Alan Armony Reaction #6

Francisco d’Anconia is what keeps this storyline going. I am constantly intrigued by what he says, his morals, and his mysteriousness. He makes an extremely interesting point; that a man will pursue a woman similar to the way he views himself. If he views himself as not a good person, he will pursue not good women. It seems simple but it is actually quite intelligent. What had me intrigued in this section by d’Anconia is the way he freaked out when Hank told him that he bought copper from d’Anconia. It makes me wonder why he doesn’t want his copper sold and how that ties in with all the other mysterious things occurring in this book.

While I was reading the book this week, there was one day where I picked up the book and looked at the cover. The cover shows the statue of the Greek titan, Atlas, holding up the celestial sphere. This section made me realize what the title of the book means. All these terrible things are going on to the economy and the Taggart lines and all the companies because of one simple thing: Rearden Metal. The title of the book is “Atlas Shrugged,” which means if Atlas were to simply “shrug his shoulder,” terrible things could go wrong, and the world would become out of balance. This is specifically what is occurring in the United States in the novel. I wonder if this economy freeze will be enough to get things back on track.