Anthem is a novella by Ayn Rand, first published in 1938. The story takes place at an unspecified future date when mankind has entered another Dark Age as a result of the destruction of the industrial civilization. Anthem describes a new society where individuals are not allowed to think or act independently, and where there … Read more
Ayn Rand’s Anthem is a story about a society in which individualism has been eradicated. In this society, people are forced to conform to the collective, and personal expression is discouraged. The protagonist of the story, Equality 7-2521, rebels against this society and seeks to discover his own identity. One of the main themes of … Read more
Anthem is a dystopian, romantic fiction written in 1937 by Ayn Rand. Anthem takes place in an unspecified future time when mankind has entered another dark age. Technological advancement is now carefully planned and the concept of individuality has been eliminated. Anthem tells the story of how one man rediscovers the long-forgotten idea of individualism … Read more
Anthem by Ayn Rand One of the many things readers notice as they begenan reading Anthem by Ayn Rand is the lack of the word “l”. Anthem is a masterpiece that portrays what collectivism truly is through the eyes of a young man: Equality 7-2521. In the story the characters are given numbers rather than … Read more
“It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down on paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we are speaking alone to no ears but our own” (1). In Ayn Rand’s Anthem, all men … Read more
It is illegal to say “\” because there is only we. The government has stripped the individual of anything that made them special and forces them into a collective hive mind with everyone else. This world of full conformity is from a book named Anthem by Ayn Rand. Anthem was written in 1938 but today … Read more