Eddie Willers says, "Dagny, that is what it was and you knew it, then but i didn't you knew it when you turned to look at the rails..I said "not business or earning a living"..but, Dagny business and earning a living and that in man which makes it possible- that in man which makes it possible..that is the best within us, that was the thing to defend. "
What does he mean by the best within us?
Why isn't he a part of the strikers???
2007-06-20 15:50:04 · 3 answers · asked by Thewall 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
We can only hope Ayn knew since a number of things in the book are nicely muddled. It reads like a movie adventure that blurs over some of the details. Building a philosophy on a standard she could not achieve herself was a mistake.
2007-06-20 15:57:18 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he means that we have to do what our hearts tell us to do, strictly for ourselves. I don't agree with the answerer that said to take care of our famililes. If you remember Hank Reardon's family, they were portrayed negatively because they let themselves be taken care of financially by Hank. Dagny ate, breathed, and sweated her railroad-not for profit or financial gain, but because it was what she loved and she did her work only for her own gratification. Rand had the main characters follow the same principles and they were successes. The ones that lived for or off of others were failures.
2007-06-21 01:30:36 · answer #2 · answered by jenntaker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He means that the best within us is the part that works and strives to better ourselves, to create, and to provide for our families. This was a big part of Rand's philosophy. She believed that all our efforts to provide for the less fortunate deprived them of the best part of being human.
2007-06-20 16:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