Anthem by Ayn Rand

Anthem is a book about a collective sociaty and one man's struggle to break free.

A sociaty where you live to serve your "brother" (government), where the government had a better idea then you to where you would be helpful or where you would benefit mankind. Where things like freedom of speech is a transgression/ sin. Where you the words "I" and "me", a name to distingush yourself from other people are never spoken and where "collective" nouns like "WE" and "our" are used. A place where slavery is called by a different name and used for a different reason, for the betterment of mankind. The main character of this story is a young man name Prometheous (he got his name from anienct greek story) He escapes this society because of his own free thoughts. For a few years he would sneak to this tunnel he found one day while he was working and there he discovered electrity. Prometheous brought his invention to the Counsel of Scholars hoping to lighten the berdin on his fellow me. When they denied his invention and wanted to destroy it Prometheous escapes to the mountain with his lover "Golden One", his name he made up for her. He finds a house from the Unmentionable Times, and he learns what happen to the people before his time, but he didn't understand why such brillant people would give up such sacred words as "I" and "ego". At the end he makes this long dramaic speech about going back to the city and getting the people who wanted to speak out, but were to scared to speak out and making there own community and when he has kids they will not be ashamed to use the word ego.