The Fountainhead: The Characters

Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead is a classic American novel, ironically written by a Russian who emigrated to America, about an  uncompromising architect named Howard Roark who refuses to think or build through anyone’s head but his own. Yet, this work of literature is much more complex than just being about architecture. This is the story where a new, abstract code of values (ethics) is presented in concrete form. Instead of, like the vast majority of philosophers, presenting her ideas in a dry treatise that reads “like stereo instructions,” Ayn Rand  demonstrates how her ideas apply to real life within a complex and compelling drama. Ultimately, the novel is about individualism v collectivism, but, as Ayn Rand said, not in politics, but inside man’s soul. It’s a story about a uniquely American idea, the pursuit of  happiness. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dj-grand/support