Culture In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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Although in Ashes the culture is not made entirely clear, Alex seems to take some of her reasoning for big choices, especially towards the end when people start breaking the "Rule." After Alex realizes that Jess is an awakened, she is told to run. Alex, up to this point, has helped out anyone she could however, when Jess screams "Go Alex... and do not look back" (454), she does not think twice about running. Alex, seeing what society has turned into, truly recognizes how horrid it has become, runs and does not look back. Alex was in society for barely any time at all, yet she is so frightened by what she sees that her internal sense to help anyone has perished and she decides to escape when people fight for their lives. The affects culture has on people is also evident in Anthem where Equality is shunned for being different. Equality eventually invents electricity and in a society where he believes he needs to help his brother anyway possible goes and shows it to his brothers, even though he has been treated all his life as a misfit when one of the teachers said "There is evil in your bones, Equality 7-2521, fr your bodies have grown beyond the bodies of your body" (18). Despite Equalitity being sinned for doing nothing wrong, he still …show more content…
As Alex traverses the forest after the Zap, she gets very nervous that the Zap might have caused her to changed and is very cautious around people. Alex goes on to say "I'll be the monster, If I use the gun, I won't be taking it out. I'll be killing me"(85). Alex is so scared that she will hurt people who she is looking out for that she fears turning on them due to her tumor. She decides that if it comes down to it, she will take herself put to allow Ellie to survive. Later, she scouting out the area when she sees two kids doing cannibalistic acts. She freaks out, thinking that there is a possibility of her becoming like the