Comparison Anthem Vs. By The W
In the stories, Anthem, by Ayn Rand, and By the Waters of Babylon, by Stephen Vincent
Benet, each of the main characters posses a desire deep within themselves to discover
things that they do not already know about. Equality and John both live in societies where
almost all knowledge of the past has been forgotten. These communities are enveloped in
superstition, which causes them to fear the unknown. The desire within Equality and
John, however, brings them past these fears and leads them to learn many new things
about the "old times".
Anthem starts off with Equality feeling as though he sinned for thinking of learning
and discovering new things. He stumbled upon a tunnel one night, something that he
immediately knew was from the unmentionable times. This tunnel provided a place where
Equality could experiment and think as an individual. It was here that he discovered
electricity. Although he was aware that the scholars would be upset at him for......
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