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Collectivism And Individualism In Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

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In The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand individualism, collectivism and objectivism dramatizes the struggles of the characters and reinforces the immediate benefit being self-reliant in a collectivism society. The tragic hero Peter Keating lacks creatively, Keating accepts the help of others. His absence of his own vison is visible in his struggle in executing decisions, as he displays when he cannot establish at the start of the novel whether to peruse his studies or to join Francon’s firm. Roark does not understand Keating's need for other people to tell him what he wants to do (Source).” Howard Roark a friend of Roark is a genius architect whose sketches show firmness on individualism "If you want my advice, Peter," he said at last, "you've made
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