Anthem by Ayn Rand pg1-40

Summary-
          The group Equality 7-2521 are a group of, intelligent, six feet  tall men. Since they are extremely tall and extremely willing to learn and ask questions they are secluded from all of town, where most teachers pick on them, and are always targated. The people in charge of the town were the Palace of the World Council. They are like a a governent in the American society. They control everything, including the school system and jail system. According to the rules children go to school at the age of five and then when they turn fifteen years old they go to work. The Teachers and the Councils are the ones who decide what job the group of fifteen year olds will occupy in life. Since the equality 7-2521 is a know it all according to the teachers and they are always targeted  so the Council put them to work as street sweepers. They wanted to honor this job and try to become as one with others so they took it proudly. Then one day, they found an unknown fence, that the councils didn't know about and they explored the other side. They found a tunnel, so after they decided to keep this a secret and go to it after dark. There they read talked and learned knew things. They also discovered things that no one else knows. This is their secret hide out.

Quote-
       "It is dark here" ( Rand 17).

Reaction-
          This book seems like it is picking on the government of society and how it holds you back in your lifes success ladder. The quote above seems like it symbolizes darkness and the fact that there is no hope. Which is pretty related to the book because it seems that the group of 7-2521 are hopeless and can't find a way out of this horrible place which will probably leave them hopeless. There was this really funny part where they were like they learned a lot of things like that the world is flat, when in reality it is actually round. I don't like the town in this book, it seems that the inteligent ones are outcasts and the idiotic ones are the ones that fit in the town. I think this is all because they don't want the smart groups to figure out that they are hypnotizing people into their place. They don't want them to begin riots and arguments. They don't want anyones say in their society.