Summaries After you have the gist (from highlighting or note-taking), it is time to summarize the significant moments. The summary should focus on characters, setting, conflicts, and other significant events.
Chapter 1
Equality is one person in a collective society that has preferences in what he wanted as a job. From a young age he was raised to not have those, but instead of being a scholar he was chosen by the Council of Vocations to be a street sweeper. Equality finds an entrance to a tunnel from the unmentionable times and uses it as a place to study alone. Kayla Lacotta Chapter 2
Equality takes notice of one woman out of all the others, Liberty 5-3000. He finds her to be different from her sisters and names her the Golden One. They speak in secrecy, this which is a sin.-GK
Chapter 3
Equality discovered electricity in the tunnel when he cut open a frog that was held by copper wire and the frog twitched. Also he preformed experiments with the electricity to see what it could do. In the end of this chapter Equality discovered light bulbs from the unmentionable times. Kayla Lacotta
Chapter 4 Days pass before Equality speaks to the Golden One again and she gives him the name The Unconquered. She brings him water in her hands and both were shocked by the connection, for no man and woman have ever touched someone they are truly close to. -GK
Chapter 5
Equality made the light box work, and found enjoyment from it. He decided to show it to the World Council of Scholars when they arrive to his city. He believed that his breaking the laws would be forgiven when he showed them the light. Kayla Lacotta
Chapter 6 Equality was in his tunnel and lost track of time, and was caught. The council demanded to multiple times to know where he’s been, and he refused to tell. He was whipped and locked away, but he easily escapes the night before the scholars arrived, for he wanted to show them his light box.-GK
Chapter 7 Marqees
Equality had re-entered the streets in the city carrying the glass box to the scholars. He wanted to share the glass box to the scholars, so equality would be able to get the chance to be one of them. The scholars were frightened and thought it was a horrible idea, so they tried to destroy the glass box. Equality had ran off to the encharted forest being followed by the Golden One.
Chapter 8 It is Equality’s first day in the forest, he had run away after the scholars looked at his invention with anger and disgusting. He begins admire the new things around him. The beautiful scenery, the bird he ate, and for the first time he saw himself, and he loved what he saw because he did not look like his brothers. -GK
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 Marqees Equality and the Golden one is amazed about the house on the inside to see things they haven�t seen before. Equality and golden one decides to clam the house and every ting inside it. The golden one had suggested that their journey should end here at the mountain house.
Chapter 11
Equality discovered the word I, and rejects the word we. He separates himself from his brothers and decides that he doesn’t owe them anything. Kayla Lacotta
Chapter 12 Marqees
Equality has changed his life in the house ever since he understood the word �I�. His new name is Prometheus and he will start a new era with Gaea and his soon to be born child. Prometheus will learn everything by himself and soon will go back to bring his friends to the encharted forest so they will also start over.
Theme Analyses Each member must submit at least one theme analysis, two of which must be from the following:
Individuality is key to society progressing.
by Kayla Lacotta
The theme of Anthem is individuality is the key to society progressing. This shown in the character Equality when he would work alone on inventions. One example is shown when Equality discovers a way to make the light bulbs work. If he hadn’t done it individually he wouldn’t have discovered this because the newest technology in his world are candles. If he had worked with the scholars he may have discovered this, but the society wouldn’t have progressed with the time it would have taken to get the invention approved. Equality’s individuality is what allows him to progress and to hopefully allow his society to progress with it.
The impotence of the collective group.
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The value of martyrdom.
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Original invention/creation is key to independence.
by Gilaysha Kirkland
The theme Original invention/creation is key to independence is shown in the main character of Anthem. In the story Equality 7-2521 is an individual that sticks out in his society of collectives. Not only is he described as looking differently from his brothers but also his mind and personality. In his society no one is to learn more than what is taught, or invent without a collective decision. Equality defies law of self-thinking, he dreams of becoming a scholar. He discovers a tunnel that held object from the unmentionable place. This peaked his interest to take his own steps into science. He invents a form of light, that is new to his society, and called it the light box. He showed his invention to the scholars, but they thought of it as sinful, something that would through their society into chaos. Equality went against every law to himself happy, in doing so, he not only invented the light box to help his see in the dark, and the slingshot to catch food, but he also created himself. Throughout the story Equality took himself farther out of the collective whole into individuality, he invented, wrote, thought for himself, admired one woman out of all other, and at the end referred to himself as "I". "I am man. This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use,and mine to kneel before!"
A third theme analysis must be submitted on a theme of your choice. You are welcome to analyze the contributions of character, conflict, setting, and/or other elements of the text.
Your choice:
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Tone Analyses Each member of your group must write one analysis of a single, agreed upon tone. The group should decide on whether or not the tone changes over the course of the novel. If it does not, write about a single tone. If it does, write about the shift between two tones. Make sure to sign your analysis.
By Kayla Lacotta
The tone in the novel Anthem is satirical. “‘We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but the great WE, One indivisible and forever.’” This quote was something that all the characters had to say on a daily basis when growing up and in life. This shows and exaggeration the meaning of collectivism and in the use of the word we. This supports the tone in the choice of the word “we” for both a group and an individual character. Also the detail of each person working for only the group adds to the satirical tone.
