Anthem Novel

A detailed Summary of Anthem Novel

The book Anthem is about a man, Equality 7-2521, living in a collective

society. A collective society is a group on people that consider themselves as

one. In a collective society there is no such thing as 'I' because there are no

individuals there is only the group. Everybody in that society thinks the same

about everything and only does what is considered right by the head council. You

were only alive to serve your brothers and no brother is better that the next.

Throughout the book Equality 7-2521 is different, his train of thought and views

are way ahead of his time and his fellow brothers.

Equality 7-2521 believes that he is his own person and that he chooses the path

his life will travel. He is the one who decides to go into the forest, he

chooses to go into his secret tunnel, and he chose to show the council his light

"Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the

guiding star and the loadstone, which point the way. They

point to in but one direction. They point to me." Pg. 95

Equality 7-2521 was only taught to think that one was nothing and the group was

without doing something worth honoring.

control what he did, like where he worked. So to think of himself as the head

choose anything that they wanted from what they wanted to do in life for a job

tunnel and he had always had a schedule. They were never allowed the freedom to

brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not

Approximate Word count = 745
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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