Perspective of self
Perspective of self
I read Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It gave me a perspective of self. The story revolves around the hero Roark and the other external factors which influence him.I believe the author intended to share her thoughts about self and its importance. She chose the channel of story telling to communicate her thoughts. Philosophical articles may not reach people like me.
As i understood the whole story is about self. The hero who is almost the idealistic representation of author's thoughts, believes only in self. He believes in a purpose of his existence. Roark believes in self. He does not care the influence of the rest of the world on him eve though he could recognize their existence .
The common man looks at himself from other's(a thrid person's) perspective and tries to be good to them in all or at least maximum possible means. When he tries to 'be good' to others he may not have the conscious of himself. He may not be sure that the 'being good to others' is really 'being good to him' or not. Roark is surprised at him. He asks a very simple question 'how could you allow others to decide what you supposed to do'. He is not influenced by anyone. He exists as him and he never recognizes the others view of him.
Life seems to be fairly simple for him. He knows what he want and most importantly what he doesn't want. He does what he wants to do. It is not quite possible all the time. Then, he tries to exist by doing something which is not in his 'dont-want-to-do' list. This existences seems to be pathetic in other's perspective. As usual he never cares.
I was impressed by this way of living. This is not primitive. He does differ from other animals by knowing his purpose of existence. When he comes to know about his purpose is totally a different topic to discuss. He finds his purpose due course of living. Unlike animals, his purpose is not mere existence, its more than that. He does not look like having a destiny, a single ultimate target to achieve. Instead he has something which is on going , which is giving him pleasure all the time, which keeps him satisfied all the time, which he achieves in every moment of his life. He has targets. He has challenges. He works sincerely to achieve his targets. He expects no one's appreciation for his sincerity. For him it's not sincerity, it's his purpose. He sees no one between he and his purpose. He admires his achieved targets. He failed to achieve targets; sometimes due to interference of the external factors. He takes it easy; though he is not happy, he is content.
I am impressed by the way of living portrayed by Ayn Rand. Some times the way of story telling carries away the reader and makes me to believe that the author's views are the only truth. I felt that it is a kind of hypnotism. I am trying my best to get out of it to see the reality. I am not quite sure her philosophy is meaningful.
I have just read 'Just a couple of days' by Tony Vigorito.It gives a different perspective of self. The hero of the story Blib says 'self can be seen only by other's perspective'; which seems to be sensible to me. It leads me to think in different direction. I will be thinking abut it for some time.
I read Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It gave me a perspective of self. The story revolves around the hero Roark and the other external factors which influence him.I believe the author intended to share her thoughts about self and its importance. She chose the channel of story telling to communicate her thoughts. Philosophical articles may not reach people like me.
As i understood the whole story is about self. The hero who is almost the idealistic representation of author's thoughts, believes only in self. He believes in a purpose of his existence. Roark believes in self. He does not care the influence of the rest of the world on him eve though he could recognize their existence .
The common man looks at himself from other's(a thrid person's) perspective and tries to be good to them in all or at least maximum possible means. When he tries to 'be good' to others he may not have the conscious of himself. He may not be sure that the 'being good to others' is really 'being good to him' or not. Roark is surprised at him. He asks a very simple question 'how could you allow others to decide what you supposed to do'. He is not influenced by anyone. He exists as him and he never recognizes the others view of him.
Life seems to be fairly simple for him. He knows what he want and most importantly what he doesn't want. He does what he wants to do. It is not quite possible all the time. Then, he tries to exist by doing something which is not in his 'dont-want-to-do' list. This existences seems to be pathetic in other's perspective. As usual he never cares.
I was impressed by this way of living. This is not primitive. He does differ from other animals by knowing his purpose of existence. When he comes to know about his purpose is totally a different topic to discuss. He finds his purpose due course of living. Unlike animals, his purpose is not mere existence, its more than that. He does not look like having a destiny, a single ultimate target to achieve. Instead he has something which is on going , which is giving him pleasure all the time, which keeps him satisfied all the time, which he achieves in every moment of his life. He has targets. He has challenges. He works sincerely to achieve his targets. He expects no one's appreciation for his sincerity. For him it's not sincerity, it's his purpose. He sees no one between he and his purpose. He admires his achieved targets. He failed to achieve targets; sometimes due to interference of the external factors. He takes it easy; though he is not happy, he is content.
I am impressed by the way of living portrayed by Ayn Rand. Some times the way of story telling carries away the reader and makes me to believe that the author's views are the only truth. I felt that it is a kind of hypnotism. I am trying my best to get out of it to see the reality. I am not quite sure her philosophy is meaningful.
I have just read 'Just a couple of days' by Tony Vigorito.It gives a different perspective of self. The hero of the story Blib says 'self can be seen only by other's perspective'; which seems to be sensible to me. It leads me to think in different direction. I will be thinking abut it for some time.
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