Anthem, By Ayn Rand: A Literary Analysis

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Has anyone really ever been subjected to speaking unnaturally, felt pain to be considered equal, or has been almost killed for money? This has happened in the book called Anthem, by Ayn Rand, specifically the subjugation of speaking unnaturally is represented in this book. Also, in another story, “Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut, has a protagonist that experiences pain to be considered “equal”. Lastly, in the movie called The Island, by Michael Bay, the main character has been almost killed, just for money. Problems of societies have been presented in dystopian literature due to the protagonists, Equality 7-2521, George Bergeron, and Lincoln Six Echo. To start off, the book Anthem with the protagonist Equality 7-2521 realizes that he has …show more content…
He then explains how he feels, “I am done with this creed of corruption. I am done with the monster, we,”(Rand97). Showing how equality feels about his society is similar to George from “Harrison Bergeron”, which is due to the transmitter that causes him an immense amount of pain. That transmitter makes George stop thinking so his society can consider him equal, but overall works and causes him unnecessary pain. What was then said in the book that introduced George said, “Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains,”(Vonnegut1). To then show how George could not even have the right to think for himself and experience the pain of his society is very similar to the protagonist Lincoln Six Echo in The Island movie. Lincoln is a clone that was treated unequally by his society, even though the guy in charge was questioned by his own hired worker. This is then shown when Lincoln knows the truth and is coming to save the rest of the clones, but the worker talks to the boss and says, “But at some point you realize war. is a
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