The+Fountainhead+Essay

Shelby Cook AA English Bell: 1 Nov 11, 2010 The scene in The Fountainhead that is most meaningful to me is when Howard Roark met with the Dean. While Roark was in the office talking to the Dean, he was telling him that he wanted to be an architect not an archeologist. He said he saw no purpose in doing Renaissance villas and why learn to design them if he’d never build them? Then the Dean said those style homes are being erected everyday. Roark said, “they are and they will be, just not by me.” I like this conversation they had because Roark was saying he didn’t have to do things just because he was told to, and that he didn’t have to do things he wasn’t interested in. This shows me that I don’t have to live by what others tell me and that I should live my life how I want but in a respectful way. Another seen in The Fountainhead that is most meaningful to me is another conversation Roark and the Dean had. Roark was asked if he was really serious of building that way when and if he was an architect. The Dean asked who would let him and Roark said, “That’s not the point. The point is who will stop me?” I really like this because sometimes I feel like if you really want something, then you shouldn’t let anyone stop you from getting it. This is very beneficial in life because there are many obstacles throughout life that can stop you, hold you down, or pressure you into giving up. Certain obstacles like family problems, financial problems, people that want to see you fail and all sorts of things in that nature. As long as I strive for the best and don’t always live by what others are, then I would be very successful. In a way, I admire Roark. He doesn’t try to fit in and he is all about his own. He pays no attention to the negative feedback given to him and he doesn’t care about others opinions and what they think of him. I think this is a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing. This can be bad because you can’t live your whole life not caring about what others think. Some opinions can be helpful in different ways, even the negative ones. I can relate to Roark’s personality because I don’t care if other people don’t like me. As long as I am respectful and I do what I am supposed to, then why would I try to change myself to fit in to someone’s opinion? I do believe that Roark is a little too careless.