Friday, March 12, 2010

Inside the head of Fountain Head

This immensely popular novel says volumes about individuality . A lot has already been said in the praise of the novel so I wuld like to look at from the author;s perspective why the novel was structured in a way it was ..Some thoughts tell me tht Ayn rand was having huge insight of the minds of the readers . Let me explain why i thought so

First of all the independence of the main character HR , Ever a thought strike why he was an orphan .. Why was he having no one around him no relatives no friends if thr were they were at the later stage of the novel . Coz that kind of background definitely provides for the freedom he enjoys ! no worries abt ne thing Only doin what u like to do !! Obviously when u hav no one to care abt why wuld u wry ! But that doesn't take away the merit of the character. Being free of every desire of the world be it money, fame, power is something which if a normal person achieves he vl not remain a normal person but rather become the GOD .. Somehow i connect the msg of the novel to the Geeta- saar which also says abt doing ur wrk and forgetting everything else.. Love the path not the ends.. Path is much more important than the end itself .. And they say abt Long term Vision .. Neways More on that later..
Another thing which makes me write this was why Mr. HR finally succeed . He as a person was having no desire of any sort of success (the way it is defined in the normal world ,money ,power , fame ). If someone is HR he vl not care what becomes of him .. Then why Ayn Rand made him successful in the end .. Why that statement that if u stick with what u r the world will change and started following u .. Person who is like Mr Hr may would be hardly intrested in influencing the world ..Lets look it frm another perspective Would public liked the novel so much had Mr. Roark would not hav succeeded in the end ? No ,And that was the reason why Author made him win .. Bcoz that is what ppl would like to hear . they would not have even paid a heed to same novel which now everyone likes to wear on their sleeves so fondly. Thts why I say that Ayn Rand was having gud insight into readers mind .. On the second thoughts.. Wasnt that the reason Why Pandavas win in Mahabaharatha ..Otherwise ppl would not hav heard of Geeta Saar .. We r all so obsessed with the win which is only an end not the means ..
Ironical it is that the msg given by the novel Tht is the desires shuld be killed are the same desires novel is catering to .. PPl want to win and they say tht kill the desire to win and u will win !!!

But then aim of the author is not to do social service but to sell the novels thus the end..

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