Characters
The main character and narrator of the novel.
Who is Equality 7-2521
The crime the narrator has committed at the beginning of the novel.
What is writing in a journal?
Equality 7-2521's name symbolizes this.
What is lack of identity?
What is a street sweeper?
What is curiosity, hope, and belief in knowledge?
This character is referred to as "The Golden One."
Who is Liberty 5-3000
The main character commits this transgression often, especially when discussing his feelings for Liberty 5-3000.
What is preference?
The Uncharted Forrest symbolizes this.
Equality creates an invention in this secret place that no one else knows about.
What is an abandoned tunnel?
The way Liberty 5-3000 responds to Equality 7-2521's escape.
Assign jobs to the people of their community.
Who is The Council?
The reason writing is forbidden.
What is encouraging individual thought?
Light symbolizes this in the novel.
The Council react this way when Equality presents them with his creation.
What is reject it because he worked alone?
This is a major theme in the novel.
What is individuality is essential?
Friend of the main character and narrator.
Who is international 4-8818?
The forbidden word in this society.
What is "I."
Equality naming Liberty "The Golden One" symbolizes this.
What is his deep admiration and affection?
Equality's punishment for working alone.
What is lashing and imprisonment?
This describes the society in Anthem.
What is collectivist, oppressive, and controlling?
This character is known as a broken character due to convulsions he suffers quite often.
Who is Union 5-3992?
Equality 7-2521's secret creation.
What is an electric light?
The novel as a whole symbolizes this.
What is the power of individuality over conformity?
Equality escapes his punishment by running away to this place.
What is The Uncharted Forrest?
What is self?