Judy Garland once said, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else." This quote supports Prometheus' beliefs about the importance of individuality. In Ayn Rand's dystopian novel Anthem, Prometheus and Gaea are the only people who question the repressive society in which they live. He believes that in his society he is not living to his full potential, so he lets his curiosity take control when he is in trouble. in the underground tunnel. While Prometheus believes that the freedom to be independent and self-sufficient is better than the control of a collective government, he shows his glass box to the World Council of Scholars because he is proud of his discovery and thinks it could help the citizens of his society. The controversy between living to help others and living to help oneself is the main theme of this novel and helps convey Rand's belief that collectivist societies cannot succeed. Prometheus thinks that “the secrets of this earth cannot be seen by all men, but only by those who seek them” (52). He has believed it since he “found a secret...