Idealism In Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

In her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand presents the public with her first instance of an ideal human being in the novel's protagonist, Howard Roark. A perception that can easily be derived from the multiple unique attributes that the character possesses within himself. With this being the case it is effortless for observers to wonder what was it about Roark that Rand found so ideal. Was it an attribute that could never be mirrored by another or was it something common within our modern society that is often fell short upon its fruition?

Even though the concept of idealism is one that is shrouded in objectivity, Ayn Rand has decided to provide her readers with the viewpoint in which she possesses on the matter. While others might see the ideal human being obtaining a desire to please others by blending in with the masses through their fellowship of trends in the manner of that of a sheep, Rand begs to differ with her vision of idealism being that of Howard Roark someone who was not only

Before her death in the year 1982, Rand preached the philosophy that came to be known as Objectivism. The philosophy of Objectivism goes hand and hand with the concept of individuality in that everything that the individual does in the name of Objectivism is for no one other than himself. In the philosophy, man's main purpose in life is that of his own happiness, his only goal is to strive for self-achievement, reason is his best ally, thievery is not in his cards and he's self sustainable above all else. With all these aspects that the late Ayn Rand held near and dear in mind, it is easy to see why Rand considered the character of Howard Roark to be that of morally ideal. After all Roark was nothing if not self sustainable, with eyes for the future filled with achievement that would be self evident, well deserved and