Exploring Individualism in Ayn Rand's 'Anthem'

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In the book 'Anthem', the society that Equality had grown up in had taught him that there is no such thing as an individual. Everything that he does and ever will do is for his brothers because that is the reason for his existence on the earth. At the beginning of the the book he starts to feel a deeper meaning to things as he matures but doesn't know what it is that sparks his curiosity that gives him motivation. Im going to give my thoughts on what his primary motivation is, if he has the right to have this motivation and what the world would be like if everyone had this motivation.

I think that Equality's primary focus at the end of the book is different than at the beginning. At the beginning Equality is strictly motivated by curiosity "We wished to know. We wished to know about all the things which make the world around us" says Rand on page 22. As he continues to advance in his experiments he realizes that he had discovered something truly amazing. This is something that has never been seen in his community. But in order for him to make this discovery, he had to be selfish and do the work himself in order to be selfless for his brothers. He found pride in being able to make such a great thing by himself but didn't know what that feeling was because he was never taught the words to describe what he was feeling. Later in the book as he continues to find a …show more content…

Ever since he was younger he had questioned the way things were because he knew that there was more too things than he had been taught. It is very clear that in the world we live in today that great things continue to flourished due to individual strengths and strategies. Many of these successes have helped many people around the world and have made life better for people. So when it comes to him having the right to know that he can do great things and help other people, is something special that he deserves to know about and use that as a

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