Anthem
In a collectivist future where even “I” is forbidden, one man’s curiosity sparks a dangerous quest for selfhood.
First published 1999
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Story
In a controlled future society, people are stripped of personal names, private choice, and even the language of individuality. The protagonist, known only by a number-like designation, feels the pull of forbidden questions and begins to sense that the world he lives in is built to suppress independent thought.
As he is pushed into an assigned role and drawn toward a woman he comes to love, he also discovers traces of lost knowledge from an earlier time. Those discoveries awaken his desire to understand the world for himself and to recover a language for his own mind and identity.
The story builds toward escape, self-recognition, and a decisive break from collective rule. Its movement is less about complex plotting than about a chain of symbolic awakenings that culminate in a forceful declaration of individuality.
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- Authors
- Ayn Rand
- First published
- 1999
- Genres
- Classics, Dystopia, Philosophy, Science Fiction, School, Politics, Read For School
- Subjects
- Fiction · Individuality · Time travel in fiction · Individuality in fiction · collectivism · Time travel · Psychology · Men · Men in fiction · Man-woman relationships · Man-woman relationships in fiction · American fiction (fictional works by one author) · Fiction, psychological · Fiction, science fiction, general · Fiction, dystopian · Fiction, historical, general · Individualism · FICTION / Classics · FICTION / Literary · FICTION / Political · Russian Science fiction · Psychological fiction · Unemployment insurance · Taxation · Law and legislation · Local finance · Play · Comparative Psychology
- ISBN-13
- 9780452281257
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