Galt's Gulch

The first chapter of part 3 has been incredible. The way Rand has tied the whole thing together is masterful in my eyes. I've never read a book like this before. Anyways, shortly after Dagny crashes in her plane while chasing Quentin Daniels, she lands in a valley and meets the destroyer, John Galt. Galt is described as being everything Dagny would want in a man, basically.

The whole scenario is tied up extremely well. We learn that everyone that has secretly vanished was actually just with Galt the whole time, living under a new system, one completely different from the system currently in place with the looters. This valley is the second positive thing to come up for Dagny. The first being the miracle motor which Galt built himself, how ironic. The questions regarding John Galt throughout the first two parts have been surrounded by doubt, uncertainty, and fear when in actuality, Galt is the savior.

Dagny's ideal world is present here with Galt. She cannot believe her surroundings. It's the little things that Rand includes that makes this part of the novel so great in my eyes. The addition of Halley's Fifth Concerto from when we first were introduced to Dagny in the beginning of the novel, the dollar sign on the cigarette references, and the entrances of Midas Mulligan and Akston all tie everything up beautifully. Rand sprinkles a bunch of this information throughout the whole book to sort of set up this final setting for Dagny. Rand tells us about how Akston had two standout students in Francisco and Ragnar. Francisco lives there in the valley and we found out earlier from when Ragnar gave the gold bar to Hank that he has a lot of money stored in an underground bank known as Mulligan Bank. Although not mentioned it can be easily inferred that Ragnar has been terrorizing companies and factories on purpose with Francisco and Galt.

The end of the novel is coming soon. I wonder how Hank will be introduced to all of this and how everything with the looters will pan out. Rand has not delivered your standard cookie cutter book, so a classic happy ending isn't something I'm expecting.