Anthem is Ayn Rand\'s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great We--a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence--that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged .
I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities.--Ayn Rand.
He had rediscovered the lost and holy word--I.
He was a man alone.
He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd.
But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted.
In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge.
In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice.
He lived in the dark ages of the future.
In all that was left of humanity there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love.
From cradle to grave, the crowd was one--the great WE.
They died in the Home of the Useless.
They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating.
They existed only to serve the state.
Anthem is Ayn Rand\'s classic tale of a dystopian future of the great We--a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence--that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
