Fountainhead Blog 2

Fountainhead Blog 2
1.) At the granite quarry, Dominique is deeply attracted to the red-headed worker who stares at her insolently. She pursues him aggressively, but resists him in the moment of her triumph. Given that Dominique is eager to make love to Roark, why does she physically resist? Ayn Rand once stated regarding this scene that, if it is rape, “ then it is rape by engraved invitation.” What does she mean? Is this actually rape, i.e., is Dominique an unwilling victim?

I think that this was something imbedded in her mind. This was only because she had an image of things being perfect and imperfect that caused her to react to the situation the manner in which she did at that time. Her state of mind in which she was in encouraged her to make the situation seem as if it was a rape when it was just to get her off. This was a result of her control issues.

2.) Though strongly attracted to Roark, Dominique both pursues and fights him. Is this inner conflict regarding her love representative of some deeper aspect of her character? How does this ambivalence relate to her destruction of the Greek statuette that she loves? To joining forces with Ellsworth Toohey in an effort to wreck Roark’s career? To refusing to pursue a serious career in spite of her great intelligence? Are Dominique’s motives for thwarting Roark the same as Toohey’s?

In my opinion Dominique doesn't know what she wants at all. Its as if she is confused. Its not the first time that she has done something to destroy something that she loves. Maybe its something going on within herself that she can't allow herself to become submissive to anything.Dominique to me is a selfish female. She doesn’t want to except what she wants or love. Instead she try to recreate reasons to gratify her options’; which is to me wrong. I think that this later on will be exposed when she lets her insecurities flow out. And her reasons for wanting to destroy him are much different from Toohey's.

4.) At Kiki Holcombe’s party, Keating gives advice to Roark. He says: “ Always be what people want you to be.” What is the meaning of such a statement? Why does Keating believe this? What does such an approach to life reveal about the soul of Keating and of people like him?Keating advice is actually what it sounds like.

Basically he is telling him to be submissive to everyone around him. To me this is taking the life from your life because your no longer an individual you have become someone else. Keating thinks that when someone is an individualist they are somewhat setting themselves up for failure. This is enslavement of life from yourself. Roark has then makes everyone happy when he does what they want and expect him to do. This exemplifies his lack of confidence by excepting this advice from him.

5.)Dominique thinks of Roark as the face of a god. This description is not to be taken as literal; everything is a representation of something has a deeper meaning. By face, Dominique is describing Roark's representation of an idea or maybe belief. By god, she is describing the ideal of architecture in my opion. Thus, the meaning of the saying is simplified: Roark represents the true ideal of architecture, which is also part of Roark's belief system. By the statements made by Dominique she reveals her exceptance of something which she belived to be an ideal world.