what is the book atlas shruged by ayn rand about
2007-03-02 01:10:11 · 6 answers · asked by THE MOVIE BOOK 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
1. Rand is not a communist. She represented ideals, objectivism, and captialism.
2. there are more than 3 main characters in the novel. No character in the novel goes unknown. They all play important roles.
3. Atlas Shrugged is fiction but based on Rand's philosophies. It is about how the world moves and the people that move it; movers and shakers. And then, what happens when these great minds vanish.
It is my favorite novel! I've read it 3 times.
2007-03-04 10:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by seeking_success 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a long, complex novel with three main characters and a variety of subplots, so it is hard to summarize in a paragraph. The gist of the entire novel is the difference between people who choose to live the easy way, as society expects them to, versus people who choose to live the way they think is right, which is often a much harder row. It is heavily interspersed with Rand's philosophy (Objectivism), but it is a part of the story, so it doesn't read like a philosophy textbook. Rand was anything but a Communist. She is the most Capitalist philosopher I can think of. It is a great book that will probably change you life. Of course, it is not perfect, but at the least it is entertaining and thought provoking.
2007-03-02 12:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by suzykew70 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better explanation above, but ultimately it's about converging philosophies and how their battle tears down civilization in America and abroad. I read that Angelina Jolie will be playing Dagny Taggart (the lady who runs a railroad) in the upcoming film adaptation.
Love her or loathe her, Ayn Rand presented a radically opposing viewpoint to anyone else of her time. When Reagan ran for president the first time, he quoted her writings publically - whereas she had written him off as a collectivist power-mongerer a decade earlier in California.
2007-03-02 17:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by lorus_900 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a novel. 1000+ pages. Neatly plotted story with Rand's philosophy 'objectivism' entwined. You can see it in many dimensions - as a plain love story, story of an ideal hero, or an ideal heroin, justification for capitalism, a big fable, preaching ground for objectivism and moral responsibility of scientists ... or a thriller! Take it whatever way you want. All are there. And the climax of the story resembles Hollywood script.
2007-03-02 09:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by karu_malar 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its mostly psycho babble.. but required reading for some unknown reason in some college courses.. maybe to dumb your mind.. er dull your mind. She was Russian and had a lot of communistic ideas wrapped up in this "world of rational thought" that she created. Check over at wiki they give a pretty balanced description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged
I remember when my guy had to read it he thought it was the biggest bunch of bs he ever read :-)
2007-03-02 09:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
??? sorry...
2007-03-02 09:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jacquie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