Reading Team Members
Summaries
After you have the gist (from highlighting or note-taking), it is time to summarize the significant moments. The summary should focus on characters, setting, conflicts, and other significant events.
Chapter 1
Equality is one person in a collective society that has preferences in what he wanted as a job. From a young age he was raised to not have those, but instead of being a scholar he was chosen by the Council of Vocations to be a street sweeper. Equality finds an entrance to a tunnel from the unmentionable times and uses it as a place to study alone. Kayla Lacotta
Chapter 2
Equality takes notice of one woman out of all the others, Liberty 5-3000. He finds her to be different from her sisters and names her the Golden One. They speak in secrecy, this which is a sin.-GK
Chapter 3
Equality discovered electricity in the tunnel when he cut open a frog that was held by copper wire and the frog twitched. Also he preformed experiments with the electricity to see what it could do. In the end of this chapter Equality discovered light bulbs from the unmentionable times. Kayla Lacotta
Chapter 4
Days pass before Equality speaks to the Golden One again and she gives him the name The Unconquered. She brings him water in her hands and both were shocked by the connection, for no man and woman have ever touched someone they are truly close to. -GK
Chapter 5
Equality made the light box work, and found enjoyment from it. He decided to show it to the World Council of Scholars when they arrive to his city. He believed that his breaking the laws would be forgiven when he showed them the light. Kayla Lacotta
Chapter 6
Equality was in his tunnel and lost track of time, and was caught. The council demanded to multiple times to know where he’s been, and he refused to tell. He was whipped and locked away, but he easily escapes the night before the scholars arrived, for he wanted to show them his light box.-GK
Chapter 7 Marqees
Equality had re-entered the streets in the city carrying the glass box to the scholars. He wanted to share the glass box to the scholars, so equality would be able to get the chance to be one of them. The scholars were frightened and thought it was a horrible idea, so they tried to destroy the glass box. Equality had ran off to the encharted forest being followed by the Golden One.
Chapter 8
It is Equality’s first day in the forest, he had run away after the scholars looked at his invention with anger and disgusting. He begins admire the new things around him. The beautiful scenery, the bird he ate, and for the first time he saw himself, and he loved what he saw because he did not look like his brothers. -GK
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 Marqees
Equality and the Golden one is amazed about the house on the inside to see things they haven�t seen before. Equality and golden one decides to clam the house and every ting inside it. The golden one had suggested that their journey should end here at the mountain house.
Chapter 11
Equality discovered the word I, and rejects the word we. He separates himself from his brothers and decides that he doesn’t owe them anything. Kayla Lacotta
Chapter 12 Marqees
Equality has changed his life in the house ever since he understood the word �I�. His new name is Prometheus and he will start a new era with Gaea and his soon to be born child. Prometheus will learn everything by himself and soon will go back to bring his friends to the encharted forest so they will also start over.
Theme Analyses
Each member must submit at least one theme analysis, two of which must be from the following:
Individuality is key to society progressing.
by Kayla Lacotta
The theme of Anthem is individuality is the key to society progressing. This shown in the character Equality when he would work alone on inventions. One example is shown when Equality discovers a way to make the light bulbs work. If he hadn’t done it individually he wouldn’t have discovered this because the newest technology in his world are candles. If he had worked with the scholars he may have discovered this, but the society wouldn’t have progressed with the time it would have taken to get the invention approved. Equality’s individuality is what allows him to progress and to hopefully allow his society to progress with it.
The impotence of the collective group.
by
The value of martyrdom.
by
Original invention/creation is key to independence.
by Gilaysha Kirkland
The theme Original invention/creation is key to independence is shown in the main character of Anthem. In the story Equality 7-2521 is an individual that sticks out in his society of collectives. Not only is he described as looking differently from his brothers but also his mind and personality. In his society no one is to learn more than what is taught, or invent without a collective decision. Equality defies law of self-thinking, he dreams of becoming a scholar. He discovers a tunnel that held object from the unmentionable place. This peaked his interest to take his own steps into science. He invents a form of light, that is new to his society, and called it the light box. He showed his invention to the scholars, but they thought of it as sinful, something that would through their society into chaos. Equality went against every law to himself happy, in doing so, he not only invented the light box to help his see in the dark, and the slingshot to catch food, but he also created himself. Throughout the story Equality took himself farther out of the collective whole into individuality, he invented, wrote, thought for himself, admired one woman out of all other, and at the end referred to himself as "I". "I am man. This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use,and mine to kneel before!"
A third theme analysis must be submitted on a theme of your choice. You are welcome to analyze the contributions of character, conflict, setting, and/or other elements of the text.
Your choice:
by
Tone Analyses
Each member of your group must write one analysis of a single, agreed upon tone. The group should decide on whether or not the tone changes over the course of the novel. If it does not, write about a single tone. If it does, write about the shift between two tones. Make sure to sign your analysis.
By Kayla Lacotta
The tone in the novel Anthem is satirical. “‘We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but the great WE, One indivisible and forever.’” This quote was something that all the characters had to say on a daily basis when growing up and in life. This shows and exaggeration the meaning of collectivism and in the use of the word we. This supports the tone in the choice of the word “we” for both a group and an individual character. Also the detail of each person working for only the group adds to the satirical tone.