When
Boyle, Mouch, Jim and the rest were gathered discussing Directive 10-289, I
became somewhat bothered by their arguments.
All the points were basically inhumane and unconstitutional. Each point
is in one way or another established to take away a person’s rights. Furthermore, I was angered more by the fact it
seemed like all the arguments in favor of the directive and its points were not
well planned; they just seemed like a good idea at the time, so they decided to
run with it, not thinking about the consequences. I think Rand did this on
purpose to show how Communism, in her eyes, doesn’t have logical reasoning and
much creative thought behind it. I feel
like the more I read, the more I want Hank and Dagny to prosper and the so
called “government” to fail.
Also,
Hank’s decision to sign over his company was pretty shocking. Rand has always
portrayed Hank as a winner; even when his back is against the wall, he just
doesn’t lose. Nevertheless, Hank is human and he can’t handle seeing Dagny
suffer. If he alone, was on the losing end, he would still be the owner of
Rearden Metal, but he couldn’t let anything happen to the woman he loved. Once
he realized that Dagny’s career and reputation would be ruined, he had no
option but to turn over his company to Miracle Metal. For some reason, I thought
Hank would speak to Dagny and figure something out, but I think Rand is leaving
that for the end.
Hank’s
reaction toward Danneskjold was surprising as well. I understand that what
Danneskjold is doing is against his beliefs and he doesn’t want to be involved
with criminals, but Danneskjold is working in his favor. He is fighting
Communism and the government in his own methods. I just thought Hank would have
been more supportive even if at the end he did end up taking the gold. The
significance of this will probably be revealed later on, but I think Hank is
going to start accepting money from Danneskjold and end up working with him to
overturn the government.
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