An architect named Howard Roark who lives for his work and refuses to sell his integrity like all those around him. Introduces many brilliant social ideas and concepts, like the relationship between first handers and second handers.

Roark. He was my favorite part of the novel, I'd skim the parts without him just to get back to him. I absolutely fell in love with Roark.

Nothing. The book is the closest thing I've ever found to perfection.

Immediately check out another of her novels, which I did. I am currently reading Atlas Shrugged.

Like there was some sparkle of hope for humanity, that we all haven't because complete dolts and that someone out there knows what we should be doing. I did not, however, take her ideology and swallow it, I'm still analyzing it for myself and discarding what I think is stupid.

Is a philosophical genius. While I don't completely agree with the ideas of her concept of Objectivism, I do agree with many of them. She sees man as the ultimate hero and argues for the virtues of selfishness, but don't think of how the word is normally defined, you have to read it and then you'll understand what beauty there is in caring for no one but yourself.

It will shake the ground that most humans have firmly settled themselves into and make them actually think for once. It's horribly beautiful even if you don't agree with it, and I'll bet that every woman will fall in love with Roark.

If you're just a dolt, please don't waste your or the library's time, someone bright and openminded might be wanting to read it.

I read this for an essay. After finishing the book I didn't even bother with the essay; no stupid scholarship could enrich me like reading that book did. It brought my through times when I constantly worried and wondered, making me sure of what I was and where I was going. I'm very proud to say that I'm a very selfish person now.

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