Howard Roark Case Analysis Essay
1. What is Wynand forced to do, finally, with the Banner? Instead of giving up to the strike, Wynand was forced to close the Banner. Additionally, Wynand temporarily gave his power to Scarret until he will come back to the committee. When Wynand saw the recent paper of the Banner, he noticed that Scarret chose to submit to the strike; he was forced to see the article that he never wanted it to be published by his own company.
2. Explain Gail Wynand’s assertion that Howard Roark was “the one encounter in [his] life that can never be repeated” (Pg. 662) Wynand says that Roark was “the one encounter in [his] life that can never be repeated.” Wynand, who was not a perfect objectivist, always glorified Roark’s unchanging, independent, and heroic personality, and Roark’s presence always made him realize what Wynand ought to be. Before the encounter with Roark, Wynand found no purpose of life, sought after power to repress the inferiors, and abandon his work for his own joy. Bringing to the extreme, Wynand even considered committing suicide, when he could not find the purpose of living or dying. However, Roark helped Wynand what he should live for and provide a purpose for every single action of his. Wynand loved, …show more content…
Also, he mentioned that the revised Cortlandt was a “double monster in form and in implication.” Roark was meant by that the Cortlandt did not exist as it was supposed to exist; the second-handers’ lack of purpose for revising Cortlandt, except to impress the public, must be destroyed. Moreover, Roark mentioned that this country must not be engulfed by the collectivism of the Europe (the period was about in the 1930s, so totalitarianism persisted in Germany, Italy, etc.), and he must blow up the Cortlandt to preserve individual’s freedom, dignity, and right to
2. Explain Gail Wynand’s assertion that Howard Roark was “the one encounter in [his] life that can never be repeated” (Pg. 662) Wynand says that Roark was “the one encounter in [his] life that can never be repeated.” Wynand, who was not a perfect objectivist, always glorified Roark’s unchanging, independent, and heroic personality, and Roark’s presence always made him realize what Wynand ought to be. Before the encounter with Roark, Wynand found no purpose of life, sought after power to repress the inferiors, and abandon his work for his own joy. Bringing to the extreme, Wynand even considered committing suicide, when he could not find the purpose of living or dying. However, Roark helped Wynand what he should live for and provide a purpose for every single action of his. Wynand loved, …show more content…
Also, he mentioned that the revised Cortlandt was a “double monster in form and in implication.” Roark was meant by that the Cortlandt did not exist as it was supposed to exist; the second-handers’ lack of purpose for revising Cortlandt, except to impress the public, must be destroyed. Moreover, Roark mentioned that this country must not be engulfed by the collectivism of the Europe (the period was about in the 1930s, so totalitarianism persisted in Germany, Italy, etc.), and he must blow up the Cortlandt to preserve individual’s freedom, dignity, and right to