Anthem - Comparison Essay
Athena Fulk
Senior English
September 16, 2014
Comparison Essay Anthem is a story about a 21-year old boy named Equality 7-2521 and a 17-year old girl named Liberty 5-3000 who are both different from the others in their secluded society which lacks individualism and self-interest. The movie, Divergent, also follows a similar story line. Divergent is a story about an 18 year-old boy named Tobias Eaton and a 16-year old girl named Beatrice Prior who are both different from the others in their society which lacks individualism and self-interest. Anthem and Divergent are similar in that the main characters have one set lifestyle, they change their name, and they develop similar relationships between each other. Each society has a set requirement for the developmental stages of children. In Anthem, the children live in the Home of Infants until they reach the age of five, then they move on to the Home of the Students, where they then stay until they reach their fifteenth year. After this, the children go on to be assigned their career by the Council of Vocations and they begin working. Each child is assigned a career and they cannot be changed. They will work their assigned career and have no interest in others. Similar to Anthem, Divergent has set requirements for the developmental stages of children. The children will live with their parents in the faction which they are born in until they reach the age of sixteen. Each year, all 16-year olds are required to take an aptitude test to give them an idea of which faction would suit them best. (Factions are similar to jobs in the Anthem society.) After receiving their results, the children will then decide whether they want to stay with their family’s faction, or transfer to a new faction. Once they have chosen a faction, they cannot change their faction. They will go on to live with the faction of their choice and pursue the following lifestyle, while having no interest in any other faction. The male lead in
Senior English
September 16, 2014
Comparison Essay Anthem is a story about a 21-year old boy named Equality 7-2521 and a 17-year old girl named Liberty 5-3000 who are both different from the others in their secluded society which lacks individualism and self-interest. The movie, Divergent, also follows a similar story line. Divergent is a story about an 18 year-old boy named Tobias Eaton and a 16-year old girl named Beatrice Prior who are both different from the others in their society which lacks individualism and self-interest. Anthem and Divergent are similar in that the main characters have one set lifestyle, they change their name, and they develop similar relationships between each other. Each society has a set requirement for the developmental stages of children. In Anthem, the children live in the Home of Infants until they reach the age of five, then they move on to the Home of the Students, where they then stay until they reach their fifteenth year. After this, the children go on to be assigned their career by the Council of Vocations and they begin working. Each child is assigned a career and they cannot be changed. They will work their assigned career and have no interest in others. Similar to Anthem, Divergent has set requirements for the developmental stages of children. The children will live with their parents in the faction which they are born in until they reach the age of sixteen. Each year, all 16-year olds are required to take an aptitude test to give them an idea of which faction would suit them best. (Factions are similar to jobs in the Anthem society.) After receiving their results, the children will then decide whether they want to stay with their family’s faction, or transfer to a new faction. Once they have chosen a faction, they cannot change their faction. They will go on to live with the faction of their choice and pursue the following lifestyle, while having no interest in any other faction. The male lead in