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Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Rand's fourth and last
novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her
magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. Atlas Shrugged includes
elements of science fiction, mystery, and romance, and it contains
Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism in any of her works of
fiction.
The book depicts a dystopian United States, wherein many
of society's most prominent and successful industrialists abandon their
fortunes and even the nation, in response to aggressive new
regulations, whereupon most vital industries collapse. The title is a
reference to Atlas, a Titan described in the novel as 'the giant who
holds the world on his shoulders'. The significance of this reference
appears in a conversation between the characters Francisco d'Anconia and
Hank Rearden, in which d'Anconia asks Rearden what advice he would give
Atlas upon seeing that 'the greater [the titan's] effort, the heavier
the world bore down on his shoulders'. With Rearden unable to answer,
d'Anconia gives his own response: 'To shrug'.
novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her
magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing. Atlas Shrugged includes
elements of science fiction, mystery, and romance, and it contains
Rand's most extensive statement of Objectivism in any of her works of
fiction.
The book depicts a dystopian United States, wherein many
of society's most prominent and successful industrialists abandon their
fortunes and even the nation, in response to aggressive new
regulations, whereupon most vital industries collapse. The title is a
reference to Atlas, a Titan described in the novel as 'the giant who
holds the world on his shoulders'. The significance of this reference
appears in a conversation between the characters Francisco d'Anconia and
Hank Rearden, in which d'Anconia asks Rearden what advice he would give
Atlas upon seeing that 'the greater [the titan's] effort, the heavier
the world bore down on his shoulders'. With Rearden unable to answer,
d'Anconia gives his own response: 'To shrug'.
- Atlas Shrugged acts as a precursor for third-wave feminism because of its emphasis upon individuality and its questioning of societal constructs. Galt's Gulch symbolizes the type of free, empowering society desired by adherents of Ayn Rand and adherents of third-wave feminism.
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand ePUB. This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators?
Author : Ayn Rand
ISBN : 9781101137192
Genre : Fiction
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ISBN : 9781101137192
Genre : Fiction
File Size : 71.46 MB
Format : PDF, ePub, Mobi
Download : 251
Read : 1080