Arquitectura

Parte IV
Capítulo 1 al 20

La debilidad de Keating le ha hecho perder importancia y Wynand se hace cargo del papel de Keating. Roark tiene mucha fuerza pero Wynand no. Rand dice que los hombres forman sus personalidades. Al igual que Keating, Wynand viene de una familia pobre y hace su propia fortuna. Pero Roark ignora el mundo exterior corrupto, Wynand se rebaja al nivel de que toma tantopoder y control que pueda. Roark cree que incluso los pequeños compromisos hace corrupto a un hombre. Wynand cree que es aceptable comprometerse ya que piensa ganar tanto poder que nunca más tendrá que comprometerse. Wynand no entiende que la fuerza está en la independencia y confianza en sí mismo y no en el control.
When Wynand and Roark finally meet, Wynand immediately recognizes that Roarkcompletes him. He decides he must redeem himself by changing his relationship with the world. Like Dominique, Wynand first tests Roark by trying to corrupt him, offering him work on condition that Roark relinquish artistic control. Once Roark passes the test by refusing the offer, Wynand realizes that Roark is a truly principled man. Wynand had founded his cynical worldview on the idea thatincorruptible men like Roark do not exist, so when Roark resists Wynand’s offers and threats, Wynand has to change his worldview. Although Wynand welcomes the change, he finds it difficult to enact, for it involves dismantling the ugliness Wynand has spent a lifetime creating.
Toohey’s influence spreads and grows, but the power of Roark’s work intensifies, which suggests Rand’s belief that art can combatevil. Roark’s work begins to attract a national audience. The Monadnock resort is a triumph for Roark, for despite the fact that the project is set up specifically to fail, he manages to create a place of beauty that people love instinctively. Roark reaches both the masses and individuals through his work. Rand believes that art saves souls and lives, and, in Part IV, Chapter 1, his Monadnock resortdoes indeed save a young man. This young man feels alienated and resigned to a lifetime of desperation and need, but a simple glimpse of Monadnock rejuvenates his spirit. Rand wants to bring solace to readers with The Fountainhead just as Roark brings solace to the young man with his resort complex. The Fountainhead is an anthem for the indestructible spirit of humankind. Roark embodies the joyand spirit of humankind and his creations are proof that perfection is possible in this messy world.

Capítulo 6–10
Keating y Wynand cuestionan su vida y Rand les narra sus historias para compararse. A pesar de que Keating y Wynand son muy diferentes tienen los dos la oportunidad de la salvación a través de Roark. Wynand se salva y Keating no. Roark muchas veces rescata a Keating, y en elcapítulo 8 se da cuenta Keating que Roark le ayuda solo por la arquitectura. Sin la riqueza y el éxito Keating se da cuenta de que la arquitectura no es sólo un medio para un fin, pero el poder real en sí mismo. Él llega ser más conscientes de sí mismo y conoce a Katie otra vez. Keating ve el vacío de su vida pero Rand lo juzga.

Wynand’s awakening comes at just the right time. Keating feels tooweary to act on his repentance, but Wynand throws himself into the fight against society with vigor. Since the emergence of the Banner, Wynand has believed that he controls the world, and when he finds that the world actually controls him, he spares no effort to fight back. Wynand succeeds where Keating fails because Wynand was secretly ready for an awakening, whereas Keating’s realizations take himcompletely by surprise. Keating has not marshaled the tools or desire to adapt to Roark’s way of living.
Interestingly, Rand never provides a personal history of her protagonist, Howard Roark. Rand details extensive personal histories for Keating, Toohey, and Wynand in the sections named after them but never explains where or how Roark grew up, even though the fourth book of the novel is named...