The poem “Invictus” by William E. Henley, and the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, both have common themes that discuss the importance of individuality and both use the main characters to advance that message upon their readers. The following paragraphs will compare and contrast the two main characters in each of these works. One of the common themes between Rand’s novel, and Henley’s poem is that, both of the main characters of these pieces are determined to be nothing less than what they were made to be, which is unconquerable.
A quote from Anthem that supports this theme is, “They (the Golden one) looked strait into our (Equality 7-2521’s) eyes and they held our head high and they answered: “the unconquered.”(p.56). From this quote, the Golden one proves to think that Equality 7-2521 is an unconquerable being because of this determination
