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Anthem the graphic novel6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The characters are really stock representations in a very exaggerated portrayal. More of an anti-collectivist folktale than an actual novel, it concerns an inhabitant of an anti-utopia where there is no "I" only "We." The hero, named Equality 7-2521, discovers the remnants of a greater society, and comes to reject his society and leave to form the basis of a new way of living, centered on the word "I."Īlthough it's definitely part of the spectrum of political sci-fi alongside works like 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and We it's not the most detailed and nuanced argument in Rand's repertoire. Anthem is one of her shorter works, originally conceived of as a theatrical play while she was a teenager in Stalinist Russia. The writing in question is Anthem, adapted by Charles Santino and Joe Staton, published by New American Library. ![]()
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