Protagonist

Character Role Analysis

Equality 7-2521

Equality 7-2521 is the narrator and the hero of Anthem. He's the prototype Randian hero. He's a noble, self-sufficient individual who stands up to his whole society to defend his own freedom. He's also the kind of exceptional guy who's able to do more on his own than the combined forces of all the rest of humanity. He discovers electricity. And at the end of the story he sets himself up to be the liberator of the entire human race.