Compare And Contrast Anthem And Animal Farm

Have you ever wondered what it is like living in an Utopian society? I am going to be comparing and contrasting the endings of two stories showing the hardships of trying to live and create a perfect society. Animal Farm by George Orwell and Anthem by Ayn Rand both show two very different, and also similar points of view of trying to live in a perfect society. Behind both of these books, they just want to achieve a perfect world. These books show that sometimes trying to make everyone equal only makes you unequal. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a political satire/fable. Animal Farm is a book about a farm of animals rebelling against their human farmer. They hope to create a society where they are equal and free. There is no set main character in this book, but the most “important” character is Napoleon. Napoleon is leader of the big group of animals and controls what happens on the farm. All of the animals on this farm have a custom and refer to each other as “comrade” This book relates to the event of the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of it and portrays communism. The characters tend to stay flat throughout the book and don’t have much change. The ending of the book is a little shocking, just like it is in Anthem.

Anthem is a book about a society where selflessness and equality is forced upon them. They know nothing of the word “I.” All they know and have ever known is “we.” Being different in Anthem is evil. They only know how to do anything alongside their brothers. Every aspect of the lives of the people in this society is dictated by the state. Everyone is assigned a job based on their performance and not their actual abilities. The main character is Equality-7-2521 and he is a cursed man. There are a lot of twists and turns throughout this story, just as there are in Animal