The Fountainhead

Howard Roark made people uncomfortable. It can be seen all throughout The Fountainhead; the dean of Stanton University, Peter Keating, Guy Francon, the list goes on. Is it just because he is brilliant? Partly. But it is also because everyone else sees something in him that they can't identify, something that threatens their convictions and beliefs by just existing. Roark terrifies them, with his innocent honesty and his steadfast principles, because he reminds them that they could have been…

There are two types of people in the world: those who think and those who feed off of those who think. In Ayn Rand’s excerpt from her novel The Fountainhead, “The Soul of an Individualist,” Howard Roark states that every advancement in society was caused by the actions of an individual who uses his own independent thoughts, despite the horrific consequences caused at the hands of other men. In Anthem by Ayn Rand, Equality is the individual who struggled to fit in the role that was forced upon…

In the Fountainhead, the quest for power consumes many characters. In fact, it seems to consume almost every character except Howard Roark, the very person in whom these characters wish to take the most power from. However, even if Roark continues in his own individualistic world, people like Ellsworth Toohey and Gail Wynand still manage to thrive on gaining and achieving an increasing amount of power. The forms of these powers are starkly different from each other and insurmountably contrasted…

Intelligent Architecture In her book The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand portrays the protagonist, Howard Roark, as an individualistic young architect who chooses to struggle in unimportance rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision. The book follows his fight to practice what the public sees as modern architecture, which he considers to be superior, despite an establishment focused on tradition-worship. In the book Architecture's New Media: Principles, Theories, and Methods of…

portray a different person than they really are. Odessa, Fountainhead, and Yaz yearn for human connection, which is represented by the care taking roles they take on, even though they themselves do not have their lives completely put together. Through these roles, they are able to attract the connections they are lacking.…

and those who once stood in the spotlight no longer shine. Within The Fountainhead and Dead Poets Society, the theme of conformity versus independence is present throughout and with similar and dissimilar methods, they are able to express these views. In comparison…

Throughout Anthem, Prometheus's major actions were always motivated by his own desires. Contrary to the beliefs of the society he lived in, Prometheus dared to act out of his own self. "I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction" (94). After living his life in a society that ingrained in him a sense of guilt for simply being alive and the belief that the exculpation for having life was serving his brothers, Prometheus makes a discovery…

architecture community, but also seals his fate as a second-hander because he took credit for Roark’s design. The design was classically ornate Renaissance, which Roark cannot stand, but the public adores. Many say that despite the fact that The Fountainhead was set in New York City, Chicago was the basis for the novel, as its architectural history is as unique, various, and beautiful as they come. Around the same time period of the competition in the book, the Chicago Tribune sponsored a large…

from his family. After he was sober for years, he tried to reconnect with his son but his son pretended he didn’t know his father when Chutes & Ladders came to his door. Chutes & Ladders is not welcoming to Fountainhead. He doesn’t trust him and makes it obvious that he doesn’t want Fountainhead in their group. He is much more open and kind to Orangatang. He tries to give her advice that will be the best for her even if it’s not what she wants to hear. Like when she wanted to find her birth…

Addiction is something that has destroyed many families and lives. When you are addicted to something you are willing to do anything for it. Some people have lied, stole, and even killed for their addiction. In the script it talks about ho w Odessa had a two children while she was still into drugs. While needing a fix for her addiction she left them alone while they were sick. This resulted in the death of her young daughter. She even gave her son over to her sister to raise because she was so…