After having read Ayn Rand's Anthem, I was in awe. Her talent for writing jumped off the page at me from the moment a picked the book up. The journey of Equality 7-2521 took me through so many loops and turns, I was almost dizzy. For most of the book however, the main thought in my mind was "Will they get together?"
"Who are they?", you may ask. Well THEY are the two main characters in Anthem,
Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000.
In a world where everything the people do is conroled by a small group of people with a strict code of laws, Equality lives an extremely dangerous life. He goes against everything the mass of people believe, all for the sake and hope of a better life. He seems to know that there is more to life than just work, eating, and sleeping with no smiles and laughs. He lived a life for years where he was basically dead while alive.
Ayn Rand certainly has a talent for pulling a reader in. The way she describes her characters is amazing. You feel like you can understand what each character is going through.
What I learned from this book is to not take for granted the freedoms we have. In this book, these people could only dream of the things that we have now. Whether its electricity, or the oppurtunity to speak our mind. This book taught me to appreciate what I have.
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