Sacrifice In Ayn Rand's Anthem

The Necessary Sacrifices

Sacrifice, everyone has their own definition and their own way of thinking when they consider sacrifice. Sacrifice is giving up something for the greater good, even if it might not benefit the individual.When someone sacrifices something they do not think twice about it, they just do it without hesitation, even if they risk their life. There are many different types of sacrifice, it could be something as simple as someone giving up their seat on an airplane and giving it someone who might have had a bad day, or it could be much more difficult and making the decision to sacrifice their life to save someone else's. Everyday examples of sacrifice occur, whether it is read in a book or someone sacrificed something
One of the most important sacrifices made was when Equality left the society he lived in and traveled into the forest, up into the mountains. In the mountains Equality found an abandoned house, and inside there was a book and while reading the book he realised he is an individual not a whole like the society he was living in thought ( Anthem Pg 78-105). When Equality left society he sacrificed everything he had, but he did this because he knew he was different and was tired of living by the strict rules that must be followed. If equality did not take the sacrifice of going into the forest, he would have been executed and he would have never figured out that he is not a whole as society portrays everyone to be. Another important sacrifice Equality made was when he decided to show the World Council of Scholars his his glass box, that lights up (Anthem Pg-70-71). When Equality decided to do this he risked his life and his invention, but if he did not do this he would be left wondering if he could change the way people think and he would have never known what the Council of Scholars would think. When Equality sacrificed everything he was scared but he knew it had to be done for the better good, even though he could have been executed for his