Atlas Shrugged is a dystopic novel that outlines Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism and her rejection of government in capitalism. The novel centers around Dagny Taggart, who runs a railroad company, and whose brother is making business choices harmful to the company. Many big businesses are giving up because of taxation and constrictive legislation, so a man named John Galt is leading a strike of big business executives. The government eventually collapses, Galt is captured and rescued and declares that they will rule the world.
I chose Ayn Rand as my 20th century American author One reason why I chose this author was because her name was the only name that came out to me out of all the authors in the list After reading all of the names her name was the only name that I had heard before and remembered Another reason why I chose Ayn Rand was because I remembered reading a book by her called the Anthem which I thought was a good book Since I remembered her name as well as her book I chose to pick her as my author The thr