Comments on: Ayn Rand & the Spirit of Rebellion http://janedevin.com/2007/06/19/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/ Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: VIVIAN http://janedevin.com/2007/06/19/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 VIVIAN Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:44:33 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/07/01/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/#comment-2531 also ,the fountainhead. that was a movie also, i can't rember who played in that, it was gary cooper ,but i don't rember seeing him standing naked, maybe they cut that part out. but here was a man who i thought dared to be different, he wanted his buildings to be different, and he did fight for his right to be different. guess i'll read that again too. jane you are just a wonderful human being. tell qv hi for me also ,the fountainhead. that was a movie also, i can’t rember who played in that, it was gary cooper ,but i don’t rember seeing him standing naked, maybe they cut that part out. but here was a man who i thought dared to be different, he wanted his buildings to be different, and he did fight for his right to be different. guess i’ll read that again too. jane you are just a wonderful human being. tell qv hi for me

]]> By: VIVIAN http://janedevin.com/2007/06/19/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 VIVIAN Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:37:49 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/07/01/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/#comment-2530 i read atlas shrugged, also many years ago, and i can still remember thinking of what was to come. when the trains quit running from the east to the west coast and so on. when the farms were taken over by ATLAS, and the mom and pop gas stations, had to close. for bigger and better. they could not afford to pay for the testing of their gas tanks, and could not stand up to all the new rules. every time i see these things happen it leads me right back to her book. i guess i will read it again. did i miss the point. was i way off on my thinking? i read atlas shrugged, also many years ago, and i can still remember thinking of what was to come. when the trains quit running from the east to the west coast and so on. when the farms were taken over by ATLAS, and the mom and pop gas stations, had to close. for bigger and better. they could not afford to pay for the testing of their gas tanks, and could not stand up to all the new rules. every time i see these things happen it leads me right back to her book. i guess i will read it again. did i miss the point. was i way off on my thinking?

]]> By: danigirl http://janedevin.com/2007/06/19/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 danigirl Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:55:03 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/07/01/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/#comment-2528 p.s. Jane excellent essay p.s. Jane excellent essay

]]> By: danigirl http://janedevin.com/2007/06/19/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 danigirl Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:54:12 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/07/01/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/#comment-2527 Ayn Rand was a complicated woman to say the least. Because she often thought outside of the box there seemed to be something that everyone could identify with. I think this is why she appealed to the minds of most college students. At a time when we are standing on the ever so intense, precipice of life, and longing to find ourselves, and what we believe in, we search out those who will help us make a stand. Ayn Rand did this. She made me dig deep when it came to such things as gender roles, sexuality, racism, politics and philosophy. She was as much a part of my education as my classes were. Ayn Rand was a complicated woman to say the least. Because she often thought outside of the box there seemed to be something that everyone could identify with. I think this is why she appealed to the minds of most college students. At a time when we are standing on the ever so intense, precipice of life, and longing to find ourselves, and what we believe in, we search out those who will help us make a stand. Ayn Rand did this. She made me dig deep when it came to such things as gender roles, sexuality, racism, politics and philosophy. She was as much a part of my education as my classes were.

]]> By: Laurel http://janedevin.com/2007/06/19/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/comment-page-1/#comment-2520 Laurel Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:13:40 +0000 http://janedevin.com/2007/07/01/ayn-rand-the-spirit-of-rebellion/#comment-2520 The Fountainhead made a profound impact on me when I was 18 because after 14 years of Catholic schools, Rand's message was that it was okay to be selfish. My roommates in college and I had a few long night discussions about Rand's ideas and had her on a pedestal. Looking back, I can't believe how enamored I was with her --such an anti-environmentalist and expounding a narcissistic view of the world. Still, she has the best opening line of almost any book I know. He stood naked at the edge of a cliff.... Still remember it after all these years. Nice essay, Jane. The Fountainhead made a profound impact on me when I was 18 because after 14 years of Catholic schools, Rand’s message was that it was okay to be selfish.

My roommates in college and I had a few long night discussions about Rand’s ideas and had her on a pedestal. Looking back, I can’t believe how enamored I was with her –such an anti-environmentalist and expounding a narcissistic view of the world. Still, she has the best opening line of almost any book I know.

He stood naked at the edge of a cliff….

Still remember it after all these years.
Nice essay, Jane.

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