In my weekly reading of Atlas Shrugged, I found it interesting how Ayn Rand can make the reader fall in love with a character and think that character is perfect. For example, Hank Rearden is probably the most loved character in the novel. Rand portrays Rearden as an honest hard working man. However there are many flaws about Rearden that the readers ignore. For instance, the fact that Rearden is cheating on his wife Lillian. Rand makes the readers believe that Rearden's affair with Dagney is okay and she makes the readers hate Lillian. I find that interesting because Lillian has done nothing wrong to Rearden, she had never cheated on him or treated him unfairly, however Rand makes the readers dislike Lillian.
Hank's and Dagny's fight against society is starting to seem hopeless. Even though they have won many important battles, like the John Galt Line and Hank's trial, the war seems futile. Every passing day a new business owner unexpectedly "retires". The most recent one being Ken Dannager. Dagny finds out that its not a force causing these people to retire but a group of people. Dagny finds one of these mysterious people at her meeting with Dannager. She sees an unknown man leave Dannager's office right before Dannager tells her that he is retiring. Francisco also tries to get Hank Rearden to "retire". This leads me to believe that there is a group of people leading this retirement movement. Maybe its the looters themselves or maybe its a whole new group. Hopefully soon we, the readers, will find out soon.
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