¨Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.¨ (Ayn Rand) In the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality took the first steps to have freedom and developing a better society because that is what he believes in and thinks is right. Equality is a character who grows and develops throughout the book by showing signs of resistance, bravery and intelligence. Equality shows resistance by sneaking out to the tunnel at night. By him sneaking out he is showing resistance because he is going places alone and without permission and both those things are illegal in the society that Equality lives in. He also writes in a journal. In this society, it is against the laws to write without …show more content…
The last character trait is bravery because he goes to the uncharted forest, and the legend is that there are beasts in the uncharted forest so that would take bravery to risk getting eaten by the beast. Before he sneaks to the uncharted forest, he would sneak out at night to go to his tunnel to work on his battery. Lastly, he goes outside his vocation which is against the rules of this society. The words of the word council will explain how much of a sin sneaking out is, ¨a street sweeper! A street sweeper walking in upon the world council it's not to be believed! It's against all the rules and all the laws.¨ (69) He could get lashed and or put to death for going outside his vocation and going to the tunnel at night. That takes a lot of bravery because if he were to be put to death he couldn't make his life and other people's lives better.
Equality is a character who grows and develops throughout the book by showing signs of resistance, bravery and intelligence. Equality is assigned the the House of the Street Sweeper by the House of Vocations. Despite being a street sweeper he builds a battery and then makes a light bulb. He also fell in love with a peasant named Liberty when he was cleaning the street by Liberty´s house. Anthem by Ayn Rand shows people how to grow as an individual and stand up for what they believe