“I
swear by my life and the love of it, that I’ll never live for the sake of
another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
This oath, taken by the protagonist of the book ‘Atlas Shrugged’, beautifully sums up the theory of Objectivism founded by its author Ayn Rand and all that it stands for. The book is not just a work of fiction, but a representation of the virtues of rationality and self esteem that the movers of the world possess. Through its strong characters such as John Galt, Dagny Taggart, Francisco D’Anconia and others, and the interaction between them, the reader is slowly engrossed in not merely the story, but also its striking similarity with the world around us. The ultimate question is, what if the ones who carry the world on their shoulders shirk their responsibility and say that they can no longer be subordinated by the ones who don’t? What happens when all the innovative brilliant minds decide to go on a strike and build their own Atlantis somewhere else?
This oath, taken by the protagonist of the book ‘Atlas Shrugged’, beautifully sums up the theory of Objectivism founded by its author Ayn Rand and all that it stands for. The book is not just a work of fiction, but a representation of the virtues of rationality and self esteem that the movers of the world possess. Through its strong characters such as John Galt, Dagny Taggart, Francisco D’Anconia and others, and the interaction between them, the reader is slowly engrossed in not merely the story, but also its striking similarity with the world around us. The ultimate question is, what if the ones who carry the world on their shoulders shirk their responsibility and say that they can no longer be subordinated by the ones who don’t? What happens when all the innovative brilliant minds decide to go on a strike and build their own Atlantis somewhere else?
All
this and more is covered in this tome of a book which does not shy away from
asking difficult questions. The language is so simple, the characterization so
vivid and the dialogues so deeply intense at times that the reader gets the
feeling of being an actual part of the saga. While the only put down might be
the 1000 odd number of pages the book goes on for, but that didn’t stop me from
reading it twice!
This was overdue from long time ago....finally wrote it for a competition. And won.
This was overdue from long time ago....finally wrote it for a competition. And won.
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