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THE FOUNTAINHEAD

THE FOUNTAINHEAD. AYN RAND. AYN RAND. Born in St. Petersburg on Feb 2,1905 At the age of nine, she decided to make fictional writing her career Her first novel We the Living was published in 1936

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THE FOUNTAINHEAD

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  1. THEFOUNTAINHEAD AYN RAND

  2. AYN RAND • Born in St. Petersburg on Feb 2,1905 • At the age of nine, she decided to make fictional writing her career • Her first novel We the Living was published in 1936 • A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly..... The New York Times

  3. INS AND OUTS • Ayn Rand began writing the Fountainhead in 1935 • After getting rejected from 12 publishers it was finally published by Bobbs-Merril in 1943 • Ayn Rand named her philosophy “Objectivism” and described it as the philosophy of living on earth.

  4. OBJECTIVISM My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity and reason as his only absolute. -Ayn Rand

  5. SYNOPSIS • The Fountainhead is about the passionate defense against individualism presenting an exalted view of man’s own creative potential. It is based on rational argument and holds that universe is open to human achievement and that each person within him has the ability. • Its theme is one of the most challenging ideas ever presented in a work of fiction- that “man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress”.

  6. Synopsis Cntd…. • The instant classic tells the story of the desperate battle against conventional standards, waged by intransigent young architect, Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite…..of Dominique Francon, the beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but struggles to defeat him…..of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged society against a great creator.

  7. Fountainhead- Food For Thought • It is true that there is no such thing as free will • Identity- it’s an illusion • Don’tThink……Don’tFeel…… Belief • The total Passion for the total height the pain that stops at a certain point.

  8. Fountainhead- Food For Thought • Only by accepting total compulsion can we achieve total freedom. • A happening is a positive reality. • Mercy is superior to justice. • To stop consciousness is to stop life.

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