Ayn Rand Anthem Analysis

In the story Anthem by Ayn Rand, the main character, Equality 7-2521, displays this futuristic totalitarian government as a technologically declined government. The conditions for scientific and technological advancement came to a halt and started to decrease rapidly. In this story, Ayn Rand tried her best to describe a totalitarian future that turned their backs on technology, and how they didn’t like people who were smarter than their peers. It was determined that this community was deprived of technology when the story first began. “The flame candle is still in the air.” (chapter 1, para 3). By stating this she is saying that they didn’t have electricity so they used candles for lights. Later in the story, Equality 7-2521 tried to show the council that he knows about electricity, but, “... they leapt to their feet, they ran from the table and they stood pressed against the wall…”
Even during school they weren’t in school very long, “men learn until they reach their fifteenth year.” (chapter 1 paragraph 14). When they get done with school they get elected for a certain job by the council and the people have no say in what they want to do. When equality ran away and found a house, “there were great pieces of glass on the walls, but it wasn’t glass, for when we looked upon it, we saw our bodies and all the things behind us.” (chapter 10 paragraph 9). They were so underdeveloped as a community that equality, one the smartest people, didn’t even know what glass was. Throughout the story, Ayn Rand uses Equality 7-2521 to describe a totalitarian future that isn’t like a future that’s displayed by many other movies or books. She describes this future as if technology and scientific research decreased and became how the past was, without electricity. She does this uniquely throughout the story and uses details to show how run down the town looks and how dirty everyone