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A 4 page essay that summarizes, describes and analyzes the most prominent theme of this novel, which is the supreme importance of the individual. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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representation of the future, but rather warnings concerning the possible repercussions of current trends in the present (Cavanaugh 393). As Erika Gottlieb as pointed out, dystopian fiction warns, "that we
should not allow the still curable illness of our present world to turn into the abhorrent pathologies of the world of the future" (Cavanaugh 393). Rands novel argues
against the societal trend toward what she termed "collectivism." In her preface to the online edition of the novel, she argues that when "social justification for all activities and all
existence" is taken for grated as proper and correct, that is, when the "common good" is prioritized over personal freedom, the whole status of individualism becomes doubtful (Rand F.7).
As this suggests, the significance of the individual is the most prominent theme in this work. The following examination of Anthem discusses this theme, and also how the motif of
light underscores this them within the context of the novels overall structure. The main protagonist is a young man, just 21 years old, who is referred to as Equality
7-2521 as all personal names have been outlawed, as has the word "I." Society insists that people ground their identity in the society, always thinking in terms of "we,"
rather than "I." As he has always been taller and smarter than his peers, he has been criticized throughout his life by his teachers because he does not fit in.
At the beginning of the novel, he writes using the approved "we," as he describes why it is considered "evil" to write simply for oneself thoughts and ideas that "no
others are to see" (Rand 1.1). It is considered evil because it is "as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own" (Rand 1.1). This indicates the
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