Did Ayn Rand believe in collectivism?
Collectivism, in Ayn Rand’s view, is the belief that the individual should be subjugated to the group and sacrificed for the common good. Anthem depicts the evils to which collectivism leads when implemented consistently. In Anthem’s totalitarian society every aspect of life is dictated by the state.
What sin has equality committed do you think this is a sin?
As the story opens, Equality 7-2521 states that it is a sin to do the writing he is doing. It is a sin to do things that do not involve others, and the words he thinks and writes are for no eyes or ears but his. This is not his only crime.
How old are you when you are sent to the home of the useless?
Home of the Useless where the elderly of this society are sent at 40 years of age. They are thought to be too worn with toil to be of further use to society.
What punishment will one receive if caught talking about the time before the Great Rebirth?
But we must never speak of the times before the Great Rebirth, else we are sentenced to three years in the Palace of Corrective Detention. It is only the Old Ones who whisper about it in the evenings, in the Home of the Useless.
Why does Liberty 5-3000 think that equality is better than his brothers why is this considered evil in their society?
Why does liberty 5-3000 think that equality is better than his brothers? Because then they would have individuality, and have their own personal thoughts, and their society would crumble.
What name does equality choose for the golden one?
Though her name is originally Liberty 5-3000, she allows Equality 7-2521 to rename her the Golden One and, later, Gaea.
What is the difficulty the golden one has in declaring to the narrator we love you?
What imagery is described in the passage of Liberty and Equality progress through the Uncharted Forest? Nature 2. What is the difficulty the Golden One has in declaring to the narrator, “we love you”? The Golden One does not wish to use the plural and collective term of we.