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Prometheus's Anthem: A Bland Society

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Anthem: A Bland Society Anthem. The society where everyone is held down by rules, regulations, and people who think freedom and individuality will be the downfall of society. There are a few of these reasons, but they are all not good ones. The main purpose is that they do not want to recreate the unmentionable times, which I think to believe that is either the World War II era, or in an alternate universe, there was another war much after that, maybe in our time or even later in the future. Another reason is that they do not want someone to be different than that of someone else. In Equality's (which I will be calling Prometheus from now on) new society I believe that he will have none of these rules. First off, I think that he will let the inhabitants choose what job they have. Also, Prometheus will let people choose their names. This will give them the power of individuality and creativity. Lastly, I think that Prometheus will let people know their parents. The bond of a child and parents can’t be broken. There is an easy answer for Prometheus if his society thrives. It will have no rules like that of his previous society. In Prometheus’ previous society, he hated it. He was a creative soul with a huge blank canvas, but nothing to draw with. …show more content…

He will let people choose what they want to do. He will let people have names. He will let people be creative. He will have electricity throughout his whole town, and and let everyone be their own person with individualization. Prometheus realized that he was in a broken society. The key turning point of his thoughts was when he presented his idea of electricity to the council and they were afraid and upset. When he was beaten, he refused to give up. He wanted the best for everyone which made him very unselfish. He even stated that he was going to go back and tell his findings of the house to the people he was closest to so they could help him grow as a

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