Characters
Sybolism
Key Facts
Themes
Random Facts
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A street sweeper, the protagonist of the novella
Who is Equality 7-2521
100
This represents truth in the novella
What is light
100
The author of "Anthem"
Who is Ayn Rand
100
This theme helps Equality 7-2521 realizes the significance of his existence only when he comes to understand that one is the center of one’s universe
What is The Primacy of the Individual
100
These are motifs in "Anthem"
What is fear, naming, and shapelessness
200
Who does Equality 7-2521 fall in love with?
Who is The Golden One
200
This place is a connection between the past and present, and symbolizes individuality
What is the uncharted forest
200
The point of view "Anthem" is written in
What is Equality 7-2521 speaks in the first person
200
the willingness to die for an ideal marks a hero and distinguishes him or her from the rest of society
What is The Value of Martyrdom
200
The setting (time) this book takes place in
What is in the future, after the collapse of the social order because of the common acceptance of collectivist values
300
He suffers no pain as he is burned alive because he knows the meaning of individualism
Who is The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word
300
These are Equality 7-2521's only way of self expression. They show his first significant step to break from society
What is manuscripts
300
The major conflict in this novella
What is Equality 7-2521 struggles for self-identification in a society that has rejected individualism in favor of collectivism
300
The inability of a collective government to come to a conclusion and take action on behalf of the society it governs
What is The Impotence of the Collective
300
This is the narrator of the novella
Who is Equality 7-2521
400
Equality 7-2521’s only friend
Who is International 4-8818
400
This is suggestive of birth and rebirth, of new beginnings and the "washing away" of the old
What is water
400
The tense this book is written in
What is present, with some past-tense narration
400
A man’s value rests in the originality of his mind as expressed in his work, and the value of his work resides in his personal investment in it, as in Equality 7-2521’s invention of the lightbulb
What is Original Creation as a Component of Identity
400
The type of genre the book "Anthem" falls under
What is dystopia; manifesto
500
The leader of the World Council of Scholars, shapeless, and cowardly
Who is Collective 0-0009
500
The new names given to Equality 7-2521 and The Golden one are symbolic for how they will play as re-builders of the world
What is Prometheus and Gaea
500
This is the climax of the story
What is Equality 7-2521’s presentation of the lightbulb to the World Council permanently severs him from society and forces him out onto his own.
500
This is illegal in this society for it is putting more care for their lover rather than their fellow man
What is love
500
In the society in Anthem, this is a form of identifying one’s possessions as one’s own
What is naming
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