What I am most
curious about so far in Atlas Shrugged
is John Galt. John Galt represents the unknown, and this drives Dagny crazy. Being
that she is a person of numbers and facts I believe that she is conflicted with
the idea of not knowing and possibly never figuring out who John Galt is. At
first, when people begin to tell her stories of John Galt she becomes relieved
that an answer has finally come to her, but she soon realizes that this “fact”
is just a rumor and is not true.
Dagny
becomes so frustrated with the phrase that she cannot bear to stand it. When it
is used in conversations she walks away when it is mentioned, like everything
that was spoken of before in the talk no longer matters because that person has
ruined their ideas by using the expression “Who is John Galt?”
Whether
John Galt was an explorer who founded the fountain of youth or a shipman that
discovered Atlantis does not matter to Dagny. She only hopes to find the truth
behind the statement, just as she tries to find the truth and meaning behind
everything she does not already understand. The relief Dagny would feel in
discovering who John Galt truly is would not be able to be captured in words.
John Galt represents frustration of the unknown for Dagny, something she tries
to conquer whenever she can through her daily battles.
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