Individualism, a quality that the main protagonist of “anthem” fortuitously discovers, established an eventful journey to the hero to manifest this philosophy. In the book “anthem,” tells a story of one dystopian society being the product of multiple wars and destruction. Multiple councils control this society under laws that condemn the act of individualism. Defying the will of their brothers goes on as the basis of these laws. The ultimate transgression was speaking of “the unspeakable word,” (Rand 49). In this society, citizens are assigned to their future. Equality described the process as, “and we were punished when the councils of vocation came to give us our life mandates which tells those who reach their fifteenth year what their work is to be for the rest of their days,”(Rand 24). The Council of Vocation selects Equality to be a street sweeper. Eventually, he discovers the light bulb, which he looks at as the key to his dream of becoming a scholar. Anthem becomes a novella expressing a quest because the main character has a place to go, challenges and people he meets that prevent or help him with his journey, and a life changing reason to go there.
Equality and his coworker, international, discover this tunnel while sweeping the …show more content…
In one-month time, Equality will encounter challenges that will potentially prevent him from presenting the World of Scholars his light bulb. Equality wanted to keep his invention secretive in risk of it being discovered before the world council arrives. Equality would have gone everyday with some sort of stress if the high officials would discover the tunnel and the light bulb. All of that did not matter anyways as Equality was captured and was taken to the Palace of Corrective Detention. The reason why Equality was caught because he was late to return to the City Theatre when the hourglass indicated that it was time to do