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in which the forbidden word "I", which is punishable, has been replaced by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 lea ....
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