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Wow, those chapters went by quick.
Roark: Breaking into a meeting Snyte, the owner of the architecture firm that Roark was employed and fixing a plan to Roark’s specifications got him fired and his first commission. Roark was now self employed. Cameron was enthusiastic to see his prodige start his own firm. However, while Roark liked [...]
. Feb 05, 2008
Filed under: analysis, chapter 10, chapter 11, chapter 12, chapter 13, chapter 14, Fountainhead
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Roark: In the wake of Cameron’s retirement goes to work for Francon. However, he does with one stipulation, he will not design, he will merely do the structure. One person, the Chief engineer is really the only person that fully realizes Roark’s talent, but he is a nobody in the Francon operation so he keeps [...]
. Feb 04, 2008
Filed under: analysis, Chapter 7, chapter 8, chapter 9, Fountainhead
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These are kind of moving chapters……or devices to take us into the next section of the book. There might be more of them, but I wanted to stop here for a quick synopsis.
Keating has worked his way up through his architecture firm and is now the lead architect. However, he didn’t come to his position [...]
. Feb 03, 2008
Filed under: analysis, 5, 6, Ayn Rand, chapter 4, Fountainhead
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I already lied. One chapter at a time would have been a few two many posts…..lets make it two chapters!
Chapter 2 is no let down. Of course we are still getting introduced to all of the key players, but I assume that will keep up for most of the book. In chapter 2 we are [...]
. Jan 30, 2008
Filed under: analysis, chapter three, Chapter two, Fountainhead, howard Roark, Peter Keating
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**Warning: I will try to not include spoilers, but I am sure some will slip and hey this the first chapter**
Great chapter. Yeah- I am going to go chapter by chapter..I might skip a couple.
However, this is a great way to start a book. An introduction to Howard Roark.
Honestly, Howard Roark is the way that I [...]
. Jan 30, 2008
Filed under: analysis, Ayn Rand, Chapter 1, Fountainhead, Sauer castle
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I have never been a reader. As an excuse, I would say, “I like living life, not reading it.” However, I think that sentiment is wrong. Plus, you can read about life faster than you can live it, so both are possible- kind of like time travel.
Anyway, here is my short list:
Ayn Rand- Fountainhead, Atlas [...]
. Jan 30, 2008
Filed under: analysis, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Fountainhead, Ludwig von Mises