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Equality 7-2521 Analysis

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The story of Equality 7-2521 begins with the words of “It is a sin to write this.”( ) Throughout the story, Equality’s views and mindset changes a lot , he is no longer thinking of his brothers and is only thinking of himself. He changes throughout the story due to his curiousity; he also replaces the word “We,” adopting it with the word “I”. By doing this he progresses it towards his true self. His journey begins with a mysterious hole in the ground that he finds. In the story, Equality finds a mysterious hole in the ground with his friend, International 4-8818. Equality decides to go down into the hole in the ground even though International 4-8818 tells him that it is forbidden to as shown on pg( ) “ “. Equality 7-2521 decides to keep going back to this hole. International 4-8818 does not tell anyone of this dark hole. Equality 7-2521 steals items from different Homes to take back to the hole …show more content…

From experimenting with this strange object, he discovers something amazing. On page 59, Equality describes this thing as: “…a box of glass, devised to give forth the power of the sky of greater strength that we had ever achieved before.” Equality comes up with an idea of going to the Council of the Scholars to show them his amazing device so that they would let him be accepted as one of them. His assumptions were wrong. Instead, they rejected him and sent him to be lashed. Something good happens to Equality. He managed to escape and heads for the Uncharted Forest. Equality then lives out in the uncharted forest with his now pregnant Wife Gaea (known as Liberty 5-3000 or the Golden One before) in a house that was left over from the Unmentionable Times. Prometheus (known as Equality 7-2521), invites three of his friends to this house to start a new life. This is when the adaptation of the word “I” comes to. Equality is finally free from the will of

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After being told to go back to the House of Corrective Detention he ran the opposite way, toward the Uncharted Forest. The Uncharted Forest was forbidden for anyone to go into, because it was said to be “evil”. When Equality 7-2521 stopped running it was too late and he was already in the Uncharted Forest. He faced everyone’s fears and stayed in the forest, to hide from the guards. After realizing the forest was not as scary as everyone had said he began going further into it.

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Equality disregards the fact that what he has been doing if forbidden in his society and takes his invention to the World Council of Scholars. But, before he can take his invention to the council, he is caught in the act of creating the glass box and is taken to he Palace of

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Adam Choquette Period 7 Mr. Coulter Honors English II March 3, 2016 Breaking Man’s Chains In the last chapter of Anthem, Equality reflects, “The best in me had been my sins and my transgressions”(98). He no longer holds the belief that society is simply ‘misguided’ or that they are ‘forgiving’. Instead, Prometheus embraces individuality, rejecting the concept that, “We are all in all and all in one” held by his former society (19). “I am done with this creed of corruption,” Equality declares, no longer willing to slave for his brothers (97).

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During the novella, Equality 7-2521 undergoes a journey to express individuality. Equality 7-2521 states he is a great sin to the community since he is capable of great deeds: “This is a great sin to be born with a head which is too quick” (Rand 21). Born into a community, where it is told to be different from your brothers, is a sin. Equality 7-2521 consistently believes he is a sin to the society

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“We seized our box, we shoved them aside, and we ran to the window. We turned and we looked at them for the last time, and a rage, such as it is not fit for humans to know, choked our voice in our throat” (Rand, Anthem 74-75). The expert from the text shows Equality is deposed to do anything that would save his box from destruction. He is protecting his right to own property as a citizen.

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This made Equality find out who he is and gave him the chance to be an individual. Equality’s views and mindset changes through out the book. He was born in a society where people are named by numbers. A world where people are used as machines. In this world the word “I” is out of existence.

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Equality performs science experiments every night in his newly discovered tunnel for 3 hours each night. He did this with a few other people for two years. In this time he made a discovery that changed him forever, electricity. He was cutting open a frog and his knife accidentally touched the copper wire the frog was hanging on and the frog shook. They tested it with the candles blown out, “Darkness swallowed us.

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When he and International were working they came across a very unusual object. After further investigation they discovered that it was something left behind from the “Unmentionable Times.” Despite it being against the law, Equality decided to further examine it, “as if the skin of our hand were thirsty and begging of the metal some secret fluid beating in its coldness.” (Rand 33). Equality knows it is a great risk and he could be killed for it yet, his curiosity took over him.

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We worked with it, we tested it in more ways than we can describe, and each step was as another miracle unveiling before us. We come to know that we had found the greatest power on earth” (53). This shows that Equality answered his questions about the unknown force to the best of his abilities. With everyone having the same mindset, different groups of people and different nations could come together because there would be no disagreement between them.

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What makes one person different from another? Is it height, weight, and color of skin, or is it personality, family, and attitude? These differences can define a person and separate them from those around them. These differences make a person an individual; however, in Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, Equality 7-521 is anything but an individual. He spends his days sweeping the streets and his nights sleeping in a white room with ninety-nine of his brothers.

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Toward the end of the novel Equality figures out that he can have a future as an individual by making his own decisions. He will have a house of his own “I shall live here in my own house” (99). Also in Equality’s future he will have a the choice to learn and accomplish what he wants in order to make him feel proud within himself. “ I shall learn many secrets from my books” (99). “I shall rebuild achievements from the past” (99-100).

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