Objectivism in Anthem A society that contains individuals that live only for everyone else, where individuals cannot be independent, denounces the theory of Objectivism. Objectivism displays a secularized world view that promotes individualism, especially with morality. Ayn Rand’s Theory of objectivism can be found throughout her book Anthem. On the contrary, there are also instances where Objectivism contrasts with events in the novel. To begin with, Rand’s Theory of Objectivism is prevalent
expression. What the government says makes law because it exists only to protect them. If, in Anthem by Ayn Rand or any other dystopian novel, the characters knew of a life in which they weren’t required to follow every mandate of their leaders they surely would not blind themselves to their potential options. For example, Matched by Ally Condie contains traits of a controlling government that, much like in Anthem, falls when a curious protagonist reveals the truth. Though these two novels serve a different
in this society, except that there are no individuals existing in this dystopian society. In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, the people constantly feel the pressure to be obedient, promote drudgery, and instilling fear throughout the brains. Brainwashing is the choice of weapon to control and maintain the people from being individuals. All of this is possible because the council, the controlling government entity of the Anthem society put their children of this world into non free thinking schools
Rule and Controls of Anthem The city of Anthem has many regulations and directions for the citizens. Equality has broken many of these rules and regulations that every citizen is required to follow. Once Equality shows his new light source to the World Council he must flee to a different area of the world to get away from the rules and controls that have been put on his society. To live in a society in Ayn Rand’s dystopian world would be hard and troublesome to many people in our world because of