Equality Vs The Unconquered

While reading chapter four in Anthem Equality asks the Golden Ones “ What name have you given us?” and they reply with “ The Unconquered.”. While reading this I realized why they call Equality this. The Golden Ones clearly realize that Equality is different from the other men in the society, for they speak to them, they respect women, and they keep secrets. All of these characteristics that Equality holds are complete opposite from the collectivist ideal, therefore, the Golden Ones call them The Unconquered because they have yet to be conquered by collectivism and the society. Also while reading chapter four Equality states, “ The head of the Golden One bowed slowly.”, thus showing him using singular pronouns. Throughout the story equality
switches from plural to singular, although they are all supposed to be one. I believe Rand did this to show that no matter how hard collectivists try to make a society all one, a person's true individuality will begin to break through. During Chapter four Equality and the Golden Ones share a very intimate moment when the Golden Ones give Equality water from their hands. When this intimate moment is taking place you start to realize that this is all of their first occurrence with emotions, specifically love. This occurrence also shows the first time of Equality truly caring about someone other than himself. This is a major point in the story, for there are more characters turning away from the collectivist ideals. Rand did this on purpose to again show another way of how collectivism is a flawed idea. Rand did this by showing that it can’t stop the human nature of emotions.