Lack Of Individuality In Ayn Rand's Anthem

Anthem is a book of Equality, where no one is left out. A book where nobody is on their own. A lack of individuality has consequences. Being an individual can be a good thing because, creativity comes from one's mind, typically, when they're alone. One consequence is not being able to make his own decisions. In the book, Equality was not allowed to make his own decisions. He had to follow directions from the he could understand them. When he was old enough to mate, he was paired with a mate of the leaders pick. Whenever he was to have a career, he was given his place instead of being able to do what he was destined to do. He had a set schedule for everything. When he ate, when he slept, whenever he did anything. He always had to check in or be under
Being apart of everybody else, Equality was not able to love who he wanted. Though he defies the odds with the Golden One, he wasn't able to choose the woman he wanted to love. They were not allowed to be in love and have a family together within their community. The book stated that for one to mate, they had to go to the place made special for mating and when the female had their child, she was never to have that child. It would go to another place to be raised till it could go to the House of Students. Also, the emotion of love, or any emotion at all, was not allowed. One more consequence of a lack of equality is that he was not allowed to discover. Equality had to hide in his tunnel and keep his discovery a secret. He was not allowed to present his findings because, discovering anything new was illegal. Discovering anything new was a sign of individuality and that was most definitely not allowed. Whenever Equality and the Golden One ran away together, they discovered many new things. They discovered books written in their language and they discovered individuality and love. They discovered the word ¨I¨ and the meaning of being apart but together at the same