Imagine living a life where all the decisions were already made out for someone. In the novels "Anthem," by Ayn Rand and "Brave New World," by Aldous Huxley, citizens could not be the unique individuals they should have been able to be. In Anthem, the people in the community had to be just like each other.The only way you would be different from your brothers is when you were appointed your life mandate by the Council of Vocations.In Brave New World you were created to be in either one of their five castes.That was the only way you would be different from others. Because leaders of these societies were so strict, they caused people to break laws just to be themselves. Living in a society that has a lot of conformity would be tough to be unique in because everyone has to be what someone else wants them to be and the rules you have to except in order to live in the society.
The main character in Anthem, Equality 7-2521, was different from all of his fellow brothers. While in the House of the Scholars, it was forbidden to be smarter than your brothers. Equality 7-2521 said "It was not that the learning was too hard for us. It was that the learning was too easy" (Rand 21). Being different from your brothers was not a good thing, but it was considered evil to be superior to them. For his life mandate, he wanted to be appointed to the House of the Scholars so he could further his studies in science. Instead his life mandate was to be a street sweeper.Because Equality 7-2521 mind set was different from all all his other brothers, he became even more curious about the unmentionable times.The curiosity he had made him to have to break laws in order to make his scientific discovery of the light bulb.
The leaders of the World State in Brave New World took every precaution to make sure that their people were perfect. Epsilon, Gamma, and Delta had to go through a process called Bokanovsky Process.The director said, "Ninety-six identical twins working ninety-six identical machines " (Huxley 7).
