Can you imagine growing up without your parents? Not having someone you know around you 24/7? Lucky for us, none of us have really had to experience this type of a situation. However, in Anthem the children of the society had to go through this type of a situation. It all started when the children were first born; they were put into the House of the Infants until they were five. After, the children were sent to the Home of the Students where they would stay for ten years. During this time period the children would learn everything they needed to know. They would eat, sleep, and learn the same things as everyone around them. There was no diversity at all between people, and no family members or siblings around to keep them company. The parents of the children had no say as to what they wanted their children to learn; they never even got to see their children grow up. After the ten years of learning, the leaders assigned each individual to a job pertaining to the skills the leaders thought that the person possessed. That was how society worked; that was how the children grew up. Why can’t the children live and grow up with their parents? Why can’t they grow up like the families of our society do? The dictators probably believed that this was the safest way to keep diversity out of their society. This way they could control what was happening in the lives of their citizens. Not having the influence of the child’s parent made it easier to teach them how to live, according to their standards. Usually people pick up certain characteristics of people that they are around 24/7, so when those people are doing the exact thing you are doing; then there is no room for anything to happen that is out of the ordinary. No outside influence, such as parents’ teachings. One example of this type of situation is different religions. When you grow up with your parents, they teach you the teachings of that religion and how to abide by the standard