Anthem Anthem is a fascinating insight on individualism and collectivism. Ayn Rand’s book is a hyperbolic example of today’s society. The novella demonstrates how “we” and “us” are shoved among humanity just as a wild animal is forced into a cage; also known as collectivism. The concept of collectivism is reciprocated into individualism throughout the narrative. Rand made Anthem extraordinary by exaggerating the extremes, writing in Science Fiction format, and gradually familiarizing individualism among the characters as the pages became fewer. Ayn Rand took the book's first chapter, last chapter, and everyone in between, and magnified every situation. By doing this, she has opened the eyes of scholars to the possible and presumed obstacles to the modern world. “The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.” (In Her Own Words) In an interview, Rand made this declarative statement. She supported this announcement in Anthem as …show more content…
They may say it is misleading and portrays false material. Rand went too far on exaggerating the plots, used an awful genre, and misadvertised individualism. The novel was hard to keep up with. The end plot compared with the beginning plot made no connection to each other whatsoever. To go from using “we” and “us” to only using “I” and “my” is separating to the characters and the readers. Using science fiction to portray the idea of collectivism and individualism was the worst way Rand could possibly go. It’s harder to students to connect with the readers in a genre they are unfamiliar with, therefore the novel couldn't have made any sense. Lastly, I feel the idea of individualism was misadvertised to the public. It was made into a perfect state of a being when it is barely even comparable to that statement. Once again, some people can state, Ayn Rand failed at teaching the readers and blew her chance to widen her