It is interesting and easy to see
the difference between Dagny and James, as I said in my last blog. Dagny gives
off an enlightened desire to achieve greatness. Her perseverance and honor is
yet again shown throughout the pages I read, such as when she calls out her
brother calling him a “stupid bastard”. We can also see Dagny’s desire to
continue to see Taggart Transcontinental bliss away from bankruptcy when she
agrees to follow all of Ellis Wyatt’s demands. On the other hand though, James
Taggart proves to be an ignorant, selfless figurehead. On which this assumption
is officially proved right when James takes credit for Dagny’s action in the
San Sebastian Rail Road, when his real intentions were to bring Dagny’s control
of the company to an end.
Another
issue this quite interesting is the relationship the young Taggart children had
with Francisco d’Anconia. Since they would all spend one month of summer
together they got to know each other quite well. Francisco’s attitude had an
aspiring goal to become a man of wealth and influence in the future. Running
off to work clearly showed his goal to expand his skills, it was sad to read
about his demise and stand so low as to have any relationship with becoming a
playboy. His vision of being the only aristocracy left in the world is soon
destroyed by his later actions.
It is also somewhat amusing to see
Dagny’s relationship with Hank Rearden, it is easy to assume they have some
sort of connection; the issue for the reader is that they don’t know if it is a
romantic one or just because of their friendship and similarities such as the
same ambitions. But what is clear to the
reader is that both characters represent a capitalistic opposition to the ever
more becoming socialist government.
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