Ayn Rand expresses in Anthem that to help others become their true selves, one needs to achieve self-actualization, which Equality’s heroic quest demonstrates by his return to his collective society with new knowledge. In his journey, he has become a Master of Two Worlds. While the first world is the society the hero has escaped from, the second is everywhere beyond. From the wisdom of one’s own experiences and logic, Equality achieves self-actualization and becomes a scholar. Even so, he seeks to help those still in his homeland through himself and his children. He will rescue them from his homeland “and here in the uncharted wilderness, I and they, my chosen friends, my fellow-builders, shall write the first chapter in the new history of
