The Power of Dominance and Love

                There are two types of people in this world. Those who are followers, and those who are leaders. Leaders however, can be broken down into two groups; one controlling and the other open-minded. Being labeled as controlling can effect not only business endeavors but social encounters as well. 

                Dagny and Hank are both of dominant nature, Hank more so than Dagny. Their need to be overpowering can be seen in their attempt to rise above one another when having a relationship. Normal relationships thrive on the understanding of equality between both partners but Hank and Dagnys relationship is only a means for Hank to satisfy his manipulation by turning Dagny into a slave. "Two years of his torment, as the place he could not think about and did, the place he could not enter - and was now entering with the casual, unannounced right of an owner." (page 250) What Hank leaves unrecognized is that with the ability to enslave someone, comes extreme possessiveness and jealousy. With jealousy comes the realization of having a form of care and concern for your once emotionally detached partner. "He held her body as if the violence and the despair of the way he took her could wipe his unknown rival out of existence, out of her past, and more..." (page 252)

                I believe that Hank won't be able to put up with the fact that Dagny will not be 100% his until he marries her and lead him to ask for her hand. I'm not sure what will become of his current wife; she'll probably be casted out and full of regret for continuously condescending Hank and will be the victim of human nature's "you don't understand what you have until it's gone." Either way, this story will end in the relationship between Hank and Dangy.