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Plot of Anthem Spark notes
Equality
Liberty
Characters of Anthem Transgressors
International
Collectivist
main character, narrator
Equality 7-2521 - A street sweeper, the protagonist of
the novella. Equality 7-2521, who later renames himself
Prometheus, believes in individualism and rejects the
collectivist society around him. He is vain and self-
Equality 7-2521 centered, strong, beautiful, and intelligent. He is
deeply curious and desires freedom to explore and
think, and he is unafraid of the society of mindless
drones around him. Equality 7-2521 represents the
superiority of a singular intellect to the homogeneity
of the masses, who cannot think for themselves and
are indistinguishable from one another.
, strong woman whose very being defies the laws;
body straight and thin like blade of iron
A beautiful peasant with whom Equality 7-2521 falls
madly in love. The Golden One demonstrates her
subservience to Equality 7-2521 by allowing him to
change her name from Liberty 5-3000 to the Golden
Liberty 5-3000 One, and later, Gaea. The Golden One is proud and
vain, strong and bitter. She loves Equality 7-2521
because he is different from most men around her.
With him, she grapples with a desire to find the word
"I" in order to express her love for him. The Golden
One is relatively underdeveloped as a character,
functioning mostly as the object of Equality 7-2521's
affection
A martyr for the word "I." The Transgressor of the
Unspeakable Word suffers no pain as he is burned
Transgressors of the alive because he knows the meaning of individualism.
Unspeakable Work His death foreshadows the suffering and exile of
Equality 7-2521, and he represents the way to die
properly, in Rand's view, for the cause of egoism.
best friend; artist; eyes like fireflies; would rather die
than turn in Equality 7-2521
Equality 7-2521's only friend. International 4-8818
views Equality 7-2521 as a prophet. When he and
Equality 7-2521 discover the tunnel in which Equality 7-
International 4-8818
2521 hides to write his journal and make his
discoveries, he is torn between loyalty to his friend
and his desire not to break the law. International 4-
8818 represents the citizen who secretly seeks his own
meaning but is unable to realize it because he cannot
take the step of breaking with his society.
, The oldest and "wisest" of the World Council of
Scholars.
The leader of the World Council of Scholars.
Collective 0-0009 is shapeless and cowardly, like all
Collective 0-0009 members of the World Council. He fears and hates
Equality 7-2521 for breaking the rules because he
believes that only those decisions reached by the
council can be of value. Collective 0-0009 represents
the thinking force behind the evil collectivism of the
city
Setting of Anthem Dystopian/ collectivist society
Protagonist Equality
Antagonist Council( society)
Everyone refers to themselves as "we" but they're not
Irony
equal
Point of View First Person
Light-represents the hope that equality wants to bring
symbol
in the world
Equality is tall smart but trapped. He is the narrator of
Who is Equality 7-2521? the story
what kind of world doe he
live in? He is the dystopian protagonist living in a dystopian
and collectivist world
What does equality Ego
believe is the most
important concept known
to man?
Theme Individualism
How do we know this is a They replace I with we. They assign jobs organize
collectivist society? every day schedules. No individualism