Even though Equality has discovered his personal feelings, he still has trouble escaping the indoctrination of collectivist ideals. According to society, the whole book is a terrible sin; people cannot write, let alone one person. This law pervades the altruistic society because the World Council wants to be assured no one can put their own thoughts on paper. Equality knows writing is “base and evil. It is as if [he] were speaking alone to no ears but [his] own,” (17) which is the greatest transgression of all in his society. It promotes the objectivist feelings Equality starts to experience, and once these start, they never stop. His feelings toward writing are Rand’s display of today's society’s attractions to their own interests. Once people
