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[3] [4] The character of Howard Roark, the protagonist of The Fountainhead, was the first instance where she believed she had achieved this. [5] Roark embodies Rand's egoistic moral ideals, [6] especially the virtues of independence [7] and integrity. [8] The character of Roark was at least partly inspired by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Randian hero is a ubiquitous figure in the fiction of 20th-century novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, most famously in the figures of The Fountainhead ' s Howard Roark and Atlas Shrugged ' s John Galt. Rand's self-declared purpose in writing fiction was to project an "ideal man"—a man who perseveres to achieve his values, and only his values.
The story follows the life of Howard Roark, an individualistic architect who chooses to struggle in obscurity rather than compromise his artistic and personal vision. Roark fights to design modern architecture despite resistance from the traditionally minded architectural establishment. Roark's complex relationships with the individuals who ...
The Fountainhead is a play written in 2014 by Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove.It is an adaptation of the 1943 novel of the same name by American author Ayn Rand.The story focuses on Howard Roark, an individualistic architect who designs modernist buildings and refuses to compromise with an architectural establishment unwilling to accept innovation.
[5] It is followed by unpublished excerpts from Rand's 1943 novel The Fountainhead - especially, the sections describing the relationship of the protagonist Howard Roark with actress Vesta Dunning, an episode of considerable importance in the original text and removed from the final version. The revised edition adds two short stories.
The character was, in part, modeled on J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom Rand had interviewed for an earlier project, and his part in the creation of nuclear weapons. [13] To his former student Galt, Stadler represents the epitome of human evil, as the "man who knew better" but chose not to act for the good.
Rand's Howard Roark is a brilliant young architect who must wage a hard fight against hide-bound mediocre rivals before becoming established in 20th-century New York. Follet's Merthin is a brilliant young architect who must wage a hard fight with a hide-bound mediocre rival before becoming established in Medieval England.
Howard Roark, the protagonist of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead; Roark family, a fictional dynasty in Frank Miller's graphic novel series Sin City. Roark Junior, the primary villain of That Yellow Bastard; Ted Roark, a character on Chuck; Roark (Pokémon), the Gym Leader of the Oreburgh Gym in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl