The world of Anthem is a deception of a possible future, there are many ways that the author intended it to be. The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand embodies a dystopian world that bans any type of individualism. If someone were to do something that is different from what they're being told to do, they would get severely punished. Readers can see that throughout the story, it is set in the future. Their society doesn't have advanced technology like we do today. They didn’t have electricity, so they relied on candles. When Equality made the discovery of electricity, he was hesitant to tell people about his invention. For the reason being that he is a street sweeper, so he didn’t have a say in any new inventions because the class he was put in was meant
