![]() ![]() ![]() There are literally hundreds of characters to keep up with, but they all fall into very few well-defined classes, so it’s not too difficult to keep track. ![]() Atlas Shrugged spans years of time and focuses on a huge group of protagonists represented in the book as genius industrial innovators. The “big monologue” comes toward the end in a court case scene, but I won’t say more to spoil that. There are only a handful of main characters. So, what’s the difference? The Fountainhead focuses on a single protagonist, Howard Roark, as he struggles to succeed as an individualist. Though I have read The Fountainhead also, once.)įirst of all, both books say exactly the same thing, have exactly the same theme, and are about of equal length. (Disclaimer: this is my favorite book I’ve read it three times. Since “better” is so subjective, let me rephrase your question: “Which of the two books encapsulates Ayn Rand‘s worldview and delivers her point more wholly?” Atlas Shrugged. The question was: “Which is better, Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead?” I stumbled across this one and thought it worthy of a repost. Before becoming active on Goodreads, I was asking & answering a lot of book questions on Quora. ![]()
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