Atlas Shrugged: A Guided Study. Part 1. Chapter 2.
Posted by fivedollargold 12 years, 10 months ago to Books
I changed the format for this week's review. Feel free to post answers to the following questions of your own free will.
1) Why did Rand choose to make the train passenger an economist?
2) How long did it take Hank to develop Rearden Metal?
3) Why did Rand state that Hank thought of his wife as "an abstraction?"
4) What neon sign did Hank wish he had?
5) Why is Lillian sarcastic towards Hank?
6) How would you characterize Hank's relationship with his mother?
7) How much of the presentation of the bracelet to Lillian scene was put in the film version? (cf., AS I)
8) Why does Paul warn Hank about public relations?
9) Why does Phillip want the contribution to Friends of Global Progress in cash?
10) What is the bracelet, in Lillian's mind, a metaphor for?
Enjoy!!
1) Why did Rand choose to make the train passenger an economist?
2) How long did it take Hank to develop Rearden Metal?
3) Why did Rand state that Hank thought of his wife as "an abstraction?"
4) What neon sign did Hank wish he had?
5) Why is Lillian sarcastic towards Hank?
6) How would you characterize Hank's relationship with his mother?
7) How much of the presentation of the bracelet to Lillian scene was put in the film version? (cf., AS I)
8) Why does Paul warn Hank about public relations?
9) Why does Phillip want the contribution to Friends of Global Progress in cash?
10) What is the bracelet, in Lillian's mind, a metaphor for?
Enjoy!!
Suicide by ignorance....
Because she was not a positive part of his ascension, or of any real worth in his regards.
She was a bit player in his life, and tolerable up to a point further into the story.
He was anxious for the funds, but didn't want his liberal associates to know the (evil) source.
Total hypocrisy.
Where's your book????
Regards,
O.A.
Where's the _____ salt???
He did not want a check as Hank Readon's name would be on it as the name Reardon is bad -he is a factory owner, and self-made is bad bad.
I like the idea of Philip wanting a cut. However, at that stage if Philip wants money he asks Hank and Hank gives. Both suffer(ed) from suicidal altruism.
By the way I just love the name 'Friends of Global Progress'.
A profession that know nothing about anything, least of all about economics.
Three men shipwrecked on an island with only a big can of soup.
The engineer wants to make a clamp and bash the can open with a rock.
The chemist thinks the soup-can metal will corrode in salt water.
The economist says "Let us assume a can opener".
Poetic justice....