Some see it as their obligation to help others leave the cave, some don’t. These people are tricked into believing there is no technology. Also, the members of the society described within Anthem are pretty much kept in the dark, much like Plato’s cave. Much like the Republic, children never find out who their parents are, so as to break the filial bond. To be honest, I really do think Anthem by Ayn Rand owes a lot to The Republic. At the age of 15, you probably would want to read something a little more accessible than The Republic by Plato, so this book would most likely come across as a more desirable read. I can definitely see the appeal to younger readers with a burgeoning interest in philosophy. This certainly isn’t the worst dystopian novel I’ve read, but it isn’t the best either. Along the way, many philosophical lessons are learned. It is a crime to have thoughts which are different from the thoughts of others (thought-police anybody?).Īnyways, Equality 7-2521 falls in love, makes some discoveries, and decides he is more important than the State. Oh and once a year they have what is known as the “day of mating.” People start their lives by living in a home for babies, then they go to school, then a council decides upon their vocations at the age of 15. Essentially, this book is about a man named Equality 7-2521, who is a free-thinker.Īnthem begins by describing the society in which Equality 7-2521 lives. Ayn Rand expounds on the importance of syntax, the meaning of we vs. “I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities.Obviously, Anthem by Ayn Rand is a diatribe against collectivism. He had rediscovered the lost and holy word-I.
He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice.
In all that was left of humanity there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love.
From cradle to grave, the crowd was one-the great WE. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. Anthem is Ayn Rand’s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great “We”-a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence-that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
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