A crucial part of Anthem is freedom. Freedom has been absent throughout the majority of the book. Equality quickly discovers the wonders of his freedom once he escapes to the Uncharted Forest. In Chapter 11, it is revealed that Equality and Liberty …show more content…
Love is a concept missing from the majority of the book. The word love is mentioned numerous times but is not meaningful until Equality and Liberty bond over the understanding of the word and how they share the feeling of love with each other. When the word love is mentioned in chapters 1-10, it is used as a way of life, in the way that you are meant to love your brothers and the society you live in without question. It is not until chapter 11 when Equality realizes the importance of the word and how it is you who chooses the ones you love. In Equality’s words, “I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey.” (Rand 37). This quote is a powerful moment in the book as it shows the connection between love and the freedoms that come with it, the love that was forbidden in previous chapters fulfills what he was