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Anthem Essay Final Draft The book, Anthem, shows how collectivism is a horrible basis of life as well as government. It teaches you that being an individual is the most important freedom that a person posses. Without this freedom, life would be harsh with a totalitarian rule over every person. Rand used many significant quotes that help prove the author’s points about government, religion, and life in general. The first quote of the entire book is also one of the most important, “It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think the words no others think” (Rand 17). These first two lines of the book help open how Equality lives his life. He cannot think without feeling guilty for it because it is forbidden by the World Council (18). This quote shows how Rand feels about religion. Her being an atheist affects this story greatly. The quote of, “This is a great sin, to be born with a head which is too quick... but it is evil to be superior” (21), helps further the understanding of the significance of the first quote. It does this by expanding the idea that learning, writing, and overall being ahead of the pack is a sin. As shown in both quotes, “sin” seems to have a large impact on Equality’s life. Ran