Anthem
Anthem
Author: Ayn Rand
Desc: Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels and a clear predecessor to her later masterpieces The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In Anthem Rand examines a frightening future in which individuals have no name no independence and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the future where all decisions are made by committee all people live in collectives and all traces of individualism have been wiped out. Despite such a restrictive environment the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in him--a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world Equality 7-2521 dares to stand apart from the herd--to think and choose for himself to discover electricity and to love the woman of his choice. Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate sin. In a world where the great "we" reign supreme he has rediscovered the lost and holy word--"I."