Equality 7-2521 lived in a Dark Age in which every aspect of life was controlled by a ruling council. As a child‚ Equality 7-2521 wanted more than anything to be a scholar. He believed that he was cursed with curiosity‚ and was often rebuked by his teachers for being too smart and too tall. He tried to comply to the standards‚ but no matter how much he tried‚ he was smarter than his fellow brothers. When the Council of Vocations assigned him to be a street sweeper instead of a scholar‚ he was
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independence from the laws and directives in the society he lived in. Equality 7-2521 has a hard time to find that he is an individual and to understand that life is meaningful. Once he realizes he is an individual‚ he realizes that he is beautiful and intelligent. Towards the end of the book‚ Equality 7-2521 has become a man and individualized himself completely only to realize that‚ that comes with independence. Equality 7-2521 started a war against the society he lived in. The people in the society
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first thing Equality 7-2521 said. Equality 7-2521 says that anything that has to do with being independant and thinking on your own‚ is a sin. A sin is anything against the Council’s rules‚ and the Council s a bunch of people who are the “government” of this utopian society that Equality 7-2521 lives in. Equality 7-2521 is a very tall boy‚ and being tall‚ or anything is a sin‚ because you are different from your brothers. “”We are six feet tall‚ and that is a burden…” Equality 7-2521 says this on
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The main character‚ Equality 7-2521‚ in the book “Anthem”‚ introduces readers to the numerous rules and controls in their city. Refraining from the concept of self and individuality is a major rule that all members of the society must abide by. The famous dystopian fiction novella‚ “Anthem”‚ was originally written in the 1930’s about the adverse side of collectivism. Ayn Rand describes a futuristic society where pronouns such as “I” are to be unspoken. Equality 7-2521 refers to himself as “we” repetitively
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IFrom day 1 Equality 7-2521 was a lot more mentally and physically stronger than his “brothers”‚ but their society has taught them that being different is evil . Equality 7-2521 had tried to calm his curiosity down‚ and for his desire and crime to be apart of the Scholars‚ the Council give him the job of a street sweeper. For four years‚ Equality 7-2521 tries to convince himself that doing what he does everyday is okay‚ but one day‚ he and International 4-8818 find a hidden tunnel from the Unmentionable
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human on earth thinks differently and sees life from a different viewpoint‚ making everyone discrete. As a result of criticising a leader‚ a person is simply stating what they think by censuring their leaders who they do not see eye-to-eye with. Equality 7-2521 reviles the leaders in his community‚ but not directly to their faces. But is it wrong to reject your commanders in chief‚ or is it right? Should men and women be able to state why they think their leaders are wrongdoers or
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liberty 5-3000 her job is to plant seeds in the Home of the Peasants in their city. What this says about equality 7-2521 that they feel in love with liberty 5-3000 as soon as they laid eyes on them. Equality have something for liberty and nature. The men never entered the Uncharted Forest. The power of the Equality that they have discovered is electricity. The golden one has brought water to Equality lips. The water significance in anthem is to wash away the old. Liberty 5-3000 is working in the fields
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world‚ but isn’t‚ is Equality 7-2521. The reason that Prometheus’ (before known as Equality 7-2521) victory to come to be free of the collectivist was possible because he had meaning‚ joy‚ and spirit with him and he lived as an individual long before he discovers the concept of individualism. Looking at the bigger picture it is clear to Equality was already an individual beforehand. With this in mind‚ according to all Equality’s Brothers “we were born with a curse [Equality 7-2521 has a different mindset
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In a world where creativity‚ opinions‚ and new concepts are forbidden‚ Equality 7-2521 is born with a strong desire to know more. This is a great evil in such a world‚ and is looked down upon immensely. “We were born with a curse. It has always driven us to thoughts which are forbidden” (18). These thoughts in which are forbidden can also be identified as curiosity‚ and Equality 7-2521 is indeed a curious character. All his life he has been told that everything he does is for the benefit of mankind
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A young man given the name‚ Equality 7-2521 is living in a futuristic dark age. He is withheld from a name to prevent any form of individuality‚ but given a word followed by a series of numbers on an iron bracelet to be worn on his left wrist‚ as a form of identification by the World Council. Equality 7-2521 has made a moral discovery throughout the story Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ as discovering his individuality and as he has changed from one who believes that the World Council states all truth‚ to one
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