Many people in our world say that freedom is one of the best things to have. People can do things freely and don’t have to worry about other judging them. In Anthem, Ayn Rand uses diction to show that freedom leads to happiness. In Anthem, the main character Equality says “It has been a day of wonder, this, our first day in the forest”(Rand 78). Rand uses the word wonder to explain how Equality feels and he has never felt this way. Before he went into the forest, he lived in a society that was dreadful. He had no such thing as freedom, or the ability to be different. When he went into the Uncharted Forest, he realized it was a better place and that made Equality happier. “We did not wish to move. We thought suddenly we could lie thus as long