The Fountainhead

Its been a while that I pen something due to self imposed deadlines and the obvious  devil of procrastination. So to begin with, I would like to consider Indian/world history in which I found solace recently and a few novels. I will deal with history later, so I think I just write about a novel I read very recently, "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. Its one of the fantastic novels that I have come across. 


Its a story of an highly talented revolutionary architect in New York, who follows his own path without worrying about the supposed society norms and the traditions. As a result he had to face hostility from the society and he ought to struggle at every step of his life.  This is a story of a guy who survived and established himself despite all the odds.

The protagonist is Howard Roark, a highly individualistic and a gifted architect who always try to come up with innovative designs for the buildings. Though Howard seems to be very complicated, he is the simplest character in a sense that he believes in his abilities, and so he carry on working without any dependence.  The other characters are also too captivating, but I choose to discourse only about Howard Roark. After reading the whole book, some qualities of  Howard Roark left some strong impressions on me, i) His motto was 'objectivism', which means he view a person by only on what and how he/she is working on, and nothing else like the reputation, degrees to say.  ii) He executed every task with same dignity whether it is architectural design or a meager job. iii) He let all disgraces fall upon him but never compromised to sell his soul.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and any reader interested in any of the above points will find this novel an intellectually fascinating journey.