anthem2

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The book Anthem is a book about a world full of mindless people. They let the

government control their every action from birth to death. The weirdest thing is how they

actually seem to enjoy that lack of control. One young man named Equality 7-2521, however,

starts to feel there's something wrong with his life. Unfortunately, because of his life as a

mindless drone, he is virtually unable to express how he feels. The small parts he does

understand are crowded with phrases like "for the good of all" and "we know we are wrong".

Then he meets Liberty 5-3000. Since men and women only meet once a year for the Time of

Mating, they never get married. Equality becomes infatuated by her and secretly stares at her

everyday from his job as a street sweeper. He names her The Golden One, and she names him

The Unconquered. One day she talks to him. They both know this is forbidden and will get

them into trouble, so they devise a system of simple hand signals to say hello. Meanwhile,

Equality is unhappy with the Life Mandate, or job, he was given. Secretly, he develops things

like electric light that had been abolished since the Unspeakable Times. One night, he returns

This word choice shows how narrow minded and uncompromising people had become.

happened and some foreshadowing. One example of how the author used foreshadowing is "We

later on. An example of how he told what happened in the past is "We have not written for

I'm not in favor of total anarchy, but if the government gets total control, this won't seem like

Both of these quote show how controlling the laws were during this time.

Approximate Word count = 1255
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)

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