Rand's "Anthem"
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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which the forbidden word "I", which is punishable, has been replaced by "We".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 comple ....
Middle of paper
.... 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 le ....
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