The Fountainhead Reference Guide
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The Fountainhead Reference Guide: A to Z Contents Sections Introduction...........................................................................................................(4-5) Call to Objectivist Intellectuals / Request For Editing / Explanation of My Next Book.......................................................................................................................(6-7) How to Use This Reference Guide.........................................................................(8) Note on The Fountainhead Edition Used For This Reference Guide................(9) Note on Tables.......................................................................................................(10) Note on Index.........................................................................................................(11) Note on Footnotes..................................................................................................(12) Pictures of My Fountainhead Book (3)............................................................(13-16) Analytical Sections (86)....................................................................................(17-21) Major Characters (28).....................................................................................(22-752) Minor Characters (124).................................................................................(753-853) Buildings (37).................................................................................................(854-873) Journalism (9)................................................................................................(874-894) Groups of People (20)..................................................................................(895-911) Chronology...................................................................................................(912-920) Sundry Concepts (6).....................................................................................(921-923) Symbols (27).................................................................................................(924-941) Places (6).......................................................................................................(942-945) Architectural Words......................................................................................(946-948) Outroduction.................................................................................................(949-953) Table of Ayn Rand’s Fiction (9) & Non-Fiction (14)....................................(954-956) Objectivist Intellectuals Spreadsheet (58).................................................(957-969) Index............................................................................................................. (???-???) Introduction Since this Reference Guide organizes most of The Fountainhead’s facts by major character, minor character, journalism, chronology, buildings, symbols, places, and more, it will help students link their theories about the book to the book’s particulars. So pupils write precise papers about the novel’s exact happenings not floating treaties that abstract away from the novel’s concretes. Accordingly, this Reference Guide focuses on the book’s who’s, what’s, when’s, where’s, and why’s. So it can help all people, whether they are objectivists or not, connect their theories on the novel to the book’s empirical evidence. To the book’s exact data-points. So high-school students writing papers for their teachers, undergraduate bachelors writing essays for their instructors, graduate students writing theses for their professors, doctoral candidates writing dissertations for their mentors, and independent scholars writing books for the general public, can write accurate critiques about The Fountainhead from a precise point-of-view. So learners not only induce from the book’s particulars the book’s universals but also so they can understand the novel according to how Ayn Rand conceived it and how Objectivist Intellectuals critique it. That said, this Reference Guide is not simply a verbatim organization of The Fountainhead’s facts in Ayn Rand’s own words. It also analyzes scenes from the book, symbols from the book, narrative techniques used in the book, as well as its’ characters’ thoughts, motives, actions, and emotions in my own words. Thus, even though 10 % of this Reference Guide is my own unique analysis – while 90 % of it is a neutral presentation of the novel’s facts – scholars may still be refreshed by it not only because it offers comprehensive data about The Fountainhead organized in an easily understandable format but also because my analysis is not simply objectivist – or non-objectivist – boilerplate. It is my own sui generis views . Additionally, people may also find this Reference Guide helpful since it tables Ayn Rand’s fiction and non-fiction according to title, publisher, division, imprint, location, edition, and reprint. Ergo, pupils who wish to understand Ayn Rand’s scope of ideological production can see her intellectual output illustrated in one place. Moreover, students can also use this Reference Guide to direct themselves to the books, lectures, and articles of 58 Objectivist Intellectuals on topics such as teaching values in the classroom, study methods and motivations, the self-made scholar, and more. They can do this via an Objectivist Intellectuals spreadsheet placed at the back of this book that guides understudies to Andrew Bernstein’s Cliff Notes, for instance, or Robert Mayhew’s Essays, for example, as well as the essays, presentations, and books of other Objectivist Intellectuals as well, which together synopsize The Fountainhead; summarize its four parts; analyze its’ 15 main characters; and offer essays on topics such as how the novel inspires a spirit of youth, how people are to understand the rape scene, how humor is used in the book, and more. In sum, this Reference Guide is not only useful because it directs pupils to learn how Ayn Rand’s philosophy can benefit them pedagogically but it is also useful because it guides pupils to understand how her philosophy applies to issues such as justice, free-will, happiness, and goodwill. Finally, to promote a clearer picture of Ayn Rand’s architectural universe, this Reference Guide defines 39 design terms in a back-matter glossary, so people can better understand how the Fountainhead’s buildings reflect the esthetic philosophies of its’ builders. In brief, since this Reference Guide organizes The Fountainhead’s facts more fully than any other source I know of – including any objectivist source – it makes a significant intellectual contribution to our understanding of Ayn Rand’s second greatest novel. Analytical Sections (86) 1. Analysis of Why Catherine Does Not Contact Peter...................................................(73-74) 2. Analysis of Dominique’s Symbolic Though Not Actual Rape...............................(131-133) 3. Analysis of Dominique’s Non-Religious Radiance.......................................................(149) 4. Analysis of Roark Not Yielding to Dominique.......................................................(207-208) 5. Analysis of How Dominique Disappoints Toohey By Remaining Calm........................(231) 6. Analysis of Why Wynand Marries Dominique..............................................................(245) 7. Analysis of Dominique and Wynand’s Similarities.......................................................(247) 8. Analysis of Keating’s Love For Roark...................................................................(276-277)
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About the Book
This Reference Guide takes the form of a Fountainhead Encyclopedia with several independent sections: a complete character dictionary; a dictionary of relationships between characters; a lexicon of the book’s buildings and media outlets; a catalogue of the novel’s various groups and associations; a timeline of the book’s events; a classification of Ayn Rand’s symbols; and a directory of the Fountainhead’s locations. Besides organizing most of the Fountainhead’s facts logically, this Reference Guide also provides a table of Ayn Rand’s fiction & nonfiction, a spreadsheet of works by Objectivist Intellectuals, and a glossary of architectural terms. It also analyzes some of the book’s themes with reference to plot-specifics. So that Fountainhead scholars can cite neutral book facts to support their intellectual – hopefully objectivist – positions.
About the Author
Emre Gurgen wrote this Fountainhead Reference Guide after taking a seminar on the Philosophy of Objectivism in 2009 with The Ayn Rand Institute’s Chief Philosophy Officer Dr. Onkar Ghate. This distance learning course prompted Mr. Gurgen to independently study Ayn Rand’s philosophy for ten years. During this time he learned about Objectivism by not only reading and re-reading all of her fiction and nonfiction but he also studied 81 books, lectures, and essays written by proven Objectivist Intellectuals. After studying Objectivism for a decade, Mr. Gurgen wrote this Fountainhead Reference Guide to learn how Ayn Rand’s philosophy is dramatized by The Fountainhead’s plot-theme. Accordingly, Mr. Gurgen spent 17 months – i.e. thousands of hours – first color coding The Fountainhead. Then writing this Reference Guide. So that he can eventually write an accurate Fountainhead Analyzed essay book, the lead essay of which will be titled Howard Roark the Life Giver. Hopefully, after Mr. Gurgen earns the trust of his fellow objectivists he will merit The Ayn Rand Institute’s sanction together with the approval of Objectivist Intellectual(s) – especially Dr. Andrew Bernstein – both for this Reference Guide and for his forthcoming Essay Book, too.