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I see this perspective a lot - having only read The Fountainhead, I don't understand it at all, and suspect this is largely based off her other works (including
by oarsinsync 7y ago
I see this perspective a lot - having only read The Fountainhead, I don't understand it at all, and suspect this is largely based off her other works (including Atlas Shrugged)?
My interpretation of The Fountainhead was as I described previously - the importance of staying true to who you are, even if this results in missing out on riches (or goes against popular opinion).
- andy_boot 7y agoPersonally, I agree with your summary of the Fountainhead. If you choose to read Atlas Shrugged, however, her opinions start to get more extreme and unsettling.
- saalweachter 7y agoI actually managed to read _The Fountainhead_, and found it enjoyable enough, without realizing it was supposed to be a libertarian manifesto. I usually bring this up to give people a baseline in explaining how loud the preaching eventually got in the _Sword of Truth_ series. _Atlas Shrugged_ is one of the few books I couldn't finish once started; the characters were just too obnoxiously stupid.
- dilyevsky 7y agoI read fountainhead years ago (and I couldn’t finish atlas shrugged also) but I recall reading about architects was way more enjoyable than about some railroad tycoons.