He scared of and hates Equality 7-2521 for tearing the rules because he holds that only those judgments moved by the council can be of value. Collective 0-0009 is shapeless and cowardly, like all representatives of the World Council. The head of the World Council of Scholars. International 4-8818 portrays the citizen who privately seeks his own meaning but is incapable to bring about it because he cannot take the step of crashing with his society. When he and Equality 7-2521 discover the tunnel in which Equality 7-2521 shields to write his journal and make his inventions, he is rived between loyalty to his friend and his appeal not to break the law. International 4-8818 sights Equality 7-2521 as a prophet. International 4-8818Įquality 7-2521’s the only friend. His death foreshadows the misfortune and exile of Equality 7-2521, and he portrays the way to die accordingly, in Rand’s view, for the faith of egoism. The Transgressor of the Unspeakable WordĪ scapegoat for the word “I.” The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word experiences no pain as he is burned alive because he knows the definition of individualism. The Golden One is relatively undeveloped as a character, behaving mostly as the object of Equality 7-2521’s affection. With him, she confronts with a wish to find the word “I” in order to reveal her love for him. She loves Equality 7-2521 because he is distinct from most men around her. The Golden One is proud, vain, strong, and bitter. The Golden One exhibits her subservience to Equality 7-2521 by granting him to change her name from Liberty 5-3000 to the Golden One, and afterward, Gaea. The Golden OneĪ beautiful peasant girl with whom Equality 7-2521 falls deeply in love.
Equality 7-2521 represents the superiority of a singular intelligence to the homogeneity of the masses, who cannot think for themselves and are indistinguishable from one another. He is highly inquisitive and hunger freedom to research and think, and he is unafraid of the society of mindless drones around him. He is arrogant and self-centered, strong, beautiful, and brilliant.
Equality 7-2521, who later renames himself Prometheus, believes in individualism and declines the collectivist society around him. Anthem Summary Anthem Characters List Equality 7-2521Ī street sweeper, the protagonist of the novella.