 The PROPEL™ Ayn Rand Meetup® groups will discuss these Shared Inquiry™ questions for Anthem by Ayn Rand:
Identification Questions
1. Why is the central character, Equality 7-2521, "not happy in those [young] years in the Home of the Students"?
2. What motivates Equality 7-2521 to open the grill in the ground and descend to explore?
3. Why does Equality 7-2521 not reveal his whereabouts despite torture and interrogation?
4. Why does Equality 7-2521 think about the City Palace of Mating when he sees the Golden One even though he normally considers it "an ugly and shameful matter"?
5. Why does Equality 7-2521 think he can persuade the Council of Scholars to embrace his discovery of the electric light?
6. What motivates the lead male and female characters to adopt the names Prometheus and Gaea?
Evaluation Questions
1. Do you consider this story of future dystopia possible?
2. Did the central character engage in theft when he stole items from the various collectives in his society for his own ends?
3. Did you see the roots of any of the story elements in today's society?
4. In what ways did this novel influence your values?
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