Fountainhead

Completed reading this book recently and thought it's good to register the summum bonum
somewhere. So this post.
Ayn Rand has some interesting ideas presented in this book on what men should be like
and the direction in which mankind should be headed.
Man learns by experience. But then, past should not overwhelm the decision making or
knowledge acquisition in the present. The story is that of a bright young architect
Howard Roark, his struggle through life, as he tries to establish the beauty of
rigid scientific approach to architecture based on purpose and perfection rather than
fancies of ancient art that was prevelant evil among buildings in those days just for
aesthetics and occasionally at the cost of the purpose of the building.
Though the circumstances in which this is potrayed as well as the characters choosen needn't
have been that vague and violent, the idea is well communicated.
There are many occasions in the book where there is this idea of untold communication with just
looks that was bit hard to bite. For example .. oft will you come across lines like -
"He looked at her. And then she understood all that was not said." a bit too much ... of course.
Its a story. So accept things and move on. For people who read Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings
this shouldn't be too diffucult.
Self respect is important in life. We always seem to crave for what others think about us and
we let our actions get guided by that. There is a difference between this and doing something to
help others. Needs a bit of thinking. True, nevertheless.
Good inspirational book for work life.