by 1969 » Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:33 pm
interesting breakdown..... not sure that is my takeaway. Keating has far greater issues than simple plagiarism. and even this is a debateable point, Roark clearly tells him he would deny even even working on such a project. Not sure that is considered stolen property
my statement was not literal..... when i say i am Keating, what i am referring to is what so many individuals go through on a daily basis in business. I cannot be 100% honest about my ideals, ethics, politics and stay moderately employed. I have to compromise, this is not something Roark - the protagonist would ever do. He would live up to the philosophy Rand is offering.....objectivism.......Roark would seek perfect reason and strive to meet every situation with honesty and the highest of reason and not concern himself with health insurance, employment, damage to reputation (right or wrong) money or security. Well that is not me........or dare i say.......what Rand clearly poses is most...if not all of us. just stating that i understand Peter Keating because I compromise in life everyday, but in my dreams and when I ponder the future.....i am more like Roark and less like Keating........but in the words of Tarintino....."that shite....just aint the truth"