Comparing Anthem And A Scarlet Letter By Ayn Rand

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“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” The theme is what makes a book, but can two books have the same or similar theme? After completing Anthem by Ayn Rand and A Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne it is apparent that the two books have similar theme and storylines. The theme that transfers over from both books is individuality. To understand these great works of literature we have to first know what theme is. The theme is the idea or thought being amplified throughout a piece of work. Both Hawthorne and Rand use theme to portray their ideas without saying the theme is individuality. These books show that theme can be used in different stories but people in completely