Ayn Rand, who is the author of dystopian novel Anthem, uses her belief of “Objectivism” to criticize “Collectivism.” When Ayn Rand wrote the dystopian novel, she hoped to enlighten others about her philosophy about individualism, she said, “ "My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute” (Rand). In Anthem they have a society that is controlled by the higher ups, who sweep human imperfection under the rug. The dystopian society shows that light represents truth which is something they don't have much of, the forest represents a new life to main character Equality 7-2521, and manuscripts are also a big theme in anthem because they help Equality get out of tough situations.…show more content… Once Equality discovers truth and light he renamed himself Prometheus who is a greek leader, who discovered and gifted fire to humankind, and article about prometheus said, “In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus had a reputation as being something of a clever trickster and he famously gave the human race the gift of fire and the skill of metalwork”(Cartwright). Because there is no light in the Anthem society they can only see dull colors such as white brown and grey, for the Author Ayn Rand having no colors eliminates human error and in turn makes everyone act the same, but some of the characters of
