Friday, August 28, 2009

Chapter Six

Chapter Six begins with the description of a book by Ellworth Toohey (Halsey’s uncle). He has written a book on architecture, bringing it to the common man. He states one of his goals is for men to talk about architecture like they talk about baseball. I found it interesting that he takes all credit away from any single man on the erection of a building. Saying that would be “spiritual embezzlement”. This “spiritual embezzlement” seems to me to be exactly what Guy Francon has achieved and Peter Keating aspires to do.

Also in this chapter Cameron falls ill and retires. Cameron ask Roark to burn everything in his office. Basically erasing most of the evidence of the last many years of his career. That section ends with Roark staring up a picture hanging on the wall of a skyscraper that was never built. I believe it’s the same picture that Roark was staring at when he first walked into Cameron’s office.

That last part of this chapter Keating’s mother moves to New York to live with him. She gives back handed advice and unsatisfied thoughts about his life like most mothers can do. Also on a visit to Katie he proposes to her, but I get the feeling he will take his time in the hopes that something better could come along. Her love for him is so much purer than his. I imagine he will screw it up in the end. 


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