Please Fix the Rio Norte
(Central Themes in Chapter One: The Theme, of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged) The world is viewed by many to be a great resource for wealth, happiness, and survival. Pessimistic and optimistic lenses blur the subjective understanding of how the physical planet and humans interact. All will say sacrifices must be made to reach progress, but the priority of what can and what cannot be sacrificed is a deep and polar divide between many groups of people. Ayn Rand is known for her radical works, in which the status quo is challenged to a point of no return. Her building blocks of novels have sparked real change in the minds of many. In the Journal of American Studies, Claudia Franziska Brühwiler, analysis Ayn Rand’s dynamic …show more content…
Instances of this are as plentiful, as the other potential themes. In the first description of the beggar, his face is hidden behind dark shadows (Pg. 11). He is quite literally hidden, but says the first four words of the entire book, “Who is John Galt?”, which are obviously going to play a tremendous part in the story as they are repeat several more times by Pop Harper (Pg. 20) the train engineer (Pg. 23) and Owen Kellogg, the worker who was almost promoted to run the Ohio District (Pg. 31). When Kellogg asks the question, they are also the last four words of the chapter. Yet, like the beggar who is hidden in the shadows, Kellogg is shrouded in mystery as well. He decides to all-together quite the business without a warning or reason. The first time James Taggart is described, it is obvious he does not like eye contact. He keeps his head down as much as possible (Pg. 15). This is ironic because he is also the voice of human emotion, and pleas to his sister Dagny to spare the contract to the overdue steel producers because everyone deserves a break (Pg. 26). Sparing the littler company in his eyes is what is morally right and Varqa Shamsi Bahar, agrees, “Identifying and creating customer value is regarded as an essential prerequisite for long-term company survival and success” (Bahar). It is obvious Jim wants to have his company succeed, but on his own terms. What is hidden thus far, is how he hopes to accomplish his goals. This paralleling is essential to creating depth within the story and revealing too much too fast would destroy any anticipation the reader may have. Answering the question of, “What is the theme of Chapter One: The Theme?” is in itself another example. It is obvious this chapter is expressing a theme; however, it is hidden as to what the theme
(Central Themes in Chapter One: The Theme, of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged) The world is viewed by many to be a great resource for wealth, happiness, and survival. Pessimistic and optimistic lenses blur the subjective understanding of how the physical planet and humans interact. All will say sacrifices must be made to reach progress, but the priority of what can and what cannot be sacrificed is a deep and polar divide between many groups of people. Ayn Rand is known for her radical works, in which the status quo is challenged to a point of no return. Her building blocks of novels have sparked real change in the minds of many. In the Journal of American Studies, Claudia Franziska Brühwiler, analysis Ayn Rand’s dynamic …show more content…
Instances of this are as plentiful, as the other potential themes. In the first description of the beggar, his face is hidden behind dark shadows (Pg. 11). He is quite literally hidden, but says the first four words of the entire book, “Who is John Galt?”, which are obviously going to play a tremendous part in the story as they are repeat several more times by Pop Harper (Pg. 20) the train engineer (Pg. 23) and Owen Kellogg, the worker who was almost promoted to run the Ohio District (Pg. 31). When Kellogg asks the question, they are also the last four words of the chapter. Yet, like the beggar who is hidden in the shadows, Kellogg is shrouded in mystery as well. He decides to all-together quite the business without a warning or reason. The first time James Taggart is described, it is obvious he does not like eye contact. He keeps his head down as much as possible (Pg. 15). This is ironic because he is also the voice of human emotion, and pleas to his sister Dagny to spare the contract to the overdue steel producers because everyone deserves a break (Pg. 26). Sparing the littler company in his eyes is what is morally right and Varqa Shamsi Bahar, agrees, “Identifying and creating customer value is regarded as an essential prerequisite for long-term company survival and success” (Bahar). It is obvious Jim wants to have his company succeed, but on his own terms. What is hidden thus far, is how he hopes to accomplish his goals. This paralleling is essential to creating depth within the story and revealing too much too fast would destroy any anticipation the reader may have. Answering the question of, “What is the theme of Chapter One: The Theme?” is in itself another example. It is obvious this chapter is expressing a theme; however, it is hidden as to what the theme