Author
She is the woman who wrote the book.
Ayn Rand
Equality's story really begins after he discovers this.
The underground tunnel
"They of the half-brain"
Union 5-3992
The point of view in which the story is told.
1st Person Point of View
The unspeakable word
"I"
The author is completely against this style of government, as her family's Pharmacy was taken over by believers of this type of government.
Communism
After seeing a dead frog move, Equality realizes that he has discovered this new power.
Electricity
This character makes men laugh, and is the first to know of Equality's secret place.
International 4-8818
Light is used to symbolize this.
The truth (discovery)
The sacred word
"Ego"
The author left this country to escape its government in the 1930s.
Russia
In the forest, Equality sees this and is very pleased.
His reflection
These are the female protagonist's three names.
Liberty 5-3000, Golden One, and Gaea
Freedom, independence, and a link between the past and present are symbolized by this.
The Uncharted Forest
The genre of Anthem.
dystopia
The author came to this country to escape her government in the 1930s.
The United States
3 reasons that the Council of Scholars rejects Equality's invention of the light bulb are:
He shouldn't be doing anything but street sweeping, he shouldn't create alone, the Department of Candles would be upset, and/or they were afraid of it.
These are the narrator's three names.
Equality 7-2521, Unconquered, and Prometheus
The initial setting of the novel, where Equality is writing his story.
His tunnel
The type of society in which Equality lives.
A collectivist society
This is the author's philosophy, which describes that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest.
Objectivism
What does Equality say to Liberty the first time he meets her?
Nothing (see beginning of Chapter 2/page 39)
Equality knows that there is a lost word, which people are forbidden to speak. This man discovered it and was burned alive as punishment.
Saint of the Pyre/Transgressor of the Secret Word (see end of Chapter 2)
The time period of the story.
The future
The main theme of Anthem.
Individuality (or individuality triumphs over collectivism)