![]() ![]() Equality climbs down into the tunnel and discovers tracks left over from the Unmentionable Times. One day he and International 4-8818, whom he considers a friend even though he isn't supposed to have friends, find a tunnel in the ground. Since he was not supposed to have preferred one job over another in the first place, he considers this job a fitting way for him to work off the guilt of his previous transgressions. He wishes to someday become a scholar, but the Council of Vocations decides he must become a street sweeper instead in what appears to be a punishment for his bad behavior. Equality 7-2521 often gets reprimanded in school for knowing too much or wanting to learn more. The book is written in diary form from his point of view as he records the events that happened to him beginning around age twenty-one.Įquality 7-2521 realizes at a young age that he is different from his brothers not only due to his excessive height, which is six feet tall, but also due to his intelligence. People are given names that represent the virtues of the society along with numbers, such as Equality 7-2521, who is the protagonist of the story. The new rulers, called the World Council, set up many laws to ensure that this new society would not have the same problems that they had experienced during what they refer to as the Unmentionable Times, or the times before the rebirth. ![]() Anthem is a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand set in the future after the world was ravaged by war and fire and began again with a Great Rebirth. ![]()
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