Atlas Shrugged Analysis
Motors and specialization in Atlas Shrugged are today’s topics.
I’ve never really stop to question why Rand chose to make the Taggart Company a railroad company. It could have been a bread company, a phone company, or even a chair company. The reason why she chose the Taggart transcontinental and its trains is to use it to symbolize societal progression, that idea of moving forwards with the motor/engines leading and driving the charge. These motors refer to those who have passion for a specific field and have made breakthrough advances in their respective fields; Hank Rearden with his metal plants and Ellis Wyatt with his oil fields for example. This made me think of chapter 4, when the Taggart Transcontinental’s main contractor resigned …show more content…
He was raised as the heir of the copper empire of D’aconia Copper, he work ethic is efficient and his personality is suave. What more could he possibly want? In the flashback of Dagny’s childhood, Jim, Francis and her were childhood friends. Jim once asked Francisco, “what the most important thing on earth?” and Francisco points to the emblem of the Taggart Transcontinental. This reminded me of when Rand made it a point that Hank Rearden feels the need to brand his name on every piece of metal that his plants produced. I think perhaps the characters are not actually working for monetary gains, in order words they are not greedy. Though Francis, Dagny, and Hank are all described as having the most lavished and expensive material possessions from Hank’s minimalist furniture that reflects upon his personality to Dagny’s geometrically designed penthouse apartment, they seem to be the type of people who can do without. They seem like the type of stern people that can appreciate their lives without all the luxuries that they are accustomed to. Which is why I think that the idea of having their accomplishments and contributions as the major engines in society be recognized and celebrated is their true ambition. It is the thought that perhaps one day, they could be as pivotal figures as their ancestors Nat Taggart and Sebastian D’aconia is motivation that fuels their
I’ve never really stop to question why Rand chose to make the Taggart Company a railroad company. It could have been a bread company, a phone company, or even a chair company. The reason why she chose the Taggart transcontinental and its trains is to use it to symbolize societal progression, that idea of moving forwards with the motor/engines leading and driving the charge. These motors refer to those who have passion for a specific field and have made breakthrough advances in their respective fields; Hank Rearden with his metal plants and Ellis Wyatt with his oil fields for example. This made me think of chapter 4, when the Taggart Transcontinental’s main contractor resigned …show more content…
He was raised as the heir of the copper empire of D’aconia Copper, he work ethic is efficient and his personality is suave. What more could he possibly want? In the flashback of Dagny’s childhood, Jim, Francis and her were childhood friends. Jim once asked Francisco, “what the most important thing on earth?” and Francisco points to the emblem of the Taggart Transcontinental. This reminded me of when Rand made it a point that Hank Rearden feels the need to brand his name on every piece of metal that his plants produced. I think perhaps the characters are not actually working for monetary gains, in order words they are not greedy. Though Francis, Dagny, and Hank are all described as having the most lavished and expensive material possessions from Hank’s minimalist furniture that reflects upon his personality to Dagny’s geometrically designed penthouse apartment, they seem to be the type of people who can do without. They seem like the type of stern people that can appreciate their lives without all the luxuries that they are accustomed to. Which is why I think that the idea of having their accomplishments and contributions as the major engines in society be recognized and celebrated is their true ambition. It is the thought that perhaps one day, they could be as pivotal figures as their ancestors Nat Taggart and Sebastian D’aconia is motivation that fuels their