Running Head: ANTHEM NOVEL BY AYN RAND 1
Anthem Novel by Ayn Rand
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Anthem Novel by Ayn Rand
Anthem is a dystopian fictional novel by Ayn Rand which happens at the unnamed date
when the society has arrived in another Dark Age. The individuality concept is eliminated and
technological advancement is planned cautiously. The character Equality 7-2521 dissents by
doing secret scientific research. When his operations are discovered, he escapes into the
wilderness with the lady he loves. The two plans to create a new society centered on re-
discovered individualism. The novel is a tale of the characters' struggle against the collectivism
impression that humanity has the entitlement to guide each individual’s life for the gain of all.
Rand's narrative highlights the collectivist initiative to its rational conclusion of a civilization
where individuals are just numbered units, entirely exposed to state regulation, and scheduling
the story’s origin is founded in Rand’s Soviet Communism experience. This paper analyses the
current Canadian government COVID-19 economic response plan of paid benefits mostly to
students rather than going to work. This Canadian government COVID-19 response initiative is
compared to Anthem's collectivism theme.
Anthem’s main political issue and society at large is the individualism vs. collectivism
issue. Anthem society is a collectivist one. Rand states that “collectivism implies the subjugation
of the person to the group irrespective of class, state or race is not significant” (Bernstein,2001,
p. 65). In such a society, the group owns the individual and lacks the right to a private life, which
implies no entitlement for his happiness or his property. The Anthem communist society is a state
where freedom is perceived as indivisible form equality and government action enforces this
equality. Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the 18th century offered a crucial expansion of the collectivist
notion when he asserted that a society cannot be genuinely democratic except its citizens
dominate significant ideals, beliefs, and quantities of resources. Rousseau (2008) trusted that
Anthem Novel by Ayn Rand
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Name of Institution
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, ANTHEM NOVEL BY AYN RAND 2
Anthem Novel by Ayn Rand
Anthem is a dystopian fictional novel by Ayn Rand which happens at the unnamed date
when the society has arrived in another Dark Age. The individuality concept is eliminated and
technological advancement is planned cautiously. The character Equality 7-2521 dissents by
doing secret scientific research. When his operations are discovered, he escapes into the
wilderness with the lady he loves. The two plans to create a new society centered on re-
discovered individualism. The novel is a tale of the characters' struggle against the collectivism
impression that humanity has the entitlement to guide each individual’s life for the gain of all.
Rand's narrative highlights the collectivist initiative to its rational conclusion of a civilization
where individuals are just numbered units, entirely exposed to state regulation, and scheduling
the story’s origin is founded in Rand’s Soviet Communism experience. This paper analyses the
current Canadian government COVID-19 economic response plan of paid benefits mostly to
students rather than going to work. This Canadian government COVID-19 response initiative is
compared to Anthem's collectivism theme.
Anthem’s main political issue and society at large is the individualism vs. collectivism
issue. Anthem society is a collectivist one. Rand states that “collectivism implies the subjugation
of the person to the group irrespective of class, state or race is not significant” (Bernstein,2001,
p. 65). In such a society, the group owns the individual and lacks the right to a private life, which
implies no entitlement for his happiness or his property. The Anthem communist society is a state
where freedom is perceived as indivisible form equality and government action enforces this
equality. Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the 18th century offered a crucial expansion of the collectivist
notion when he asserted that a society cannot be genuinely democratic except its citizens
dominate significant ideals, beliefs, and quantities of resources. Rousseau (2008) trusted that
