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Emma Muller, Christina Little, Cole Nickerson Alianna Nelson, Meera Nair November 5 th 2012

Emma Muller, Christina Little, Cole Nickerson Alianna Nelson, Meera Nair November 5 th 2012 Expository Writing. CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS SETTING PLOT SUMMARY THEMES, MOTIFS, & SYMBOLS. Equality - 72521. Protagonist of the story Street sweeper L ater calls himself Prometheus

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Emma Muller, Christina Little, Cole Nickerson Alianna Nelson, Meera Nair November 5 th 2012

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  1. Emma Muller, Christina Little, Cole Nickerson Alianna Nelson, Meera Nair November 5th 2012 Expository Writing

  2. CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS • SETTING • PLOT SUMMARY • THEMES, MOTIFS, & SYMBOLS

  3. Equality - 72521 • Protagonist of the story • Street sweeper • Later calls himself Prometheus • Believes that everyone should have individuality • Pays no attention to collectivist society he lives in • Vain and self-centered, strong, beautiful, smart • Curious and he wishes he was free to explore and think • One person with superiority over the people around him who cannot distinguish themselves from one another

  4. Liberty 5-3000 • Beautiful peasant girl whom Equality 7-2521 falls in love with. • Lets Equality change her name from Liberty 5-3000 to the Golden One. • Loves Equality because he is different from all the men around her. • Undeveloped as a character, being used only like an object in Equality’s affection. • Stands out from the others because she is so beautiful, even though she still struggles to find her individuality.

  5. The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word • A martyr for the word “I.” • Suffers no pain as he is burned alive because he knows the meaning of individualism. • His death foreshadows the suffering and exile of Equality 7-2521 • represents the way to die properly, in Rand’s view, for the cause of egoism.

  6. International 4-8818 • Equality 7-2521’s only friend • Views Equality 7-2521 as a prophet. • When he and Equality 7-2521 discover the tunnel in which Equality 7-2521hides to write his journal and make his discoveries, he is torn between loyalty to his friend and his desire not to break the law. • Represents the citizen who secretly seeks his own meaning but is unable to realize it because he cannot take the step of breaking with his society.

  7. Collective 0-0009 • The leader of the World Council of Scholars. • Shapeless and cowardly, like all members of the World Council. • Fears and hates Equality 7-2521 for breaking the rules because he believes that only those decisions reached by the council can be of value. • Represents the thinking force behind the evil collectivism of the city.

  8. SETTING • Dystopia which is the opposite of any sort of utopia, or paradise. • People live under full control of the government • No matter what it is, “the Council” controls it, whether it’s a physical aspect of you or what you do for a job • Distant future in a nameless city with no actual geographical points. • The city stands alone with no help from others • ruled by its own Council, nothing like what we are used to. • contains its own agriculture and has its own vocations, chosen by the Council for every person. • The society of the Great WE was made after all the remains of the Evil Ones were destroyed, and they forgot about the rebirth which was a fight between the Evil Ones.

  9. SUMMARY • The main character, Equality 7-2521 begins the book by informing us about the sin he is committing. • He belongs to a society where no one is allowed individuality. Everyone must be an equal. No one can think or do anything on their own; this is why his writing is forbidden. • After ‘The Great Rebirth’, everyone was referred to as, “We”, and everyone is told that they are born to serve their brothers. • The rebirth also affected the evolution of technology. The latest gadget existing in Equality 7-2521’s life is the candle. • Equality 7-2521 has trouble fitting in among the rest. He has stood out since he was little for his intelligence and eagerness to learn. Unfortunately, this leads him to a life as a resented man.

  10. SUMMARY • Aside from his dreams of being a Scholar for the Council of Vocations being crushed, Equality 7-2521 was punished by being a Street Sweeper. • After years of his ungodly job, he came across a fellow Street Sweeper. Together, they discovered a grate in the ground. It led to a tunnel underground (Perhaps a subway from the, “unmentionable times” spent before the Rebirth). • They both vow to keep their find a secret. They make the place their hideout, thus further breaking the law. • In the tunnel, he writes, conducts science experiments, and thinks all by himself. • During one of his experiments, he discovers electricity. After weeks and weeks of work, he develops the light bulb.

