Perhaps in the beginning, after the unmentionable times, they truly wanted to help better their society. But the leaders in the society had the wrong idea. Granted Equality, as well as others have proved that being in a society of “WE” deprives you of your true self. By Equality leaving the society he used to call home, he represents a new generation. A society that allows everyone to have a voice and self expression.
She tells him she wants to go with him and only be with him, calling herself as one since she has no knowledge of the word “I.” They leave their society behind. Once they find a home for themselves, they begin their life together. Equality continues his learning with materials they find in their newfound home, in the Uncharted Forest. After he figures out the ‘I’ word he thinks, “And when I understood this word, the book fell from my hands, and I wept, I who had never known tears.”
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.
Equality lives in a collectivist society, which is a society that believes, “that man must be chained to collective action and collective thought for the sake of what is called “the common good.” Therefore, Equality being the person he is, struggles with being an individual. He knows it is against the law but he enjoys knowledge so much, it confuses him. He states, “And in our heart-strange are the ways of evil! - and in our heart there is the first peace we have known in 20 years.”
One of Equality’s main goals in the beginning of the novella was to become a scholar when he turned 15 years of age. Even though Equality received the mandate to be a street sweeper, he did the same work, if not more superior work, as the Scholars in his secret tunnel. When Equality was exiled from his city and found the house in the Uncharted Forest from the Unmentionable Times, he wanted to study it and all of the house's contents. Equality wanted to read all of the books that he found in the house so that he could learn the words that were lost in the Unmentionable Times. When Equality told Liberty about his findings and his discovery of the word “I”, Liberty’s first words that she spoke to Equality were, “‘I love you”’ (98).
I review a book called anthem that show equality the main character never giving up on his dream to become a more knowledge man in his city. First, equality in anthem he saw
He discovers that the principles of his society hides the secrets of the world that are meant to be revealed and shared within the people. Equality then finds his true purpose in his society is to share this awareness but is faced with many obstacles and rejections. In Anthem, Ayn Rand
In Anthem, Equality says, “For men are forbidden to take notice of women, and women are forbidden to take notice of men. But we think of one among women…”(Rand 38). Equality is thinking about someone of the opposite gender, which is prohibited by law in his society. This community controls everyone but Equality is straying from the rules they have enforced. In Harrison’s community, the government keeps handicaps on people who are more advanced.
Equality does this by when he first falls in love with Liberty, he is obsessed. However, when his invention is rejected by the council, he starts to realize he doesn’t need to be in a group and in result, starts to love Liberty less. When he understand individuality fully, he becomes very selfish and doesn’t care for Liberty at all and thinks of her as an object. Equality felt he needed to be with a group and with Liberty. Through his journey he discovered that he doesn’t need to be with a group and can be independent.
This shows Equality distancing himself from the dystopian society and gaining greater freedom. Equality does this through his constant resistance and rule-breaking tendencies when searching for his own freedom. Freedom is something that both Equality in the Anthem, as well as its author Rand valued, as it is a frequent and recurring theme in the
When he escapes from Detention he returns to his tunnel and everything is as it was before. The next morning, Equality walks through the city with his “invention” and arrives at the Home of the Scholars. They are first outraged that he is in their presence considering he is only a street sweeper. He tells them that it is unimportant and shows them his light. All the scholars jumped in fear.
However, since the council fails to recognize this idea, Equality has two options: either face imminent execution or flee. By choosing the latter and fleeing into the Uncharted Forest, Equality finally is, in a physical sense, free from the rule of collectivist society. Now he is alone in the forest, alone with his thoughts. He decides where he goes, when he sleeps, what he eats. However, he is still not fully
In the beginning, Equality was devoted to the Council and their reasons behind the social structure. Equality begins to experience emotions that separates himself from his brothers and he
Equality discovers what individualism is and what it means, but when Equality finds out what it means it changes his view throughout the
The next day, Sonia went right outside into the forest of her backyard. Salinger tailing behind, her she looked around and took it all in once more. The sun was finally out and it shone through the dew drops on the leaves. She could see the a ruby red, pastel orange, bright yellow, vibrant green, royal blue, and the perfect shade of purple in a rainbow shining through all of the dense forest. Looked up to see the sun, and she thought it was beautiful.
