Small essay of anthem by ayn rand

The story of Anthem takes place in an unnamed Communist - or Fascist-like dictatorship of the future, where an individual has no rights, existing solely to serve the state. Rand was born in Russia in 1905 and raised during the Russian Revolution. She saw firsthand the horrors of Communism in action. She witnessed the confiscation of private property, the persecution of political dissidents, and through reports from her family that remained in Russia, the extermination of millions by Josef Stalin. Ayn Rand wrote Anthem in the 1930s as a warning to Western civilization about the horrors of collectivism, whether of the Nazi or Communist variety.