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This paper seeks to examine Ayn Rand’s ‘Fountainhead’ through a multi-focal dimension. It delinea... more This paper seeks to examine Ayn Rand’s ‘Fountainhead’ through a multi-focal dimension. It delineates the cartography of the themes of Rand’s Russian-American ethnicity and the socio-economic conditions of the post-World War II, linking it to the post-Depression world, which engendered the philosophy of Objectivism. Furthermore, the paper explores the societal beliefs and themes of Objectivism, Conformism, and Individualism by analyzing them in two different paradigms: when the novel was published and the status quo. The paper finally goes on to underline how these antagonistic views of society have been exemplified by Rand through the characters in the novel and how ‘The Fountainhead’ serves as a commentary on the schism in society over the topic of ‘individuality and conformism’.
This paper seeks to examine Ayn Rand’s ‘Fountainhead’ through a multi-focal dimension. It delinea... more This paper seeks to examine Ayn Rand’s ‘Fountainhead’ through a multi-focal dimension. It delineates the cartography of the themes of Rand’s Russian-American ethnicity and the socio-economic conditions of the post-World War II, linking it to the post-Depression world, which engendered the philosophy of Objectivism. Furthermore, the paper explores the societal beliefs and themes of Objectivism, Conformism, and Individualism by analyzing them in two different paradigms: when the novel was published and the status quo. The paper finally goes on to underline how these antagonistic views of society have been exemplified by Rand through the characters in the novel and how ‘The Fountainhead’ serves as a commentary on the schism in society over the topic of ‘individuality and conformism’.