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ISU Essay : Ayn Rand-The FountainheadImagine power as a form of free flowing energy, a source found within every one and for

each individual. Assume that to gain power, one has to tap this resevoir of immense

proportions and relish upon the rich harvest to their hearts desires. Consequently, when

there is such a dealing of concentrated materials, nature takes charge and similarly to

other physical abstracts, rendering this package lethal, with the potential for untold

destruction. In other words, power in the wrong hands or power without responsibility is

the most harzardous weapon mankind can possess.

To say that power is a medium out of control and pertaining to something with incredible

destruction, is rather quite true. Assuming that every one and anyone has the potential to

be entitle to a share of this universal medium. Then it would be justifiable to claim that

like any other unmoderated activities, raging amibition for power uncontroled could wreak

havoc and acts as a catalyst in the breakdown of a society. Similar to politics which

deals with the static physical component of society, there must be a more formidable

source of pervailance over the mystical realm of power. There fore, this form of guidance

can only exist from the mind, and as product of thought, thus the ideas within a

philosophy.

The Ideals warp between the covers of, The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand’s philosophical

revolution of Individualistic power, is her solution to society’s request for a cure.

She believe that the highest order of power stands above all alternatives as the power

belonging to an individual and her mission is to prove the greatness of individualist

power within the hero she christain the name Roark.

Rational thinkers, do not make decisions in a give or take scenario, but instead they

carefully distinguish between be extremes of the Black, the White, and the median Gray.

The Fountainhead, simulates the world as a whitches cauldron, filled with many evils,

among which only one true and worthy victor can pervail. Ayn Rand explores the many facets

of power within a structural community, relying upon her philosolophy as a test-bed and a

believable standard.

In essence the portfolio of The Fountainhead, contains, four major fronts of power, each

dominated by a type of relative character and characteristics. Manipulative Power entitle

itself to be crown the champion of false promises and deciet. The Power of Green or power

due to money is difficult to achieve and deserve honorable mentioning, yet it is a virtual

power built upon wealth. Worst of all evil in man’s search for power lies behind the

mask of a man built on betrayal, resorting to self-deprivation for prestige and the

selling of oneself to fame. The true power belongs to an individualist, who fights for

himself, lives for himself and is Rand’s answer to the plea of the people.

Subjecting to visualization, this could be interpret in the form of a compass rose with

its four extended arms representing each front of power, converging onto a center of

origin. This origin is the birth place of all men. Attaining power is a rather lenghthy,

delicate process and is likely prone to failure. Life’s goal is determining of one

direction and that single path can represent an arm of the rose. Simply it may seem not

too difficult to make the correct choice, yet many fail to do so.

Ironically, Ayn Rand play the role of a mischieve when she weave such a believable

character to represent the cold, uncompassionate, and power hungry Manipulator. She fool

the reader to believe that Ellsworth Toohey, a successful and very influential member of

society, is a worthy man, fighting for the cause of the human kind. His generosity and

sacreficial offerings are only cover-ups from his true nature, the impulsive liar who

strive on manipulating others for power.

Physically Toohey is described as a weak man, apparent only through the power of his mind.

According to Rand, a wholesome, powerful character has to unify both the mental and

physical hemispheres. Toohey is a man that could have been, yet upon his own choosing,

warp himself into something beyond rescue. Toohey is a very dangerous man. Dangerous

because he knows the weakness in other men and uses this porthole as a point of attack.

His aim, is the breakdown of

another’s soul and thus in this way he gain power over them. Toohey can be rank above

the most tyrant Monarchs and the worst dictators in history. His ambition is not only to

physically own people, but the possession of their very souls. In a confession to one of

his victim he says. ‘ If you learn how to rule one single man’s soul, you can

get the rest of mankind.’ Toohey understands that he is capable because there exist

people who wants his reasurance and the recognition from others that they have done

something right, something significant. Thus this gives him the power manipulate others

into thinking what he wants and believing what he permits. He plays with his victims like

puppets in a show, because to him, people can be like water, aimlessly following the shift

of a tide.

Similar to an engine over heated, Toohey is too power hungry, in turn his eminent

downfall. He knows quite well that he is incapable of acheiving true power, so his

conscience convulges and lash back at the world that he dispise. His destructive natural

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