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Equality 7-2521 lived in a Dark Age in which every aspect of life was controlled by a ruling council. As a child, Equality 7-2521 wanted more than anything to be a scholar. He believed that he was cursed with curiosity, and was often rebuked by his teachers for being too smart and too tall. He tried to comply to the standards, but no matter how much he tried, he was smarter than his fellow brothers. When the Council of Vocations assigned him to be a street sweeper instead of a scholar, he was disappointed, but knew he could not do anything about it.

During his duties, Equality 7-2521 found an underground tunnel where he could be alone with his thoughts. He knew this was a great crime, for the law stated no man may ever do anything alone.
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Since he refused to tell his Home Council where he had been, he was thrown into the Palace of Corrective Detention. There he was tortured, but refused to tell where he had been, in fear of his invention being revealed. When the time came for the World Council to gather in his city, he broke out of the Palace of Corrective Detention and went to the World Council’s meeting. When he arrived, he was expecting to be praised and celebrated. However, when Equality 7-2521 arrived and told the World Council his story, they rejected him out of fear and anger. They threatened to kill him and to get rid of his lightbulb. In fear of the destruction of his lightbulb, he took his invention and left the city. He ran to the Uncharted Forest where he discovered that he was free at last to do as he pleased.

A while later, the Golden One appeared. She had followed Equality 7-2521 into the woods. They consented to live together in peace. After they had been wandering for several days in the mountains, they found an abandoned building from a time before theirs. They were mesmerized at the number of books and finery that they found in the building. Equality 7-2521 soon discovered the meaning of the word “I.” From there, he promised to protect his home and launch a new race of men and women who would believe in individualism and the forever

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