The Fountainhead

importance. In Anthem, a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand, the conflict between the individual man’s ego and a collectivist society collide. This conflict is discussed again in “The Soul of an Individualist,” a speech found in another Ayn Rand novel, The Fountainhead. “The Soul of an Individualist” and Anthem challenge the common misconception that…

number is completely irrational, and is caused by his personal feelings of isolation. Another example of loneliness causing strange actions is after Charlie has been away from his friends for a significant amount of time. Charlie reads the novel The Fountainhead in order to pass the time, but is having a hard time focusing on anything but a single line introducing Ian MacArthur. After cleaning his room multiple times in frustration, Charlie states that “I decided to leave Ian alone for a while…

Ayn Rand is also noted for her contributions to libertarian philosophy. She is seen as the most influential figure to those who have adopted libertarian styled thinking. Her famous work The Fountainhead is an allegory of one of the larges libertarian ideas. As libertarians, the belief that you are under complete ownership of yourself is a hallmark. There should not be any reason in the world that you are compelled to sacrifice your time unless you are compelled to do so. Consequent to this…

favored vague, blurring images intended to capture an “impression” of the subject. Impressionism in music is characterized by exotic scales, unresolved dissonances, parallel chords, rich orchestral tone color and free rhythm. Stephane Mallarme: Fountainhead of symbolist movement who wrote “The afternoon of a Faun” peom. Symbolist Poetry: Poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical ideas, emotions, and states of mind. Stravinsky: Rite of Spring,…

Washington and Du Bois both wrote during the 20th century when black people were just were beginning to try and fight for civil rights. They were two sides of the same coin when it came to decided what was the best approach for black people to begin this movement towards equality. Booker T. Washington believed that if we showed ourselves to be productive members of society and achieve economic independence that it would lead to true equality, so for right now we should set aside needs for civil…

Without the Dred Scott case, there would have been no proponent the rights of blacks. This case “came to symbolize the high point of racism in American law, but it also helped lead to the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, which has been the fountainhead of racial equality in the twentieth century.” The Dred Scott case and…

She believed in individualism. She was a “radical for capitalism” and came up with “objectivism,” a philosophy that stated there is no greater moral goal than achieving happiness. But one cannot achieve happiness by wish or whim. She could have been a math teacher or gotten into Broadway, but her thoughts and philosophies drove her to share her ideas and write about them. “Ayn Rand was considered a writer of unpleasant, anticommunist potboilers” (Buchanan). She continues to be a controversial…

Numerous people believe prostitution is a fountainhead of vice that leads to crimes like rape and adultery. However, prostitution is grounded in vital freedoms, and there will always be a market for it, thus prostitution legislation is necessary for our new colony. Our new colony should permit and regulate voluntary prostitution because legalizing prostitution requires the freedom of jurisdiction over your own body, freedom of privacy, and the right to attain justice. Voluntary prostitution is…

There are no reasons to doubt the concern about the ways that today’s young people use technology, especially smartphone. Most of the users of smartphone have the same characteristic, their use of it seems “out-of-control”, and this feature begin to strongly distract their daily life. This distraction always makes them lose their focus on their work problem, because smartphone provide the information can entertain them. Therefore, people begins to blame smartphone and starts to ban it in school.…

national government, thus eliminating governmental dissention between states. A sectionalist government was not adequate for the United Sates, a newborn nation requiring unity. The Federalists and Republican debate can be justifiably attributed as the fountainhead of the political party system. The ratification of the Constitution outlines the powers and rights of the government, ensuring the citizens free from oppression and tyranny. Americans’ rights and liberties are overtly expressed through…