Motivations can be big things or tin things. To some, their family and friends are their motivation. To others, something as a simple as a smile can be their motivation. Equality 7-2521, from the book Anthem, however, is motivated by a big thing in his dystopic future. By understanding his motivation, his reasoning, and his society, any reader can better understand Equality’s ways. Equality had made a groundbreaking creation. With some help from a circuit and wires, Equality created a box of light. “We know not what we are saying. Our head is reeling. We look upon the light which we have made.” (59) With the power of light in his hands, Equality was wildly motivated by the idea of becoming a scholar, hence many of the actions he undergoes early in the story. His mind, however, was in his biggest motivation that set him to create light in the first place. His requirement to be a scholar set him apart from the rest and became one of his biggest motivations in the beginning of the book. This desire sent him to the Council of Scholars, where he was scolded and told he would be punished. There was a reason behind his motivation, however. …show more content…
In his dystopia, a scholar was a highly held role to obtain and he had set a standard to be someone to obtain it. From that point forward, until he began to see the bigger picture of his society, his biggest goal was to become a scholar and be worthy of the role. When he was given the job of a street sweeper, however, his dream was drained. His main purpose and cause for his actions and gestures up until he began to long for independence show how he would do almost anything to achieve the glorious scholar placement. This resulted in him By travelling to his glass box nearly everyday, Equality created light, a huge invention, surely to get him the scholar position. The act, despite of that, got him in quite the opposite and he became an enemy of the