Anthem Essay Prometheus, the hero in this novel, has struggled to free himself from the collectivist world that he lives in. His victory was possible by breaking a lot of the rules. He realized from the beginning that he wasn’t like all the other children at the home of the infants and at the home of the students. When he became a street sweeper, he was so sad. He wanted to progress and become …showed first 75 words of 358 total…

…showed last 75 words of 358 total…students he was too smart. He wondered things so he asked a lot of questions and that was forbidden. When Prometheus found the tunnel he must have known that was a sin because International 4-8818 told him that, “It is forbidden.” Before he could have not known what he was doing then realized after. The first sentece of the book Anthem is, “It is a sin to write this.” His whole life is a sin.