Comparison Of Equality And Prometheus In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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In the book Anthem based on a dystopian society, Equality must find himself and his desires in an oppressive and ruling society. Equality was born into a society called anthem. He went to school until he was 15. He wanted the job of a scholar but he was assigned street sweeper. Every night he went into the sewer tunnels to write in his journal and think of creative ideas to make up for his sins. Equality calls himself prometheus because they are both similar in many ways. They both gave their people light, they both didn’t fit into their society and they both got denied for their requests. Equality and prometheus both gave their society’s light. “He called some of the shivering men from their caves and built a fire for them, and showed
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