Equality In Ayn Rand's Anthem

The World Council created the “New World” to make the world a better place where there is no wars and everyone will be equal. But in then again, the government is corrupt with power and they do not want anyone to be as smart or smarter than them or they will get overthrown by the people. So they had to create laws that are unfair and make it like a dictatorship. Since Equality was little he never got along with his “Brothers” or his teachers. He would get in trouble for being too smart. That is why he said he has a curse in the beginning of the book. Now he realizes that he has to do something about his society. Prometheus/Equality is correct to critically judge his society because he learns that the leaders of their society’s morals are hypocritical and lies.
It is a sin for Prometheus to write or think of something if his “Brothers” do not see it or think of the same things. But Prometheus still does it in his secret spot where he goes to when everyone is suppose to be at the theatre. Everyone in the society does not know how they look and they never ask their brothers to describe how they look because it is a sin to have concerns for their own faces and bodies. The people that got wiped for breaking the law did not show any pain because they were raised to have no concerns for their bodies. Like the time this one guy was killed because he said the unspeakable word. Prometheus’ curse is to be different. He has thoughts that are forbidden. Prometheus created the light bulb and he showed it to the World Council of Scholars. When he showed them they all ran from the table that Prometheus placed the box of light bulbs. One member from the World Council of Scholars said “How dare you think that your mind held greater wisdom than the minds of your brothers” (Ayn Rand, Anthem, page 71). Everyone in this society has to think and act the same. It is a sin to oppose the laws that the World Council