"I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire." Equality 7-2521 states this on page 98 of Ayn Rand's Anthem, to briefly sum up the main theme of the novel. Anthem takes place in a future collectivist society, where everybody is a part a group and stripped from all personal worth and individual existence. They are not allowed there own happiness or own personal interests. However, Equality 7-2521 was different; he found the ability to think for himself and went off in search of what unrightfully had been taken away from him - his independence and ind
The characters in Anthem had been deprived of their rights as individuals and had been taught to live for each other, not for themselves; however, Equality 7-2521 gets the opportunity to learn about individualism as he proves by the quote. According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, individualism is "a theory maintaining the political and economic independence of the individual and stressing individual initiative, action, and interests." In the quote, Equality 7-2521 says, "I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey." This represents Ayn Rand's theme of individualism by showing that Equality 7-2521 will independently choose his friends that are of some in
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