Free Essays on Ayn Rand

AYN RAND The Fountainhead  · SETTING- Plane ticket- the story took place in metropoliton new york, but Rorke often finds himself travaling it many different places just to find a job.  · MAJOR CHARACTER-Howard Rorke- Light Bulb- Howard Rorke has new ideas that vary few accept. The light bulb is an odd shape which symbolizes Rorke’s new, diffrent ideas.  · MOOD-struggle against society- paper clip chain- Rorke often finds society tring to mold him to society’s chains, that keeps the people in conformity.  · THEME- Building something from nothing- ruler, pencil, eraser- The major theme of the story is building something from nothing, like buildings, relationships, or love. The tools symbolize an architect’s tools that he works with to create new things.  · CLIMAX- Rorke keeping his stand- blueprint/ picture of house- Rorke is asked to make decision between building one last building of his choice, and then conform to society and build what they want, or never build again. Rorke chose to never work again rather then compromise his ideals.  · QUOTE-"Sometimes, he was asked to show his sketches; he extended them across a desk, feeling a contraction of shame in the muscles of his hand; it was like having the clothes torn off his body, and the shame was not, that his body was exposed, but that it was exposed to indifferent eyes." Part 1, Chapter 8, pg. 99- Ken doll- the Ken doll shows how Rorke must have felt exposed to the world when he would show his skeches of buliding that he put his soul into and then for the the people not to care.  · CHOICE (ANOTHER CHARACTER)-Dominique- flower- she is decribes as being the ideal woman. She is perfect like a flower, but also she is like a flower because she must bloom into her true self.... Free Essays on Ayn Rand Free Essays on Ayn Rand Life and Philosophy of Ayn Rand In order to fully understand Ayn Rand’s philosophy you must understand the time and place she came from. The woman who would become Ayn Rand was born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaumon on February 2, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her father was a successful pharmacist while her mother was involved in the theater. They would be considered members of the intellectual class. During the early part of the 20th century most women did not have much choice on what they wanted to do with their lives. Being a woman in Russia was even more limited than being in America. Ayn taught herself to read at the age of six and three short years later decided to make writing fiction her career. Her determination to stand up for what she believes and not to let her upbringing hold her back is why I chose her to be the subject of my paper. In 1917, the Russian Revolution broke out and her father’s business was seized by the Bolsheviks. The family relocated to the Crimean Peninsula. In 1926 she traveled alone to the United States never to return to her Russia. Her experiences growing up in St. Petersburg, fleeing Crimea, and returning to the University of St. Petersburg had a tremendous impact on her philosophy. Her experience’s in oppressive, communistic Russia directly correlated to her numerous works and philosophy. Not long after her arrival to the United States Ayn moved from Chicago, where she stayed with family, to Hollywood. There she applied for a job as a screenwriter at the DeMille Studios. She was not a star as of yet. She got a job working for Cecil DeMille as an extra and a script reader on the film â€Å"The King of Kings†. Although this job did not bring upon stardom this is where she met Frank O’Connor, her soon to be husband. The next few years Ayn worked at odd jobs such as being a waitress. In 1929 she finally married Frank O’Connor and began working on the first novel she had publ... Free Essays on Ayn Rand AYN RAND The Fountainhead  · SETTING- Plane ticket- the story took place in metropoliton new york, but Rorke often finds himself travaling it many different places just to find a job.  · MAJOR CHARACTER-Howard Rorke- Light Bulb- Howard Rorke has new ideas that vary few accept. The light bulb is an odd shape which symbolizes Rorke’s new, diffrent ideas.  · MOOD-struggle against society- paper clip chain- Rorke often finds society tring to mold him to society’s chains, that keeps the people in conformity.  · THEME- Building something from nothing- ruler, pencil, eraser- The major theme of the story is building something from nothing, like buildings, relationships, or love. The tools symbolize an architect’s tools that he works with to create new things.  · CLIMAX- Rorke keeping his stand- blueprint/ picture of house- Rorke is asked to make decision between building one last building of his choice, and then conform to society and build what they want, or never build again. Rorke chose to never work again rather then compromise his ideals.  · QUOTE-"Sometimes, he was asked to show his sketches; he extended them across a desk, feeling a contraction of shame in the muscles of his hand; it was like having the clothes torn off his body, and the shame was not, that his body was exposed, but that it was exposed to indifferent eyes." Part 1, Chapter 8, pg. 99- Ken doll- the Ken doll shows how Rorke must have felt exposed to the world when he would show his skeches of buliding that he put his soul into and then for the the people not to care.  · CHOICE (ANOTHER CHARACTER)-Dominique- flower- she is decribes as being the ideal woman. She is perfect like a flower, but also she is like a flower because she must bloom into her true self....