| Term Paper Title | Anthem, The Book |
| # of Words | 586 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.34 |
Anthem, the book
Anthem, a science fiction novel, deals with a future primitive society in which the forbidden word "I", which is punishable,
has been replaced by "We". Anthem's theme seems to be about the meaning and glory of man's ego. In this novel,
Rand shows that the individualism needed for building a complex technological civilization has been suppressed by
collectivism. Rand glorifies man's individual ability to think, and appeals to emotion. The emotion is displayed at various
time throughout the story; the encounters of Equality and Liberty, on the occasion regarding the discovery of the light bulb,
and during the time the two find the house in which they will live in for the remainder of their lives.
One day while Equality was tending to his job as street sweeper, he came across a beautiful young woman taking care of
the fields. Even though it is forbidden, he decides to go over and talk to her. While they were talking, we see the first
sign of emotions when "Their face did not move and they did not avert their eyes. Only their eyes grew wider, and there
was triumph in their eyes, and it was not triumph over us, but over things we could not guess." Later, Liberty follows
Equality into the forest, and the first sign of forbidden love is shown when "we bent to raise the Golden One to their feet,
but when we touched them, it was as if madness had stricken us. We seized their body and we pressed our lips to
theirs."
Equality is excited with the joy of learning when he finishes his work of building a light bulb. "WE MADE IT. WE
CREATED IT. We brought it forth from the night of the ages. We al...Read entire document
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