Anthem

A.) Allusions- Equality and the Golden One free themselves of society and start out on their own, in a new world somewhat, and can therefore be compared to Adam and Eve. God placed Adam on the Earth first, as Equality entered the forbidden woods on his own at first, and then created Eve as a companion for Adam, as the Golden One comes later to start a new life with Equality. Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden as a result of seeking more than they were allowed as Equality is condemned due to his discovery of light, something forbidden in this society for it represents knowledge. Eve can be compared to Equality in that they both lead the act that causes their banishment and Adam and the Golden One are similar in that they both follow their other in the sin.

The World Council that rules over the city and decides on what they are and what they are not allowed can be an allusion to God in that both have ultimate power and both are retaining knowledge from their subjects. God does not want Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge for he does not want them to have the same power and be on the same level as himself like the World Council does not want Equality to expose light for they are keeping society in the dark. The World Council denies Equality's discovery of this hidden technology in fear of giving the people too much power, in the form of knowledge, and therefore re-creating the world of the past which they had fought to destroy. Both God and the World Council can be viewed as suppressing their subjects in order to remain on a higher ground; to continue to be superior.

Both stories present a higher power and two unruly subjects who, one led by the other, digress from society in search of something more. The word anthem can be defined as a hymn of praise or loyalty, which may be sarcasm toward the Bible for obviously the main characters in Anthem were not loyal or happy with the society in which they lived.