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Question 1.
I would prefer not to live in that society. Each INDIVIDUAL is expected to be the same as the next. I don't think that is correct in any sense. No one should be expected to be like the next person or hold the same beliefs, morals, or traditions of another. The country is not ran by a President like the United States. They are ran by a council. This council is more so a dictatorship. Marriage is frowned upon. Technology wasn't very relevant and neither was education.

Question 2
When does this novel take place—in the past, the present, or the future? How do you know? Please provide specific clues from the text.I feel that the novel takes place in the future. For some reason, I feel that the tunnel Equality finds is something created by our generation. Plus, Anthem is a good example of how society could become.


Question 3
Electricity was discovered in Chapter 3. I would've used electricity for cooking, air, telephones, lighting(in the night), and television if it existed.

In question 5
the Council gave legitimate, but stupid reasons to not accept the lightbulb into society. The legitimate reasons include: the task of converting the world over from candles, the efforts to power the lightbulbs, the fact that a non-scholar came up with the discovery, and the difficulty to convert lighting again, as candles were fully accepted a few decades prior. While all of these are true, they are also stupid. In their society, these reasons make sense. But the true intentions behind these 'excuses' are very obvious. The intentions are primarily the fear of disrupting the society, jealousy, and the incredible advancements it could be applied to in the society, all of which could cripple the diligate reality they all live in.