** At the granite quarry, Dominique is deeply attracted to the red-headed worker who stares at her insolently. She pursues him aggressively, but resists him in the moment of her triumph. Given that Dominique is eager to make love to Roark, why does she physically resist? Ayn Rand once stated regarding this scene that, if it is rape, “ then it is rape by engraved invitation.” What does she mean? Is this actually rape, i.e., is Dominique an unwilling victim?
* Rands statement made me really asses the situation Was it really rape? Dominique wanted him so badly and she made that clear but she still fought. Maybe he thought she was playing as she always was.
Dominique is a true control freak. Though she desires deeply to make love to him she holds back, maybe because emotionally she is not prepared. When he can to the room she seemed so shy or frightened. She wanted to make love but she didn't know how.She wanted Roark to belong to her at that moment but instead his focus was hatred,fear and disgust from other situations around him.
** Though strongly attracted to Roark, Dominique both pursues and fights him. Is this inner conflict regarding her love representative of some deeper aspect of her character? How does this ambivalence relate to her destruction of the Greek statuette that she loves? To joining forces with Ellsworth Toohey in an effort to wreck Roark’s career? To refusing to pursue a serious career in spite of her great intelligence? Are Dominique’s motives for thwarting Roark the same as Toohey’s?
*Something is seriously wrong with Dominique. For every action there's a reaction and hers are all screwed up. One minute she loves him then the next she wants to get rid of him, just like the statue. I think she wants him all to herself,but is that a reason to try to destroy him? Again she has issues. Let's face it ! Dominique has amazing writing talent but why doesn't she want to excel? I think she's afraid that she will be used just like her father does his best employees. She is aware of the pain that comes with this yet, she and Toohey use and destroy Roark. The chick is crazy!!
**At this point of Roark’s career he is hired by Roger Enright, Anthony Cord and Kent Lansing to construct major buildings. What kind of men are Enright, Cord and Lansing? Do they share some fundamental characteristic in common with each other and with Austen Heller? What does Lansing mean when he tells Roark that “ the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line--it’s a middleman?"
*Roark is hired by three businessman that have one thing is common; they are all individualist including heller. Lansing seems to care alot about Roark his statement simple means that you dont have to suck up or beat around the bush. Just let out what you need and be totally honest.
** At Kiki Holcolmbe’s party, Keating gives advice to Roark. He says: "Always be what people want you to be.” What is the meaning of such a statement? Why does Keating believe this? What does such an approach to life reveal about the soul of Keating and of people like him?
*Keating has low self-esteem or maybe lack of confidence. This approach is a safety belt for him and others who follow it. He tells Roark to just be what people want you to be then basically everyone is one your side. Roark doesn't mind fighting he understands that this duty comes hand in hand as an individualist but Keating has never had to put in any work to really know how. He has no purpose.
**At the same party, Dominique thinks of Roark’s as “ the face of a god.” What is she responding to in Roark? In seeing such beauty in Roark’s face, an evaluation not shared by the rest of society, what does Dominique reveal about her own soul?
*Roark and Dominique are so much alike, both are individualist. Dominique recognizes this and it only makes her fall deeper for him.When she calls him "the face of god", she is responding to his realism, his actions and his open perspectives. She understands his actions while others look in disgust.
