Read and Play

The Fountainhead written by Ayn Rand. A 700 page novel! I started reading this in 2013! Now, it is 2018! 5 years! My architect brother lent me a copy of this novel in 2013. I read about 10 pages and did not understand anything. He took the copy away from me seeing me uninterested. After 5 years, I get a copy of this novel and finish reading it in 20 days! How crazy! I understand now, why I did not understand 5 years back, I was just a 13 year old boy. Reading it now, has changed my thinking about looking at things in the world. According to me, this is a philosophical novel. It focuses on objectivism. This is the clash between individualism and collectivism. Tere must be a disclaimer for this - NOT FOR THE WEAK MINDS! Synopsis: This novel is divided into four parts, namely - Peter Keating, Ellsworth M Toohey, Gail Wynand and Howard Roark. The protagonist of this novel is Howard Roark, an individualistic architect. This is about his struggle and rise of him to become...