The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand is a story, which shows the journey equality 7-2521 went through and the hardship to get to where he is now and what he has found. …show more content…
It shows communism is one of the major parts of their life, and individualism is non- existent in its well. The government controls everyone and everything. They have to obey the government or afford to be punished for their wrongs. Then when equality 7-2521 was discovering tools and places, he fled away when the government wouldn’t accept what he was bringing to them. He flees into the uncharted forest, which is showing rebellion from the government and not taking the punishment given to him by the government. This was the author’s way of portraying her life growing up in the Soviet Union. Overall the novel depicts a communist type government and with a communist government that restricts the rights of the people there will always be people to rebel and ultimately the government will fall as shown in the novel