'Collective Society In Ayn Rand's Anthem'

Living in a collective society where you can't express yourself or be independent is hard to imagine. In Anthem, the collective society they live in forbids individuality like thoughts, feelings, words, and actions. It says “We must strive to be like all our brother men, for all men must be alike.(17)” In Anthem, when Equality stumbles upon a chance to detach himself from the collective society, he makes the most of it. I think Equality’s primary motivation was to make something for himself and detach himself from his collective society he lives in. I think that it was good for him to be motivated this way, and I think that in our world today if everyone were motivated this way that life would be better. When Equality starts his experiments and studies I think he is driven by some selfishness to make something with his own hands and to prove something to the Scholars. Throughout the book Rand shows Equality's character as curious in the way the world works and as a person who loves to learn. The Home Of Scholars is the organization in charge of making the new discoveries and upgrading technology. Equality stated that, “No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many Scholars
In Anthem Equality says “For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.(104)” Everyone is supposed to be seen as equal to their brothers in this society, but Anthem slowly detached himself from them. He wanted something for himself. Like he says in the book. He wants freedom, rights, life, and honor. He also says “What is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is