Anthem Analysis

One thing that I find vital to the power of anthem that is missing in the other utopia novels we have read is the lack of technology. Though modern science such as the hound and the killing machines in We add to the mystery and fear of the novel it seems to get off track from the original focus. Anthem is stripped to the bone giving us a clear look at what life is like, rather then confuse us in a sense. It lets us see the conformitiy of the society and the controll that the council has over the citizens. Equality is the genius in a sea of nobodies and this is a threat so he is given the worst job, they do not want his genius to grow. This reminds me of Harrison Bergeron and how he is the best lookin-most intelligent but he is forced to have things the worst for him. Equality is much like Harrison and the Golden One is much like the ballerina. They rebell and go above the rules of society but unlike Harrison and his ballerina, Equality and the Golden One succeed in escaping into the forest. I think that breaking things down to candles and ancient tools lets us examine the feel of the book more so than if we had intricate technology to study. It lets us see a society in its completeness.