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Book Review #6 - The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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Good Day, The Fountainhead By Ayn Rand "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand is a page-turning, thought-provoking philosophical fiction in which the author has knitted her perception of an ideal man and his crusade against a world which is so different from him. Summary: Howard Roark a young, brilliant architecture student who has a gift for designing structures based on the need of his customer and simply not just emulating the architectural styles prevalent, yet he manages to get expelled from his college, decides to work for an architect,Henry Cameron whose zenith had eclipsed leaving him with little work and alcoholism. From here he begins his career as an architect. In this book there are characters who find Roark to be an abomination to the the profession of architecture. They consider his indifference as arrogance, his radical style of building as his ineptitude and his integrity as lunacy. Will Howard succeed in his endeavor in bringing about a