Dystopian Anthem Research Paper

“There was no pain in their eyes.only joy in them, and pride. What-even if we have to burn for it like the Saint of the pyre- what is the Unspeakable Word?” (Rand 17). Unlike dystopian novels where the world is technologically advanced and sickness is wiped out, the world Ayn Rand creates in Anthem has forbidden “I.” The societies in dystopian novels tend to reveal the author's imagined futuristic society. World events today and pop culture, however, dispute the evolution of a society that loses the individual. In the modern world, women now enjoy many rights and are not restricted to the traditional role of women. “I read the book for many days. Then I called the Golden One. ‘And I have read of a goddess.mother of the earth and of all the gods. Her …show more content…
In recent years, technology, once a solution, is now becoming a problem. Research in scientific technology and medicine saves lives and increases the lifespan of humans. However, innovations like nuclear warfare have created opportunities for mass destruction. Technology- the savior of Ayn Rand’s futuristic society is becoming the dictator of today's society. With the rapid growth in technology, extremists argue that pursuing artificial intelligence will lead to robots enslaving the human population. On the contrary, in Ayn Rand’s futuristic society, it is ideologies that control the people, and science and technology that rescue them from that control. These ideas enforced by the World Council prohibit a sense of personal identity and acknowledgment that there is power in the individual. Collectivism controls the individual and society. The word “ego,” the Latin root for “I,” is forbidden in the world of Anthem. This was so much more than limiting their vocabulary; it was their attempt to destroy their sense of self. “But it is a sin to give men other names which distinguish them from other men” (Rand

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