Lastly, the works show how even a character in a dystopian society can gain control of their life and achieve great things by overcoming their fears. With all of these examples at hand, it is easy to see why reading fiction and historical fiction is a means by which one can learn very valuable lessons. .
To begin with, fiction books serve as a reminder of the consequences that can occur for one's arrogant actions. Throughout the three stories, actions and their consequences catchin up to the character are a recurring theme. Macbeth is a King who has been manipulated to believe anything the witches tell him. They have told him that no "woman-born " man can harm him. Which makes him feel invincible. He disregards any tactics and decides to just go out into the battlefield. When he is confronted with Macduff for a fight, he undermines him and arrogantly says: "Yet I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield. Lay on, Macduff, And damn'd be him that first cries, "Hold, enough! "(5.7.50-60) Consequently, his rude awakening comes when it is revealed that: "Macduff was from his mother's womb Untimely ripp'd. "(5.7.150-180) Macbeth realizes that MacDuff was born via cesarean section, therefore making him not "woman-born"." This realization comes too late for him and he is killed and decapitated. In the book Anthem, Equality also displays signs of arrogance. When he finally harnesses electricity he decides to go to the scholars, fully knowing that he does not belong there and believing that he will magically be accepted in just because of his invention. He Imperiously refers to the council of the scholars by saying: "We give you the power of the sky.The key to the earth we wish to work with you to harness this power. "(Rand, 70) Their response if very negative as they proceed to insult and degrade him for his occupation as a street sweeper. In their minds he is just an insignificant egotistical underling that has worked by himself.
