yo ok this has been bothering me since i read the fountainhead and i need to talk about it, why the fuck did roark like wynand. like roark says (thinks,whatver) himself that the biggest secondhanders are those who want power and thats exactly what wynand wants? what the hell
I felt that every character’s private relationship with other character’s in the book was of the likes of real life private relationships. Tangled and outside of any social stigma, Howard loved Wynand in the way that one can love his fellow men when one finds one’s own societal archetype in the world, he saw in Wynand the energy and potential which he also had, however he also saw the need for power in Wynand’s life which was his ultimate flaw since it’s the power over the people’s opinion that made him agree to his paper slandering Roark after defending him endlessly.Wynand was trying to build his empire as much as Roark was, but the difference was that the only time the Wynand Papers were ever truly Wynand’s was when he was writing the articles defending Roark otherwise it was always for the people. The man who was responsible for the opinions of NYC citizens was also a very individualistic, and lonely man who shielded his most precious art from any other eyes but those who he knew would appreciate it (Dominique). Ultimately he was everything that Howard was with the only flaw of wanting power and that’s why Howard admired him and yet not so.I love this book, talk to me about it whenever you want please, and this is my understanding of it so you can try to scrutinize a different meaning for it.crap i forgot to answer privately..