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Though nature is viewed positively in The Fountainhead, it is not glorified—it is simply the means to an end, with the end being a person’s desire to create something out of it. Since nature…
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Skyscrapers symbolize heroism in the novel by displaying the highest potential of human achievement. They are a concrete realization of the ambition of people’s ideas and their determination to achieve them. Dominique says the New…
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Crowds and groups of people, whenever they appear in the novel, symbolize inefficiency and irrationality. Since the novel places a high premium on individualism, collectives of any kind—like associations, councils, and audiences—are shown in a…
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