Personal Identity In Ayn Rand's Anthem

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As humans most of us wish to one day become widely known for something we make. We want to become rich and famous, like the people we see on TV or social media. But most of us don’t actually do anything to make this happen. In the novella Anthem by Ayn Rand she illustrates that it’s not about following everyone else’s footsteps but about creating your own, and being happy with what you do, the author uses Equality 7-2521 as a way to show this, he has pride in his personal looks, has made his own invention and will find a personal identity. Even though he lives in a strictly controlled society he is still thinking outside the box to creating his own footsteps to happiness.
Equality 7-2521 was the first in the society to see himself, how he looks, and when he does he thinks of himself as a handsome person, better looking than all his brothers. Rand also implies that Equality 7-2521 does not feel bad for thinking he is better looking than the rest, “For our face and our body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt no pity when looking upon it” (Rand 80). This shows that he does not care about what others think, he only cares about his looks and how he looks better than the rest, in …show more content…
In this case Equality 7-2521 found electricity and made the light box or glass box. His new discovery, “a box of glass, devised to give forth the power of the sky of greater strength than we had ever achieved before”, when he tested his new invention it worked, the wire was glowing up (Rand 59). But right when things were going great people started thinking his invention was hideous, “This box is useless,” said Alliance 6-7349” (Rand 73). Even though Equality 7-2521 knew that it was a crime in his society to have his own ideas he pursued his dream to find the “key to Earth” and making his own discoveries even if they are to be
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