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* MsFanservice: Liberty 5-3000 doesn't have any real character development. She's just kind of...there, looking pretty and tagging along with Equality 7-2521.
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''Anthem'' is a novella by Creator/AynRand ([[{{Doorstopper}} in contrast with]] ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''). It touches on her usual UsefulNotes/{{Objectivis|m}}t themes, but it has a more fantastic, sci-fi setting, and it's pretty much the concentrated embodiment of TheEvilsOfFreeWill. In the future, humanity has fallen into a [[{{Dystopia}} dark age]] brought on by the evils of collectivism. Individualism and freedom have been stamped out to the point where speaking the words "I, me, my, mine", or "ego" is a crime punishable by death. Society is ruled by several oligarchical Councils that outlaw all new ideas and inventions; as a result, science and the arts have stagnated.
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''Anthem'' is a novella by Creator/AynRand ([[{{Doorstopper}} in contrast with]] contrast]] with ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''). It touches on her usual UsefulNotes/{{Objectivis|m}}t themes, but it has a more fantastic, sci-fi setting, and it's pretty much the concentrated embodiment of TheEvilsOfFreeWill. In the future, humanity has fallen into a [[{{Dystopia}} dark age]] brought on by the evils of collectivism. Individualism and freedom have been stamped out to the point where speaking the words "I, me, my, mine", or "ego" is a crime punishable by death. Society is ruled by several oligarchical Councils that outlaw all new ideas and inventions; as a result, science and the arts have stagnated.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The world of the book is mostly populated by wan, stunted, unattractive people who suffer from malnutrition and a range of other conditions related to the enforced poverty of their society. The narrator and his lover, on the other hand, are tall, fit and beautiful, which reflects the fierce nobility and independence of their spirits.
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* CreativeSterility[=/=]EvilLuddite: Anthem's world is built to enforce this; with newer innovations being actively discouraged, along with no means for ordinary people to rise above their stations to be recognized as was shown with a council of so-called thinkers having just invented the candle and ordering for Equality's newly-made Lightbulb to be destroyed.
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* CreativeSterility[=/=]EvilLuddite: Anthem's world is built to enforce this; with newer innovations being actively discouraged, discouraged if there's not enough votes for it, along with no means for ordinary people to rise above their stations to be recognized as was shown with a council of so-called thinkers having just invented the candle and ordering had went to labors to create a Candle distribution network just years prior and had ordered for Equality's newly-made Lightbulb to be destroyed.destroyed after he had presented and demonstrated it to them.
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* CreativeSterility[=/=]EvilLuddite: Anthem's world is built to enforce this; with newer innovations being actively discouraged, along with no means for ordinary people to rise above their stations to be recognized as was shown with a council of so-called thinkers having just invented the candle and ordering for Equality's newly-made Lightbulb to be destroyed.
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* ScrewDestiny: ''Anthem'''s society operates on a sort of caste system where one's fate is determined by the government.
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* ScrewDestiny: ''Anthem'''s society operates on a sort of caste system where one's fate is determined by the government.government, with Equality 7-2521 being one of a few that manages to throw the yoke off of himself.
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Not to be confused with the Japanese HeavyMetal band, the Creator/NealStephenson {{Doorstopper}}, the Creator/RoyThomas [[ComicBook/{{Anthem 2006}} miniseries]], Literature/{{Anathem}}, or [[VideoGame/Anthem2019 the video game]].
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Not to be confused with the Japanese HeavyMetal band, the Creator/NealStephenson {{Doorstopper}}, the Creator/RoyThomas [[ComicBook/{{Anthem 2006}} [[ComicBook/RoyThomasAnthem miniseries]], Literature/{{Anathem}}, or [[VideoGame/Anthem2019 the video game]].
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Not to be confused with the Japanese HeavyMetal band, the Creator/NealStephenson {{Doorstopper}}, Literature/{{Anathem}}, or [[VideoGame/Anthem2019 the video game]].
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Not to be confused with the Japanese HeavyMetal band, the Creator/NealStephenson {{Doorstopper}}, the Creator/RoyThomas [[ComicBook/{{Anthem 2006}} miniseries]], Literature/{{Anathem}}, or [[VideoGame/Anthem2019 the video game]].
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%%* TheUbermensch: {{Ubermensch}}: Equality 7-2521.
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* RapeByProxy: In this society sex is forbidden outside of a mating ritual that takes place once a year, and for which everyone over the age of eighteen must participate in whether they want to or not. They have no choice over who their partner is, and any resulting children are taken away at birth. Equality 7-2521 had to participate in two of these rituals; he found the whole experience disgusting and was terrified by the thought of Liberty 5-3000 having to perform such a ritual (fortunately she was 17). [[spoiler: When Equality 7-2521 finally had sex with Liberty 5-3000, by his own choice, he realized how wonderful sex can be when it's consensual]].
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* RapeByProxy: In this society sex is forbidden outside of a mating ritual that takes place once a year, and for which everyone every woman over the age of eighteen eighteen, and every man over the age of twenty must participate in whether they want to or not. They have no choice over who their partner is, and any resulting children are taken away at birth. Equality 7-2521 had to participate in two of these rituals; he found the whole experience disgusting and was terrified by the thought of Liberty 5-3000 having to perform such a ritual (fortunately she was 17). [[spoiler: When Equality 7-2521 finally had sex with Liberty 5-3000, by his own choice, he realized how wonderful sex can be when it's consensual]].
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* AfterTheEnd: Occurs centuries after the collapse of modern society. Some critics of Rand posit that this takes place after ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', even though it was written first and [[spoiler: making ''Anthem'' a sequel means that John Galt's decision to take the best and brightest of humanity and retreat from society [[NiceJobBreakingItHero actually caused the downfall civilization]].]]
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* AfterTheEnd: Occurs centuries after the collapse of modern society. Some critics of Rand posit that this takes place after ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', even though it was written first and [[spoiler: making ''Anthem'' a sequel means that John Galt's decision to take the best and brightest of humanity and retreat from society [[NiceJobBreakingItHero actually caused the downfall civilization]].]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: the cover of a recent edition depicts the main character as a man in relatively modern clothes standing in front of a crowd of workers in similarly modern attire, against a mechanized backdrop. The art suggests an industrial society like the 20th century Soviet Union. However, the book takes place in a low-tech, agrarian society with no evidence of heavy machinery or industrial manufacturing, and the attire is explicitly described as old fashioned tunics and iron bracelets, not the grey suits and ties of the workers on the cover.
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* AfterTheEnd: Occurs centuries after the collapse of modern society. Some critics of Rand posit this as a sequel to ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', even though it was written first and [[spoiler: making ''Anthem'' a sequel would mean John Galt and company ultimately ''failed''.]]
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* AfterTheEnd: Occurs centuries after the collapse of modern society. Some critics of Rand posit that this as a sequel to takes place after ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', even though it was written first and [[spoiler: making ''Anthem'' a sequel would mean means that John Galt Galt's decision to take the best and company ultimately ''failed''.brightest of humanity and retreat from society [[NiceJobBreakingItHero actually caused the downfall civilization]].]]
