Howard wants to achieve everything himself, he denies the beliefs of others, and does not want society to become the driving force that can bring him closer to achievement. He believes that reason and ego are his main strength. The main problem of society, according to Roark, is not in selfishness, but in its absence, based on this, he is convinced that a person is an end in himself, and not a means to achieve other goals. The hero of the novel is convinced that people do not have themselves, they live for the sake of others. Greatness, fame, envy in the eyes of others, and this is what destroys society. In this regard, the writer considers society as that part of collectivism that destroys the individual's own ego inside. The main character repeatedly mentions that people do not want to create and build, they want others to admire a person as a creator. G. Roark emphasizes that humanity, which lives at the expense of others, declares that it does not need morality, norms of behavior, values. You can also say that for Roarke it doesn't matter what everyone else does, he doesn't recognize the simple fact of imitation. In his world, the truth is substituted for the majority opinion. However, as a true individualist, he does not want to live in a world in which everything is distorted and deformed, just to correspond to something else.
In general, the work is a living example of objectivism, the main idea of which, as a philosophical trend, states that reality exists in its objective absolute, regardless of people, their feelings, desires, hopes, fears, and the mind is the main tool of humanity, the only way to perceive reality and a means of survival. Therefore, draw conclusions from here. But it is impossible to say unequivocally that Roark is a Nietzschean superman. I would call it “near-Nietzschean”
Howard wants to achieve everything himself, he denies the beliefs of others, and does not want society to become the driving force that can bring him closer to achievement. He believes that reason and ego are his main strength. The main problem of society, according to Roark, is not in selfishness, but in its absence, based on this, he is convinced that a person is an end in himself, and not a means to achieve other goals. The hero of the novel is convinced that people do not have themselves, they live for the sake of others. Greatness, fame, envy in the eyes of others, and this is what destroys society. In this regard, the writer considers society as that part of collectivism that destroys the individual's own ego inside. The main character repeatedly mentions that people do not want to create and build, they want others to admire a person as a creator. G. Roark emphasizes that humanity, which lives at the expense of others, declares that it does not need morality, norms of behavior, values. You can also say that for Roarke it doesn't matter what everyone else does, he doesn't recognize the simple fact of imitation. In his world, the truth is substituted for the majority opinion. However, as a true individualist, he does not want to live in a world in which everything is distorted and deformed, just to correspond to something else.
In general, the work is a living example of objectivism, the main idea of which, as a philosophical trend, states that reality exists in its objective absolute, regardless of people, their feelings, desires, hopes, fears, and the mind is the main tool of humanity, the only way to perceive reality and a means of survival. Therefore, draw conclusions from here. But it is impossible to say unequivocally that Roark is a Nietzschean superman. I would call it “near-Nietzschean”