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"Anthem" is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in England. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age characterized by irrationality, collectivism, and socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now carefully planned (when it is allowed to occur at all) and the concept of individuality has been eliminated (the use of the words "I" or "Ego" is punishable by death).

Individualism is illegal.Personal initiative is illegal.Being alone is illegal.Not obeying the government is illegal.There is not "I." There is only, "WE."In this dystopian look into what could be a bleak, mundane and soul-killing future for humanity, Equality 7-2521 wonders if the people that came before him and lived in comforts that he had never known had even put up a fight to save their civilization.In the story there no longer exists the word "I." There is only "We." Rand's short story in a look into a world where life is short, your mind is controlled, and your life never belonged to you.But there are those that can sense something is all wrong. That there should be more meaning to existence. While the masses go on without question- there are those that suffer as their souls want to be free of the cage they were born into. A cage of the body and mind.The human soul does not flourish under tight controls. It must be free to grow and do. To love. To express. To LIVE. To live as an individual.

This eBook edition of "Anthem" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Anthem" takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age. Technological advancement is now carefully planned and the concept of individuality has been eliminated where instead of names people are called by numbers and always use pronouns like we, us, they. In such a controlling society can mankind ever find its own individuality again?Ayn Rand (1905–1982) was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in England.