The difference between Roark’s path to success and Keating’s path to failure is their independence. Well, In Keating’s case his dependence. In Rand’s eyes, Keating is a completely dependent person. Keating lives not for himself, but for other people in his life. The most notable of which being his mother. Roark, however, is completely independent from others. Roark lives for himself and only himself. He does not let anyone get in the way of what he wants and never settles for less. This is why Rand wrote Roark to come out on top after years of struggling and why Keating ends up ruined.
Roark’s path to success is determined by his independence. In the beginning of the novel this is a problem. Roark refuses jobs that would make him dependent …show more content…
His whole career came to be because his mother pushed him to become an architect, instead, of an artist. Had Keating gone against his mother in the beginning of his life to be independent, Rand insinuates he would have been successful a artist. Rand does the insinuating by having Roark say “It’s too late, Peter” (Rand, 582) to Keating near the end of the novel when Keating shows him his paintings. In his career, Keating is continually using the people around him to get ahead. Keating has Roark design the Cosmo-Slotnick building for him and takes out his colleagues to get closer to Francon. Once all those people are gone, so is Keating’s …show more content…
As previously stated, Keating’s success lasts until he runs out of people to use. Roark on the other hand, never needed anyone. This allows him to keep his goals in mind and reach the top alone, while also being content to live in poverty on his way there. The family situation of Roark and Keating affects their success paths as well. Roark was purposely written without a known family to stress his independence. Keating was written to have an overbearing mother to foil Roark’s situation. Roark has no one he owes for raising him, so he has no one but himself to live for. He has no one else to make proud. Living for himself makes being successful come to Roark eventually, but Keating always has that obligation to his mother in the back of his mind. Rand added this sly, but important detail in the background of these characters. She does this to further the point that Roark will be independent and successful in the
Roark’s path to success is determined by his independence. In the beginning of the novel this is a problem. Roark refuses jobs that would make him dependent …show more content…
His whole career came to be because his mother pushed him to become an architect, instead, of an artist. Had Keating gone against his mother in the beginning of his life to be independent, Rand insinuates he would have been successful a artist. Rand does the insinuating by having Roark say “It’s too late, Peter” (Rand, 582) to Keating near the end of the novel when Keating shows him his paintings. In his career, Keating is continually using the people around him to get ahead. Keating has Roark design the Cosmo-Slotnick building for him and takes out his colleagues to get closer to Francon. Once all those people are gone, so is Keating’s …show more content…
As previously stated, Keating’s success lasts until he runs out of people to use. Roark on the other hand, never needed anyone. This allows him to keep his goals in mind and reach the top alone, while also being content to live in poverty on his way there. The family situation of Roark and Keating affects their success paths as well. Roark was purposely written without a known family to stress his independence. Keating was written to have an overbearing mother to foil Roark’s situation. Roark has no one he owes for raising him, so he has no one but himself to live for. He has no one else to make proud. Living for himself makes being successful come to Roark eventually, but Keating always has that obligation to his mother in the back of his mind. Rand added this sly, but important detail in the background of these characters. She does this to further the point that Roark will be independent and successful in the