Hopton Stooddard Temple Analysis

We humans are born inferior--we depend on many other things in order to support ourselves. When we were born, we depended on our mothers to live. As we grew up, we listened to the superiors and accepted their comments to make choices. Still, as adults, we are dependent on higher beings. We seek after our desires, look upon those who are successful and admirable, and follow after what they believed.
Hopton Stoddard, an influential man, a little man who worth 20 million dollars, has sought to build a temple that everyone could be looked upon, a temple everybody will glorify upon, and a temple that will appreciate the inferiority of human beings. The Stoddard Temple of the Human Spirit was asked to build by Howard Roark, an architect, and a figure …show more content…
If one enters the temple, the one will suddenly overwhelmed by the ego and individualistic soul--which contradicts the intentions of building the temple. Why do humans exist? What should humans serve for? When one enters the temple, one must feel the inferiority, humility, and unworthy. The temple serves to exemplify that feelings, especially if the temple is dedicated toward the Human Spirit. The temple must be beautiful, overwhelming, and majestic, like the God, in order to accomplish such challenging and enormous task. Roark’s Temple of the Human Spirit does not serve that at all. Its structure parallel to the ground implies human ego and the universe, the straight edges exhibit human distinction from the world, and the statue of a naked woman show human dominance. All of these contradict the purpose of building the temple of the Human Spirit, but agrees with human superiority and ego. We do not want to enter the temple feeling inferior and weak but come out feeling worthier and excellent. We do not want that kind of temple. We do not want to stain the world with