Posts tagged "atlas shrugged"

Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged Movie

Jun 16
Cameras roll on 'Atlas'

so scared, so scared, so scared, so scared. really don’t want this book to be ruined. although I do approve of the actors/actresses who were cast.


Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand

Jun 27
So after two and a half years of reading, putting it down, re-reading chapters and doing whatever I could during the semester to make time and finish it - I finally finished reading Atlas Shrugged. At the risk of being looked at funny and harshly scorned as many of Rand’s die-hearts are, I can honestly say that I really enjoyed the book and agree with everything her philosophy has to offer. I plan to sit down and write something analytical one day, but for now I’m content with stringing the full storyline together in my head and enjoying every minute of it.  My next endeavor - Jane Eyre.

So after two and a half years of reading, putting it down, re-reading chapters and doing whatever I could during the semester to make time and finish it - I finally finished reading Atlas Shrugged.

At the risk of being looked at funny and harshly scorned as many of Rand’s die-hearts are, I can honestly say that I really enjoyed the book and agree with everything her philosophy has to offer. I plan to sit down and write something analytical one day, but for now I’m content with stringing the full storyline together in my head and enjoying every minute of it. 

My next endeavor - Jane Eyre.


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Aug 04

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ayn rand atlas shrugged philosophy

Aug 04
Do you want to know who is John Galt? I am the first man of ability who refused to regard it as guilt. I am the first man who would not do penance for my virtues or let them be used as tools of my destruction. I am the first man who would not suffer martyrdom at the hands of those who wished me to perish for the privilege of keeping them alive

John Galt (Atlas Shrugged)


(Source: shuttupyou)


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Dec 23
Just finished this book last night before bed, might explain the weird images that were swimming through my head at night. I don’t normally get a chance to write about the books I finish but since it’s winter break, I really wanted to make sure I shared some thoughts via blogging. First and foremost, I really enjoyed the book. Kira, the lead character, is not exactly a lovable character but is more like a relatable character that readers can use as eyes and ears more than a source of emotional connection. I found that this aspect was due to the environment - a story about a love triangle in the USSR can only be so emotional. Life in their world is too hard and oppressed to really get a true “American” love story out of it, but this was what Rand was going for and therefore I found it successful. I do have some unsatisfied feelings about Kira’s relationship with Andrei. It is made clear her reasons for seeing him for over a year and these reasons I can understand and comprehend, but I still don’t know if I’m fully clear on why she was attracted to him in the first place. She was able to see he was different than the other Party members and that he carried himself with an air that she found inviting, but still, there is something about their relationship that is amiss to my eyes. I wonder about Leo as well. When they first meet Leo tells Kira “I want to drink. I want a woman like you. I want to go down, as far down as you can drag me” as he shortly mistook her for a prostitute. In the end of the novel Leo as been dragged down intentionally, despite the love and morals him and Kira shared for a period of time. I simply wonder if he was destined to be “lost to the world” since the beginning and if Kira was only a momentary fix and not the remedy for Leo’s already established subconscious mentality. Ayn Rand is good at the ‘love story’ and good at displaying these stories in a more complicated light, which is what I feel makes them more meaningful than your average soap-opera novella. Of course at the forefront of all of this is her philosophy and opinions on life which is something I’ll let you find out for yourself. Don’t get discouraged by the beginning of the book - it’s a slow start, indication that this is indeed her first novel. But once the story gets rolling, the imagery and the character interactions are enough to keep you reading til the end.

Just finished this book last night before bed, might explain the weird images that were swimming through my head at night. I don’t normally get a chance to write about the books I finish but since it’s winter break, I really wanted to make sure I shared some thoughts via blogging.

First and foremost, I really enjoyed the book. Kira, the lead character, is not exactly a lovable character but is more like a relatable character that readers can use as eyes and ears more than a source of emotional connection. I found that this aspect was due to the environment - a story about a love triangle in the USSR can only be so emotional. Life in their world is too hard and oppressed to really get a true “American” love story out of it, but this was what Rand was going for and therefore I found it successful.

I do have some unsatisfied feelings about Kira’s relationship with Andrei. It is made clear her reasons for seeing him for over a year and these reasons I can understand and comprehend, but I still don’t know if I’m fully clear on why she was attracted to him in the first place. She was able to see he was different than the other Party members and that he carried himself with an air that she found inviting, but still, there is something about their relationship that is amiss to my eyes.

I wonder about Leo as well. When they first meet Leo tells Kira “I want to drink. I want a woman like you. I want to go down, as far down as you can drag me” as he shortly mistook her for a prostitute. In the end of the novel Leo as been dragged down intentionally, despite the love and morals him and Kira shared for a period of time. I simply wonder if he was destined to be “lost to the world” since the beginning and if Kira was only a momentary fix and not the remedy for Leo’s already established subconscious mentality.

Ayn Rand is good at the ‘love story’ and good at displaying these stories in a more complicated light, which is what I feel makes them more meaningful than your average soap-opera novella. Of course at the forefront of all of this is her philosophy and opinions on life which is something I’ll let you find out for yourself. Don’t get discouraged by the beginning of the book - it’s a slow start, indication that this is indeed her first novel. But once the story gets rolling, the imagery and the character interactions are enough to keep you reading til the end.