Linear lines are used in dance to evokes ideas or emotions that are unnatural, or in other words, artificial, because straight lines appear so rarely in nature. The objects are related to the Rand’s ideals are all given the trait of being composed of straight lines; for example, Reardon Steel’s straight railroads, the geometric pattern of light rays in Dagny’s apartment, and the tall skyscrapers in New York. I’m not sure whether Rand’s intent was to make all of her protagonist seem emotionally desensitized but it is my interpretation of it. Even though these protagonists are characterized as industrious and successful in terms of material wealth, it comes into question whether they give consideration to their emotions when making decisions or attaining a goal. …show more content…
She forgot to consider whether her character are truly portrayed as happy, that is unless her definition of happy is synonymous to productive, which mostly does not apply to everyone. This presents a paradox because while her characters are achieving financial success they may not be pursuing happiness and be depressed since Rand does not mention anything that makes the characters happy; thus, the fact that the characters are to pursuing their emotional interests contradicts Rand’s belief in Objectivism, or at least is not depicted in this book. The characters are also described as having no emotion such as when Dagny is sitting the car with a stern expression or when Hank is looking at his steel plant form afar with the same expression; even if they did have any feeling of emotion it would be impossible to tell when they are always described as holding a pensive grimace as stiff as a rigor mortis. Or perhaps it is Rand’s way of saying that one is more assiduous when one does not have sentiments to attend to and that is not a contributing factor to