Atlas Shrugged

[juldea]

Yeah. Hank and Fransisco totally shack up at the end of the book.

I am still a fan. Make what assumptions you will, I suppose.

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[juldea.livejournal.com]

*grin*

Why would it matter to you (or anyone else) how Roark goes about performing architecture?

What thoughts did he miss out on in his speech (if you remember at all)?

As for the last bit - I agree somewhat. If by "fluff" you mean the way she constantly and consistently pounds in her beliefs, then yes. If there's something else you're talking about that fills up space, I can't reply to that without knowing it... ;)

[ian-goodknight.livejournal.com]

It's not just his architecture, it's the fact that he's consistantly stubborn through his entire life. And it does matter to me because I'm reading it. :P

I don't remember, it was well over a year ago.

Yeah, by fluff, I meant pounding the same thing over and over again. Though, I think there was some other junk that could've been left out, but I don't remember.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Stubborn isn't a bad thing. Hooray for integrity!

[ian-goodknight.livejournal.com]

But huzzah for the person that can see vision but instead of condemning the rest of the world for not seeing it or forcing them to conform to it, he brings them willingly to his vision in order to get a glimpse it through his eyes.

Roark forced people to look at his work and purposefully did things he knew people would not like for his own amusement and triumph instead of integrating his ideas into society and explaining their efficiency to the public. But he was too full of pride when it came to his gifts and thus cared more about himself and his ideals than he did about the creations made by his talents.

Roark is what I would consider an anti-hero.

(As you can see, I'm slowly starting to recall what I wrote about.)

[juldea.livejournal.com]

But... no one has an obligation to share their thoughts with the world. If the world wanted Roark's vision, he gave it. He built a bunch of buildings during the book, to people who approached him and said, "I like your work and want a building done by you." He never forced anyone to look at his work, and he never did anything for the purpose of "people not liking it." He just worked when someone approached him and hired him for a job...

I don't know what you mean about "too full of pride." There's no such thing! Pride is never something to be ashamed of.