tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420730052229580299.post4387057435784223944..comments2014-08-17T10:23:50.622-05:00Comments on Through Catholic Eyes: "He is not here."WackyBasiliskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11869535657341896726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420730052229580299.post-57748469422604908632009-04-15T17:18:00.000-05:002009-04-15T17:18:00.000-05:00[MEGA spoiler alert!]
In Part 3, Chapter 9 of Atl...[MEGA spoiler alert!]<br /><br />In Part 3, Chapter 9 of Atlas Shrugged entitled "The Generator," Rand's United States and world are finally breaking down. The great egoistic workers of the nation have retreated to an uber-capitalistic commune in Colorado, leaving the "looters" to their own demise.<br /><br />After John Galt is captured by Mr. Thompson & co., they use various strategies to force him into ruling the nation and returning it to prosperity. Their final effort is taking him to a state-created torture device <B>deep within a dark, stone building and hidden from all outsiders</B> - Rand's version of a tomb. And Galt goes silently; without trying, Rand hits on Isaiah 53:7: "He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth."<br /><br />Dagny Taggart, Francisco d'Anconia and Howard Roark all but give up Galt for dead, and hopelessness starts to slip into their consciousness. Their "messiah" has failed to save them. But in a valiant (and violent) rescue, they save the near-dead Galt and give him a new opportunity - his resurrection from the dead.<br /><br />While Rand's take on "death" and "life" is mostly backward, she still can't escape the progression of "suffer, die, rise" (even if the death is merely perceived).WackyBasiliskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11869535657341896726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1420730052229580299.post-63368155176016472032009-04-13T09:35:00.000-05:002009-04-13T09:35:00.000-05:00After reading "Atlas Shrugged" for the 4th or 5th ...After reading "Atlas Shrugged" for the 4th or 5th time...I fail to see what you are referring to. Please be more explicit.rtaylortitlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04398331289779781763noreply@blogger.com