Rule In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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Anthem A rule is a set of detailed regulations required to be followed in an activity or sphere. In the book Anthem, there is a variety of rules which needs to be followed. Towards the end of the book, Equality 7-2521 imagines a new world. He would not want the councils of scholars rules to be followed in his own world because he now knows the sacred word and what it means. Equality 7-2521, in his new world, would not follow the rules the council enforced in his last society to rid them of diversity because he wants people to exercise free agency, live independently, and grow up in a society. One reason why Equality 7-2521 wanted to banish the council’s rules was because he wanted people to have more freedom. “To be free, a man must be free

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