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Question: “It is a sin to write this”—so begins Anthem. What is the significance of this opening line to the story and to the meaning of the novel? What view of morality does it embody? What is Equality's eventual assessment of his sin and why? Explain.

In the book Anthem, the Russian author Ayn Rand creates a classless society from which all freedom, motivation, and creativity has been removed. Even the use of names and expression of love is banned, and the gain of knowledge is not encouraged. However, one young man, who at the start of the book is fifteen, finds a way to break out of the world in which he is trapped. He is known as Equality-2521, and later re-names himself "Prometheus."
The book starts with Equality-2521 saying guiltily, “It is a sin to write this.” He has been writing in a journal, in a dark tunnel by himself. The government of his area, or “Council,” has forbidden writing unless permitted by the council, and Equality-2521 has been brainwashed with the idea that if an action is forbidden, it is a horrible thing to do. Along with all the others in his area, Equality-2521 has gown up to be very honest, with a good moral base.

However, although the people are all morally good, few have any distinguishing personality features.
Moreover, the people of his area are restricted by fear. They are afraid of being caught. Our American society prides itself with the First Amendment right, but Equality’s Council forbids the people to say the word “I,” because they believe than anything done alone is evil. Equality, however, longs for individuality and some time alone, and this is the reason he is hiding in the tunnel. It gives him a sense of freedom, and the time and materials to create electricity, which had been invented long ago, but disappeared.
Equality also thinks of writing in his journal as the action that saved him. When Equality finds this tunnel, he starts spending a lot of time in it. He finds things from the times that nobody speaks of, including manuscripts. He eventually creates electricity, while the people of his time have recently figured out how to make a candle.

He is inspired to show this invention to the Scholars, along with the journal. He believes that the journal will serve as a tool to acquire a position as a scholar, as well as evidence to support the invention. He desires that all men work together, and that his invention be the “greatest gift offered to men.”
However, this hope is crushed when the Scholars reject the invention because anything done alone is evil. This causes Equality to run away to an undiscovered place. Without him knowing, his love, that he was afraid of losing, has followed him. Together, they start a new life, and Equality hopes to bring the people that can still be saved to enjoy his new life with him. If he had not "sinned," he would not have been as happy as he was in the end, and this is another way that writing saved him, although he was not allowed to write.

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Thanks for answering, Hosebeast!

Good idea, too!

It goes in order, William B

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Answer 1

It gives the reader a sense of the rules of the universe in the book. It gives the impression that it is thought st least by the narrator that the rules can be broken, as he is obviously commiting a sin by writing it. It shows he does not agree with his society....

Answer 2

At the beginning you gave 3 questions: "What is the significance of this opening line to the story and to the meaning of the novel? What view of morality does it embody? What is Equality's eventual assessment of his sin and why?"

Can you identify which parts of your answer are for what question?

Answer 3

our perceptions of greater good and evil are shaped by our society, and reinforced throughout our lives. However, matters of right and wrong are intrinsically personal, and can exist as seperate spiritual entities inside this greater paradigm of the outside world. The opening line is at once an admission that the outside world has controlled much, but the inside world has prevailed, the story has been told.