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In the story, Anthem, many people continue on in their society of equality, basically no one could have their own identity or anything that set them apart from others. Think of a neighborhood where every single house looked exactly the same with nothing to differentiate from one another. The dictators idea is that if everyone were the same, then everyone would be easier to control, everyone would not be jealous of one another because everyone would own the same things. An odd part about the book Anthem is the fact that the children are separated from their parents, meaning they will never be close or attached to each other in any way whatsoever.

The beginning of life in this society starts off in the House of Mates every winter, it’s basically the place where two random people come together to mate and to have a child. Once the child is born, it is taken to the House of Infants to be taken care of by others, it is not taken care of by its parents. The child will eventually grow up and will have to enter the House of Students. Here at the House of Students they are taught early about transgressions and sins, for example, you can not have any creativity whatsoever. Last, the now full grown adult will be taken to the House of Scholars where their job of what they will contribute to the society is. If that person were more intelligent than others he would have a simple job that anyone could do as opposed to being a scientist or a researcher because the dictator of the society does not want any intelligent people to question their society and way of living.

Dictators would create this arrangement because it would help to keep parents and children at peace. If the parents did not know their child they would have no reason to fight ...

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...ly member. Children's personalities are often shaped by the way their parents have treated them over time, either encouraging their skills or telling them they would never successful in life. Many were taken away from their parents as babies, and they have never met their parents, and thusly no bonds between any family members are made.

Many of these children will never have the opportunity to spend actual time with a family. They will never dream or strive for the better things in life or question one thing about their society. Separating children from their parents is an example of oppressing and depriving a population of parental influence and a sense of luxury and security. Raised in the House of Infants, these children flourish under these tyrants and acquire mindsets from them because they do not have any other influence from parents or family in their lives.

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