not a sin, but a blessing

“I wept in deliverance and in pity for all mankind” (Rand 98). Prometheus came to a realization that what he has believed in was not a curse, but a blessing. Due to the fact that the novel by Ayn Rand, ‘Anthem’, takes place in a collective society, the thinking process of Prometheus on how he was seeking freedom and knew what individuality is was a “sin” and far more different than his society, but he embraced it and believed in himself through courage and bravery. He is of the opinion that being individual should not be illegal. He believes and knows that being independent is good for one’s mind, but in the name of collectivism, the society does not know or believe in the word “I” and looks at the belief of individuality as a sin.

In Greek Mythology Prometheus and Epimtheus, Prometheus was the God of fire and who brought fire back into life to save the people. The fellow citizens of the people in the Greek myth can be compared to Union 5-3992 and Fraternity 2-5503; Union and Fraternity both symbolize the other brothers in the society and on the other hand, the difference between the brothers in the society and Prometheus shows the audience that Prometheus is much more intelligent and different from his society’s point of view. Looking back in time while reading his books held upon his own hands, Prometheus realizes that all the sacrifice and all the risks that he took and getting lashed and executed from his society were both worth fighting for bringing light into his world.

The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word also known as The Saint of the Pyre, believed in the word “I” whereas the society does not know the word “I’. The Scholars, leader and the “dictator” of the society, believes that the word should never be spoken fr...

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...t think like this. Because they live in a “communist society” meaning there is a leader and he or she has the right to take away the rights of men, Prometheus’s belief of standing up for you, yourself was more important and right, but considered a crime when it should have been a blessing. Everything that Prometheus did was not accepted in the society that he used to live in. Prometheus did not believe in the slang of “One for all, and All for One.”

Through pity of his brothers, he himself knew that being independent is not a sin. It may be a sin in the dark, cold, bitter place of the society but, in reality it was not a sin.

Prometheus as a leader, an heir, a creator –an individual- came to many realizations that the “best in him” was the best that he had and did not consider being alone and loving one another as a sin. He considered it as a blessing.