Dear you,
Well this is the conclusion of the first section, Non-Contradiction, of Atlas Shrugged.
Scandalous shit has been going on man! Yeah this has been kind of weird.. I feel like the Transcontinental Railway only exists to somehow link all of these characters rather than representing a major part of the economy. These chapters were probably the most.. exciting out of the whole section. You learn about some interesting affairs and more about John Galt and his legends.
Conflict with Rearden Metal and the State Science Institute arises and Hank just won't give it up. The institute is filled with cocky, stuck up people who just want titles. They only want to close down Rearden Metal because they believe Rearden's new innovated metal will give them a bad name since they were not the ones who provided it. SO, they make some crap up saying it's hazardous material and should be put to question and what-not.
Actually, a lot of stuff has been happening to Rearden in general. His mother is a total douche to him and I just enjoy his comebacks. Rearden is soulless in the best way possible.
On top of that, the Legislature passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill which pretty much screwed Hank over.
The John Galt line! I find it so strange how Dagny just chose to name it that. In the beginning of the line's introduction, Eddie Willers is taking to a worker and it just seems so schizophrenic. The worker is totally unnamed and his responses are shown as a "..." followed by more of Eddie's continuous talk. I find this almost horrific it's just so creepy. I do recall Eddie talking to a worker before, but it was more interactive and stuff. But this time.. it's just Eddie man. It's really weird.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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The exciting stuff doesn't actually happen for a while. And the Eddie talking to himself thing is just the author's way to building mystery and suspense. It's not that the worker isn't replying to Eddie... The author just doesn't include the worker's comments and words, but instead replaces them with "..."
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