Society Depicted In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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When we are young we are raised to abide certain rules set out by your parents. You try not to disobey or upset anyone of authority. You believe everything they do is amazing, impossible. Oh, but it is possible. In the Novella Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 states “It is a sin to write this.” (page 1). Equality 7-2521 shows that he is aware of his transgression: but as the story evolves, he realizes he is not committing a sin. While reading Anthem, the reader will witness a totalitarianistic society full of people who are considered as one. Even though they all have different names, they have guidelines and procedures to follow. The “brothers”, as the story refers to them as, have set placements for them by the government. Each person shall stay in the Home of the Infants until they …show more content…
The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is also a society where the people’s lives are planned by the government. There is a specific time to take medicine, go to school, marry, mate, and there’s even a set time for one to learn how to ride a bike, or get a haircut. People in The Giver are brainwashed by the government just like in Anthem. They are to not know of anything before their time. In The Giver, they are to not have any memory of anything with immense emotions attached to the situation. In The Giver, the government chooses one person to have all memory so the people of the town do not have to feel any grief. But at the end of the story Jonas, the main character also known as The Receiver, escapes the town to release all memories to the people because he is so astonished and feels betrayed that he did not get to know all of this before. The difference is that The Giver has only one person with all the memories of color, love, snow, family, etc. In Anthem, they just don’t speak of the past. But the similarity is that both Jonas and Equality 7-2521 are not committing an awful
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