The first chapter or so of this book is just filled with basic introductions to characters, their appearances, personalities, and lifestyles. Rand uses explicit descriptions to give the reader a clear picture of what and how the character is and gives us a little backstory on how the character was molded to be how they are.
This books seems to be centralized on the ideal that every character presented struggles with the question on what it is about their personality that is just so detrimental to their life. Eddie Willers gets apprehensive and a sense of dread for no apparent reason, James Taggart wants to compete against the bigger, more successful companies, yet wants to help the other smaller companies do well in their own sector as well, Dagny Taggart wants to put the world on her shoulders but seems to have no one helping her, and Henry Rearden is a hard worker who is unappreciated by his family because he's so focused on getting his metal on the market and can't seem to find time or energy to spend with them.
There also seems to be the question of "Who is John Galt" that never seems to have a definite answer, but is partially answered on page 23 by the fireman who says "He means, don't ask questions which nobody can answer." To me this means that the question of "Who is John Galt" is merely a rhetorical statement for questions that have no way of being answered.
I've liked the book so far and I am interested as to know how all the characters will finally interact when they come together in the same setting.
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