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They lack of self because they be control by the society, control of knowledge, rights, and human being.

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The individuals of the society do not have much diversity as they are told what to do and how to act.

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The society that these people live in is regulated with many rules on how they live.There is no individualism shown between any members of the society they live in.They are not able to express themselves.for example they are forbidden from saying certain words.They are not allowed to think anything for themselves.

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Selflessness is shown when their choices are all very limited. Also, there is no individualism between all of the characters. They are forbidden to say the word ¨I¨.  This alone shows the lack of difference in all of the characters. The council ultimately has all control over their actions, which also puts them in constant fear of being different; therefore, they just obey everything the council says, even their career choice for the rest of their life.

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Nobody uses any words that show individuality. When referring to themselves they use "we" instead of "I". The word "I" is a forgotten word.

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Society is heavily regulated with many rules on social interaction, which discourages individual expression and speaking about their opinions. Anthem's society has no system to report recommended changes, making it impossible for society to listen to what an individual wants or needs.

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The council does not allow them to to think or talk to others but they can talk at one place.

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They have lack of self because they cannot describe themselves and cannot express themselves. For example they cannot say the word I. The characters have no individuality to themselves.

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The lack of the individual is shown through the laws and ideals put in place that contribute to the idea that the individual is bad. An example is the law of saying "we", the ideals that being better than others is bad. Being tall is seen as a burden and being smarter is looked down on.

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the lack of selfness is shown by how they are not allowed to speak of forbidden words and may not be allowed to put one above another. Also there is no mention of "I" only "we and "us" is used to call ones-self

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The characters in the story are very selfless. Everyone in the story is shown to be equal and together. There is no "I" there is only "we". There is no self-expression, only the expression of togetherness. They're barley self aware. They don't even know what they, themselves loo like. They only know what everyone around them looks like.

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They do it all for "we" not for themselves since they are not allowed. For example they work not for themselves. They do not work to earn for themselves or money to buy something or take cafe of themselves they work to help all the "brothers".

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The lack of self is shown in Anthem by the characters' choice of words and actions. Equality refers to himself as 'we' or 'us'. He and the others in the story have no self proclaim and only see themselves as a whole, functioning unit. They do not believe in the power of an individual and function as a group, them and their brothers and sisters together. No self pronouns are used and it is viewed as selfish when one thinks of them-self or another more than the entirety, all of them.

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The people in the story have a lack of self because the laws hold them in place. An example in the novel is that the people don't get a real name or show how creative they are.

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The leaders of the society make sure no one feels like an individual, outlawing the word "I" and assigning everyone things to do instead of giving the choice. With the way their world works, no one has any feeling of individuality or selflessness.

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Selflessness occurs all throughout the book a few examples are they can not pick their own jobs or even look at their selves in the mirror.

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The lack of self is shown throughout Anthem with the thoughts that Equality has. Whenever Equality catches himself thinking things that is considered a sin, such as when he made up the name the Golden One , he knows that it is a crime and he shouldn't do it since it shows that he has individual thoughts about another person. The use of no real names shows that his society is trained to have a lack of self.

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The people in the story can't use the word I, they have to say we. They can't make their own decisions on the jobs they want, it gets picked for them. They say that they live and work for their brothers, not for themselves.

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Selflessness is shown when they are not allowed or they do not know the pronoun "I" they have to say "we". Another way is they are not allowed to pick their own job, they are given a job and they have to stick with it.

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The teachers and caregivers tell Equality that he is evil because he looks and thinks differently. He is not allowed to be and individual thinker, he is not allowed to appear different to society, and he is not allowed to express his emotions.

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We see lack of self through this novel in many ways. For example, they don't really get to have their own creative names, they aren't allowed to speak to other people in other areas of work, and they also are set with very strict boundaries to what is okay and to what is not okay based on what the council would approve of so they can't and won't make bad decisions.

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The protagonist and other characters don't refer to themselves as a single person, but refer to themselves as if they are not a single individual.

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They have a lack of self, because they are not able to think anything for only themselves, it is always with the thought of their brothers. For it is a sin to think only of themselves. They are not able to speak the Forbidden Word, "I" they can refer to themselves as "we" because they are one and no man is an individual.

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When Equality states that every man lives his life for his ¨brother man¨ and not for his own gain.

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Everyone in the society is well coordinated so that nothing gets out of order and everyone must work together at all times to get their assigned jobs done. No one in the society really knows what being individual means and thus leading to no self conscious thoughts about being individual or doing things alone.

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When individuals speak of themselves, they use the collective "we," there being no individualistic concepts or words available. Also, Equality struggles to think and do things at his own terms. Citizens can't choose their own professions, the council picks them for people according to the demand.

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No one can choose their own career they are picked for them and if they are not needed they are killed. Equality want to go in the home of the scholars, but was put in home of the street sweepers and did not complain.