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Book-Anthem HW Question
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I have homework on the book Anthem by Ayn Rand and one of the questions is.
What word is Equality struggling to recapture on page 49?
We do not wish to look upon the Uncharted Forest. We do not wish to think of it. But ever do our eyes return to taht black patch upon the sky. Men never enter the Uncharted Forest, for there is no power to explore it and no path to lead among its ancient trees which stand as guards of fearful secrets. It is whipered that once or twice in a hundred years, one among the men of the City escape alone and run to the Uncharted Forest, without call or reason. These men do not return. They perish from hunger and from the claws of the wild beasts which roam the Fores. But our Councils say taht this is only a legend. We have heard taht there are many Uncharted Forests over the land, among the Cities. And it is whipered that they have grown over the ruins of many cities of the Unmentionalbe times.
That took me a while to type so please help me. I just need one word that Equality (the character) is trying to recapture by saying this.
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Is that the entire page 49?
It has been a LONG time since I read this book, so I might be totally off the mark (and if I am, I truly apologise, but I figured I'd take a stab at it since no one else had), but is the word possibly "I?"
I know that "I" is very taboo in the culture Equality lives in, the supposed Utopian society. They are expected to live as a collective rather than individuals and thus it is forbidden to speak of oneself or have one's own feelings. So if the answer is not "I", it is perhaps related to individuality, or the time when individuality was still accepted.
Sorry if this is no help. :0(
If that IS the entire page 49, perhaps he's trying to recapture the word "freedom?" That just occurred to me now, but again, I couldn't tell you for sure.
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