How Ayn Rand depicts her philosophies in the book Anthem
... in and encouraged. For example, in the book Anthem, Equality willingly makes the decision to protect his discovery of electricity by running from the world council. This can be observed when Equality says aloud, “ We ran. We knew not where we were going. We knew only that we must run, run to the end of the world, to the end of our days.”(75) The reasonable decisions made by Equality eventually granted him the gift of freedom and happiness. Esthetics can be represented by the relationship between Equality and Liberty. Equality begins to realize the real purpose of men on this earth. This can be seen as Equality says aloud, “ That night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms is neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted to the race of men.” (Rand 84) Equality as well feels affection physically and emotionally by Liberty. For instance, when for the first time Liberty confesses to Equality and says, “ I love you. ”(Rand 98) Nowadays when one does or doesn’t wake up, will the sun continue to rise? Of coarse the sun will continue rising, that’s reality. Metaphysics states that facts are facts, no matter how they are perceived. In fact, in the book Anthem, the World counci...