Anthem Study Guide With Complete Solution

In what is Equality writing? (i.e., what format is he writing?) - Answer Diary, first person; stolen paper Describe Equality's physical appearance. - Answer 6 feet tall What is Equality's curse? - Answer Being 6 feet tall because they are too tall and stand out Compare the Home of the Infants, the Home of the Students, and the Home of the Street Sweepers. - Answer Home of the Infants- where they lived until they were 5, children born in the same year, everything was clean and white, everyone was similar. Home of the students- ten years of learning; Home of the Sweet Sweepers- where all of the sweep sweepers live. All very routine Why was Equality pleased with his Life Mandate? - Answer Equality was guilty but now he had a way to atone for it by living in equality with his fellow brothers Describe a typical day in Equality's life. - Answer Wake up, eat breakfast, clean the streets, eat lunch, clean the streets, eat dinner, then go to one of the halls for the Social meeting What is ironic about the Social Meeting? - Answer They stay in their "groups" and don't socialize with brothers of other trades, they are spoken to, they aren't social Why are friends forbidden? - Answer One should not love one brother more than another What is Equality's crime? - Answer Shows preference over other people but his name is equality so it's ironic; he has his own thoughts Why does Equality feel no shame in committing his crime? - Answer He doesn't feel like he is doing anything wrong; has little emotion in the beginning of the book, should not feel anything- shame is a feeling Describe the government and institutions where Equality lives. - Answer Collectivism; individuality is nonexistent. Everything is a routine What does Equality mean when he says, "They"? - Answer Liberty Who is Liberty and what does she do? - Answer A girl that Equality took notice of; She works the soil and lives in the Home of the Peasants beyond the city What is a Transgression of Preference? How did Equality commit such a transgression or transgressions? - Answer A sin or error in showing preference to someone. Preferred Liberty and went over and talked to her, he realizes the transgression and knows that he is different. Also when he wanted to be accepted into the home of the scholars What is the Time of Mating? Why does Equality think being sent to the Palace of Mating as being a "shameful matter"? - Answer The time each spring when all the men, older than 20, and women, older than 18, are sent for one night to the City Palace of Mating. The girls mature earlier. Parents and children never see each other. You don't know the person. He's uncomfortable