  11. SUMMARY • He decides that he must show his creation to the World Council of Scholars when it convenes that year in his city. • In the meantime, Equality 7-2521 commits another crime. He falls in love with the Golden One, a haughty, proud and beautiful peasant girl. • Before showing the light bulb to Council, Equality 7-2521 is caught getting home late. The Home Council demands an answer to where he has been but he refuses to say. • He is thrown into the Palace of Corrective Detention, where he is tortured, but still won’t tell where he was. He wants to keep the light bulb a secret until he can show it to the World Council of Scholars.

  12. He decides to break out of the Palace. Equality 7-2521 escapes to the World Council, expecting to be consoled and reconciled with his brothers. • However, when he arrives, the Council rejects him out of fear and anger. They threaten to kill him and destroy his light bulb. He can’t bear to see his invention destroyed, so he grabs it and flees the city. • He runs to the Uncharted Forest and finds peace among the solitude. • A few days later, the Golden One appears. She had followed him into the woods. After a long time of hiking, they find an abandoned house. • Equality 7-2521 is engulfed by the library. In one of the books he discovers the forbidden word, “I.” • He vows from that point on to protect his new home and create a new race of men that will embrace individuality and the concept of, “the never-ending supremacy of the ego.”

  13. The Primacy of the Individual • The Value of Martyrdom • The Impotence of Collectivism • Original Creation as a Component of Identity Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.

  14. The Primacy of the Individual • One is the center of one’s own world, and one’s perception of the world makes it so to one. • Equality 7-2521 wants to be alone and realizes that he thrives on his own, even in the forest. • Equality 7-2521 finally only tries to please himself. • “Rand believes that no matter how hard society tries or how many people it kills in the name of collectivism, the individual will rise up and declare him- or herself his or her own purpose.”

  15. The Value of Martyrdom • Willingness to die for an ideal marks a hero and sets him apart from society • When society marks someone as a martyr, he or she feels joy

  16. The Impotence of Collectivism • Collective government to conclude and act to benefit their people • Lack of individualism keeps society from advancing. • Instills the fear of group thinking • Council can’t agree on even the smallest technological advances. • Necessity for absolute agreement hinders change

  17. 0riginal Creation as a Component of Identity • Man’s value rests on his work and originality/effectiveness of it. • Equality 7-2521 sees this with his light bulb • Bulb is “fruit” of his imagination, thus giving his meaning and value • Would rather be tortured and starve before introducing it. • Both the bulb and the house are his property and ideas and thus, he defends them to the death.

  18. Motifs are recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes. • Fear • Naming • Shapelessness

  19. Fear • The Council rules over the people using fear of punishment and of others • People should only fear others, because they can ruin them. • Fearful people don’t try to change anything or show any of their unique qualities because they value safety over individualism • Heroes in the book are fearless

  20. Naming • The heroes/characters name things that are important to them. • Rand alludes to the Bible, where Adam was master of animals and they responded to him by name • Equality 7-2521 named The Golden One and searched for the word “I” • Everyone in the society is a number and stripped of individuality and possessions • When Equality 7-2521 renames himself and The Golden One, it’s almost declaring war on the idea.

  21. Shapelessness • Lack of willingness to support and stand up for beliefs • Society around Equality 7-2521 is shapeless and gray, but The Golden One is beautiful, and International 4-8818 is taller and more shapely so they stand out • Equality 7-2521 was reprimanded for being over 6 feet tall in school • Even outward differences set him apart from rest of society.

  22. Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. • Light • The Forest • Manuscripts

  23. Light • Represents Truth • Liberty 5-3000 becomes The Golden One • Equality 7-2521 becomes Prometheus, bringer of light • “In the gray of the society, one cannot see individual qualities until there is light.” • Light bulb brings social unrest because no one is used to individuality and scared to face it • Helps Equality 7-2521 see himself as an individual.

  24. The Forest • The Forest allows Equality 7-2521 to live a life of his own ideas and thoughts and freedom • The Forest provides him with everything he needs • The Forest cultivates life  Rebirth

  25. Manuscripts • Only means for Equality 7-2521 to record thoughts (Self-expression) • Society has unanimous beliefs • Teach him the word “I” • Deep-seated need to escape prying eyes around him and thrive as an individual.

  26. http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/anthem/themes.html http://www.shmoop.com/anthem-ayn-rand/summary.html http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/anthem/summary.html http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/anthem/characters.html http://www.gradesaver.com/anthem/study-guide/character-list/

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