in Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality 7-2521 committed the major crime of doing things individually contrary to the totalitarian society he lives in. First, he commits many Transgressions of Preference by loving some subjects more than others, regarding a fellow street sweeper as his friend, and interacting with someone from the opposite gender. Then he commits the crime of stealing materials for his experiments, another crime of engaging in an occupation he was not assigned to.