Equality 7-2521 Exposed In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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The book, Anthem, was written by a woman named Ayn Rand and she wrote it in 1938. This book was about how before the Great Rebirth, people thought that they could not be one. They only referred themselves as more than one person by using the words us, we, and they. So to find out what really happened, a boy named Equality 7-2521 had to search how to use the words correctly. Equality 7-2521 was the tallest in the city and the Teachers thought he had evil in his bones. He was born that way and he could not control it. He was born in the Home of Infants and stayed there until he was five years old. While staying there, he got locked in the cellar more often because of his height. The Teachers also told him that he was born with a curse. This …show more content…

Once the ten years are over, he will get his life mandate by the Council of Scholars.While he was at the Home of the Students, he did not like it. He did not like it because the work was too easy for him and he knew what the Teachers were about to say before they even say it. He tried to act like Union 5-3992 a pale boy that had only half a brain. But every time the Teachers knew what he was trying to do.Equality 7-2521 loved the Science of Things. He wished to becoming a Scholar so he can be in the Home of Scholars when his time came. When his time came, he stood before the Council of Scholars so he can get his life mandate. He thought that he was going to get the name Scholar but the Council of Scholars have him the name Street Sweeper. Even though he did not get what he wanted, he was still happy to get the job. When he got his job, he went to the Home of the Street Sweeper. The Home of the Street Sweeper is a gray house on a narrow street and it have a sundial that can tell time. This was the place Equality 7-2521 had to …show more content…

Before he made the discovery he accumulated glass vials,pieces of metal,and dried bones while cleaning at the Home of Scholars so he would be able to study them. He made a discovery with his friend,International 4-8818, after leaving Union 3992, who was stricken with convulsions then left under the shade of the City Theatre. Equality 7-2521 and International 4-8818 were picking the rags and papers that the wind blown from the Theatre, when Equality 7-2521 spotted an iron bar. The iron bar was too heavy for him to pick it up so he called his friend to help. Together, they were able to move the bar and when they moved it they found a tunnel. Equality 7-2521 went down there but International 4-8818 did not go down there because he said that it was forbidden. When Equality 7-2521 went down the tunnel,they found iron tracks that glowed. Instead of going down the track he turned around before he go into the Uncharted Forest. As he came out of the tunnel, International 4-8818 told him that he was about to tell City Council but Equality 7-2521 told him not to and he did not tell the City