Can one undoubtedly give an answer to one of the most obvious examples of rhetorical questioning?. Throughout the six thousand words that make up this complex, sprawling mystery not once was there a statement that truly answered to the question Who is John Galt?. Perhaps what seeks to be done cannot be done with words alone to produce a unified definition which only a narrative can can provide, through the series of events and their impact on me as the reader
For the protagonist, Dagny Taggart, she is at the core of a very distasteful slang, nothing but an empty question synonymous with despair and the ineffectuality of questioning that which cannot be answered. Who is John Galt?, A figure of speech with which lends a legendary quality to his character, as if he were some mythical being or something used to ascribe the impossible made evident by the crediting of this faceless name to feats such as the finding of the fountain of youth.. But truly who is John Galt? …show more content…
A Godot-like figure, omnipresent in society, who is a paragon of the ideal and rational man. John Galt is genius, conviction, and morality made flesh. To explain John Galt further is to look at him in a progressive retrospect and the series of events that formed the antithesis of his determination, from his birth in 1980 to his days as an engineer at Twentieth Century Motors. He, when told along with the workers at Twentieth Century Motors that “none of them may now leave this place, for each of us all belongs to all the others by the moral law we all accept” stood and said that he did not, and vowed to quote “stop the motor of the world”. John Galt is not only a plot point, and the question “Who is John Galt?” is more about his philosophical outlook - A rational view of existence. Galt is a man of incredible build. A reflection of the new kind of man, the ideal man. He has a strong belief in the power and the glory of the mind, and the right of the individual to use that mind for what pleases them. This is a highly individualized counterpoint to the collectivist social and economic structure in the world depicted in the novel, in which society is based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces ineptitude and mediocrity in the name of equality - A morality equates anything less than total self-sacrifice as vile and repugnant; worthy of social …show more content…
He embodies the novel's essential theme: Only by means of the mind can human beings achieve prosperity on earth. He possesses an unflinching commitment to facts, even at times when they appear unpleasant, painful, or frightening. He functions rationally, holding an undeviating allegiance to reality that his most honest judgment grasps. Galt's life embodies a proactive eagerness to seek out the truth and an incredible willingness to accept it, no matter its content.
Looking at all this, It's easy to overlook the human aspects of Galt's life: his love for Dagny; the tenderness and concern he shows for his closest friends; and the high esteem in which he holds his mentor, Hugh Akston. this special relationship that Galt shares with these four people voids the conventional split between reason and emotion, which holds that an individual can be either rational or emotional — but cannot be both. Galt shows that reason and emotion can and should be integrated in a human being's
For the protagonist, Dagny Taggart, she is at the core of a very distasteful slang, nothing but an empty question synonymous with despair and the ineffectuality of questioning that which cannot be answered. Who is John Galt?, A figure of speech with which lends a legendary quality to his character, as if he were some mythical being or something used to ascribe the impossible made evident by the crediting of this faceless name to feats such as the finding of the fountain of youth.. But truly who is John Galt? …show more content…
A Godot-like figure, omnipresent in society, who is a paragon of the ideal and rational man. John Galt is genius, conviction, and morality made flesh. To explain John Galt further is to look at him in a progressive retrospect and the series of events that formed the antithesis of his determination, from his birth in 1980 to his days as an engineer at Twentieth Century Motors. He, when told along with the workers at Twentieth Century Motors that “none of them may now leave this place, for each of us all belongs to all the others by the moral law we all accept” stood and said that he did not, and vowed to quote “stop the motor of the world”. John Galt is not only a plot point, and the question “Who is John Galt?” is more about his philosophical outlook - A rational view of existence. Galt is a man of incredible build. A reflection of the new kind of man, the ideal man. He has a strong belief in the power and the glory of the mind, and the right of the individual to use that mind for what pleases them. This is a highly individualized counterpoint to the collectivist social and economic structure in the world depicted in the novel, in which society is based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces ineptitude and mediocrity in the name of equality - A morality equates anything less than total self-sacrifice as vile and repugnant; worthy of social …show more content…
He embodies the novel's essential theme: Only by means of the mind can human beings achieve prosperity on earth. He possesses an unflinching commitment to facts, even at times when they appear unpleasant, painful, or frightening. He functions rationally, holding an undeviating allegiance to reality that his most honest judgment grasps. Galt's life embodies a proactive eagerness to seek out the truth and an incredible willingness to accept it, no matter its content.
Looking at all this, It's easy to overlook the human aspects of Galt's life: his love for Dagny; the tenderness and concern he shows for his closest friends; and the high esteem in which he holds his mentor, Hugh Akston. this special relationship that Galt shares with these four people voids the conventional split between reason and emotion, which holds that an individual can be either rational or emotional — but cannot be both. Galt shows that reason and emotion can and should be integrated in a human being's