Symbolism in Ayn Rand's Hymn. Anthem is a book chock full of symbolism. Some of them are clear to see and others require special attention to capture. Anthem is not a difficult book to understand, but it can still be difficult to grasp its full meaning. The meaning of which is sometimes elusive, slipping through your fingers and resting on the pages in plain sight. Unity, us, me, the Ego, all of this plays a major role in this book with the symbolism of things. Anthem has an ancient mythical feel. A biblical and mythical atmosphere. Sometimes the book could even read like scripture. The first word in Anthem is "Sin", many other words in Anthem are interpreted as Biblical, Transgression, Evil Ones, Unspeakable Word, Unspeakable Times, these words all capture a religious feel. Many totalitarian states adopt some of the operations of organized religion. Along with this, there is the lack of positive, divine, holy, sacred religious words. The use of positive religious words only begins when Equality 7-2521 flees the nation and discovers the word I. The mythical usage in this book b...