Character Analysis Of Equality 7-2521 In Ayn Rand's Anthem

Moral codes are very important in a society. In order to have a great society, the morals must be clear and have a sturdy foundation. By the end of the Anthem, Equality 7-2521 has become very critical of leaders in his society, denouncing them in moral terms. Equality 7-2521 is correct in judging the leaders in his society. Equality 7-2125 would agree with Ayn Rand’s article, "How does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?” By the end of Anthem, Equality 7-2521 spoke his mind about the leaders in the society that he has left. Equality 7-2521 said “There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, man must be free from his brothers.” This shows that Equality 7-2521 believes everyone must

With punishment and fear in the back of people’s mind, the people in the society choose not to think about judging others and speaking their mind. Equality 7-2521 is different than the other people in the society. He went against the Council and their morals, and Equality 7-2521 went away from his society and began to be himself and do as he wanted. Before he left the society, Equality 7-2521 showed individualism by discovering electricity. By doing so, Equality 7-2521 went against the morals of the society. Equality 7-2521 did exactly what Ayn Rand said. Equality 7-2521 spoke his mind and denounced the leaders of the society morally, and created his own moral code. Ayn Rand also says in her article, "How does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society?,” “...the idea that one must never pass moral judgment on others, that one must be morally tolerant of anything, that the good consists of never distinguishing good from evil.” Equality 7-2521 would agree with this statement because in order for him to make his own moral codes that were good and not evil, he had to denounce and criticize the morals of his leaders in the previous society. Another statement Equality 7-2521 would agree with from Ayn Rand’s article is “there is no escape from the fact that men have to make choices; so long as men have to make choices, there is no escape from moral values; so long as moral values are at stake, no moral neutrality is possible.” Throughout the Anthem, Equality 7-2521 made his own choices without the influence of other people telling him what to think or do. Equality 7-2521 also would agree that moral neutrality is not possible. That is because Equality 7-2521 believes that