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  • The Fountainhead

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    The Fountainhead is the story of Howard Roark, an architect who refuses to compromise his vision or his principles for anything. Roark is opposed by populist guru Ellsworth Toohey and newspaper magnate Gail Wynand, men who epitomize compromise and dishonesty in industry. He becomes romantically involved with Dominique Francon, later Wynand, a woman of mercurial temperaments. The novel deals with the philosophy of Objectivism, the lionization of Capitalism, and the importance of individual freedoms and vision.

  • Commentary on The Fountainhead

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    Fighting For His Life Ordinarily if one annihilates a multi million dollar edifice especially one built to house the downtrodden poor the culprit will undoubtedly face severe penalties and jail time However Howard Roark Ayn Rands embodiment of what man can and ought to be dynamites a housing project that he himself designed known as Cortlandt Homes and receives no punishment and rightly so In the novel The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Howard Roark appears as the main character as well as what many

  • Quote Analysis: The Fountainhead

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    Excellence criticism success tradition individuality popular opinion creativity and conformity these are merely a number of the extraordinarily powerful themes set in motion in The Fountainhead In her novel The Fountainhead Ayn Rand communicates with her readers more often than not through the chief conflicts of excellence verse achievement and individualism verses popular opinion Ayn Rands book has greatly been influenced by her life experiences therefore she can relate to her audience on a mo

  • Review of Anthem

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    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

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