Ayn Rand
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My friend gave me a loan of the complete Ayn Rand. I didn't really ask for them and not only am I hostile to American culture in general, but I already know from what I've read about her that it's not my cup of tea (I'm a reactionary).
Generally, I would have made more progress, but I'm halfway through the second chapter of The Fountainhead and it's like pulling teeth. The guy who is supposed to be the hero, I guess, seems to have the same internal drive as someone in a Camus or Turganev. It's too early for me to say, but it just seems to be the same sort of existentialist tripe I would have enjoyed as a teenager. Also, this paragon of rightness seems to be designing gommieblocs?
The characters are perfect beyond any human degree and the writing is so stilted, it's actually a chore to read
So, does it get better?
Does her writing improve in subsequent works?
Should I just kill myself now so that I don't feel compelled to read the rest?
read the romantic manifesto and then give it to goodwill
>>7588414
>>>/killyourself/
>So, does it get better?
no
>>7588414
>(I'm a reactionary)
uhhhh wasnt Ayn Rand a reactionary type?
>>7588414
>American culture
There is no such thing.
>>7588414
maybe u would have made more progress if you were a progressive instead of retarded
>>7588414
>i'm a reactionary
rofl
>>7589399
Only if you don't know the meaning of the word reactionary.
>>7588414
Half way through the second chapter and having difficlties? Either keep plugging on or give up, nobody is here to hold your hand.
And and judge a book as a whole, not just a chapter and a half.
>>7588414
>So, does it get better?
nope.
your assessment is the same conclusions that I drew, too. I read further, hoping it would redeem itself, but it never did. I got about 3/4 thru before ditching it.
>>7589399
She believed in individualism and the free market as a solution for all the problems in the world, completely against the ideals of Corporatism and Volkgemeinschaft. I read half of Atlas Shrugged, and guess what it reminded me of? Soviet socialist realism. It is the same worship of a class, and belief in "progress" as the only source of happiness.
>>7589443
Heyo Reddit!
Hating ayn rand is a Reddit meme
>>7593277
she's actually one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, thats precisely why she is loathed by PC nihilist statist academia. She basically BTFO them.
>>7593303
Apparently not.
You're either trolling or a complete tool.
>>7588414
I can't muster the will to make a proper reponse to another Rand thread, but trust me, she's an idiot in every sense of the word.
You can read this if you'd like a proper explanation:
http://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/35622950/Each-Man-for-Himself
>(I'm a reactionary)
>>7595072
If you truly stop reading a book because of opinions in a thread about it then you should remove yourself from the genepool you weak minded child.
Heck, ive never given up on a book, even if it becomes a "hate read." Like how I hate read Stranger In A Strange Land and it actually turned arou towards the end and got good.
