Anthem Rough Draft - Paper - 1124 Words

Anthem Rough Draft Ayn Rand’s â€Å"Anthem† illustrates a series of ironic connections between great successors of Greek mythology and to her two main characters. The main characters, Equality 7-2521 and Liberty5-300, both contain very interesting and unique personalities, which makes them incompatible with their collectivism society due to who they are and what they believe. Ayn Rand disperses random clues throughout the book that provide evidence and reasoning of why she chose to rename her characters after two significant creator figures in Greek mythology. So, why did Ayn Rand chose the names? How does it explain her philosophy? Prometheus was a Titan from Greek mythology. He sided with the gods and created humans out of clay without†¦show more content†¦Liberty is the source of humanity by becoming pregnant by the end of the story, and by Equality’s quote â€Å"Gaea is pregnant with my child. Our son will be raised as a man. He will be taught to say â€Å"I† and to bear the pride of it. He will be taught to walk straight and on his own feet. He will be taught reverence for his own spirit. ,† (Rand 100) it proves that they are both creating a new beginning of individualism. To relate, Gaea was the source of the first born which started the first few generations. Gaea was created out of chaos, which relates to Liberty coming from chaos because in the society everyone is unhappy; people wake up during the night screaming or crying and everyone is forced into doing chores that only benefits the society. This makes the society seem organized, but in reality they are in control and greedy making them unaware of the emotional damage citizens. Ayn Rand chose to rename her main characters to give an understanding of her philosophies, which are shown from the comparisons. She strongly exemplifies her disbelief of collectivism by forcing her main characters to disobey their society, making them realize that they have a right to be different and that they want more knowledge about the times before the Great Rebirth. She demonstrates her belief of individualism and the right of having your own freedom by the Character Equality and how his thought process is contradictive to his