Sunday, June 19, 2011

Anthem (pg. 52-105)

Summary:
Chapter 3:
One discovery that Equality 7-2521 made is the "power from the sky". In other words, electricity. During thunderstorms, lightning strikes the iron rod.
Chapter 4:
The Golden One, formally known as Liberty 5-3000, calls Equality 7-2521 a new name, "The Unconquered". Also, it is known through Equality 7-2521 that the phrase, our dearest one is never said between a man and a woman. Also, Equality 7-2521 was drinking water from Liberty 5-3000's hands. (Were there any cups?)
Chapter 5:
Equality 7-2521 discovered electric light through a box of glass and wires. When he put the wires in the box and closed, the current, the wire turned red. Equality 7-2521 wants to share this discovery with men instead of sweeping streets all his life. He especially wants to show this discovery to the World Council of Scholars.  He thinks they will see that this gift is greater than his sin of discovering something all by himself.
Chapter 6:
Equality 7-2521 has not written in his journal for thirty days. As soon as Equality 7-2521 returned to his home, the Council of the Home, questioned him, where has he been. Equality 7-2521 would not tell. So, he is sent to the Palace of Corrective Detention, to be lashed until he told the truth.  He was to stay at the place until he gives up. However, he escapes from the Palace because there wasn't guards there and the locks are old.
Chapter 7:
The next day, Equality 7-2521 went before the World Council of Scholars to show his invention. They were outraged because a Street Sweeper does not have the right to come before them. It was against the rules. When  Equality 7-2521 showed them how the electric light worked, they were furious because they think that  Equality 7-2521 thinks that he is smarter than his brothers. It is also known that the light Equality 7-2521 discovered, his brothers doesn't think it is a new power. What's not thought by all men cannot be right and what is not done collectively is not good either. World Council of Scholars all agreed that the invention must be destroyed. Then, he ran off with his invention to Uncharted Forest, never to be seen by his town again.
Chapter 8:
In the forest, Equality 7-2521  cooked a bird and it was the best meal he ever tasted. Then, he goes to the stream, and he saw his face for the first time, and he was satisfied of how his face and body looked.
Chapter 9:
On the second day being in the forest, Equality 7-2521 had a feeling that he was being followed and he realized that Liberty 5-3000 was following him. Liberty 5-3000 ran away from the Home of the Peasants and she followed Equality 7-2521's footsteps once she heard the news that he had gone to the Uncharted Forest. She said she will follow him wherever he goes. Equality 7-2521 wants him and her to move on and forget about the city. Later on, Liberty 5-3000 said to Equality 7-2521 "we love you" but  Liberty 5-3000 realized that was not the way to say. There was a word she can replace the word we with, but she doesn't know what.
Chapter 10:
Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 discover a house left from the Unmentionable Times. They saw a mirror for the first time. Then, in the bedroom, they discovered there was only 2 beds, so 2 people must have lived in the house. There was another room full of manuscripts on shelves. Then, they decided that this was the house they are going to live in.
Chapter 11:
This chapter is important because now it uses the word "I" to individualize yourself. He will never describe himself by using the word we, but by using the word I.
Chapter 12:
Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 changed their names to Prometheus and Gaea, respectively. Equality 7-2521 will teach his son to say I and be proud of it and be proud because only one of him exists. He will start a new race with his friends back in the City and stop the corruption of collectivism.

Quote:
"I am. I think. I will " (Rand 94).

Reaction: 
The word "I" is important. It expresses freedom and individuality. That is what the government back in the city does not want to reinforce. Everyone should be different, not the same. "I" makes you feel that you're free, you are not chained to other people. The word "we" destroys individuality and it doesn't describe one's self. That is what's so dangerous about this word "we".

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