Sunday, September 29, 2013

Hernan Prieto Reaction #7

It is hard to have a complete understanding of the situation that Rearden and Dagny are put in. The law, as seen throughout the entire novel is clearly not on their side. The ever most powerful socialist government, will not cease to stop its impulse to degrade the national economy. So far in the novel, the government has frozen the nation wide economy, giving rise to looters who in turn will have the country completely ransacked.
            Another issue presented in this weeks reading of Atlas Shrugged, is the problem that the businessmen with similar characteristics as Rearden’s and Dagny’s seem to have vanished in to thin air, which leaves it as a prominent question that I wish is answered as I continue to read. This disappearance comes as a big issue to the struggling economy, since it is implicit to have great minds such as the one of Dagny and Rearden in order accomplishes a thriving economy.
            The disappearance of these bright minds only allows me to speculate Rand’s intentions or plans as the novel continues to unravel. I believe that it will not only bring a complete economic collapse, but also give focus to Dagny and Rearden, two of the very few remaining economic leaders.
            On the other hand Dagny’s and Rearden’s sex life is also interesting, their affair, allows for a different conceptualization for the reader than just the worries he or she has on the current economy.
            As I continue to read, I hope more of the newly formed questions can be answered, the novel’s social climate has me hooked on what will happen next.  


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